What kind of sorcery is this?

Making sense of NPD and FEI

New Product Development and Front End Innovation

Hexonium - The magic element

Hexonium brings a truly interdisciplinary skill set to the entire design and innovation process to make it less opaque and more actionable - translating your corporate ambitions into viable solutions that grow your enterprise.

Michael Dillane

MSc CEng FIET IDSA

Principal and Chief Bottle Washer

Michael’s entire career has been focused on identifying, systematizing, and implementing strategic solutions - in both executional and leadership roles. He has acquired and applied this expertise with and for multiple world-class organizations across a range of industries (consumer durables, consumer electronics, CPG, technology, automotive, and industrial) and across the globe (four continents and counting).

Michael received his MSc in Product Design and Development from Northwestern University, and has taught design and innovation strategy at both the undergraduate and graduate level.

Michael is married with three daughters, and is somewhat uncomfortable writing about himself in the third person.

Madame Clicquot

Chief People Officer

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