21 ways

Jump start your innovation efforts with tailored cross-industry research

21 ways to strategise and innovate is a cross-domain set of critical questions, checklists and examples from all over the world to help you innovate better and faster by using cross-industry insights and ideas.

Let's discuss a 21 ways report
What is a 21 ways set?
21 ways to strategise and innovate is a cross-industry set of critical questions, checklists and examples from all over the world to help you innovate.

21 ways sets provide cross-industry inspiration for: product and service ideas, product development, process and service innovations, government innovations, business model innovation new business development and defining strategic directions.

Based on a client’s question, we extract important trends, successful innovations, principles or evolutions. The list of 21 principles differs per question.

21 ways sets are useful in individual or group brainstorms, in new business development and strategy sessions.

Combining the input with an interactive engaging presentation and/or workshop clearly helps to come up with new connections, great ideas and enriched concepts.

Jump start your innovation efforts with a custom 21 ways set!
A selection of happy clients
Some example questions !?
How can we innovate more sustainably in the packaging sector?

Which new business models are possible in the field of insurance?

How can we manage a complex company with small self-managing teams?

What can we learn from other sectors for more sustainable and affordable housing in the rental private sector?

Find cross-industry examples of successful partnerships that can be applied in the retail sector.

Which trends and disruptive innovations will impact our industry in the near future?

How can we accelerate time to market in our highly regulated industry?

We want to innovate in the field of the SDGs, what can we do?

How can we digitize our traditional sector / company?

...
Previews of 21 ways reports & usage
Only previews because you know NDA's... 🤨
Download an example set

Most of our reserach for specific client questions is under a Non-Disclosure Agreement (NDA), yet here is one we can share!

Note that this is just an -old- example and that we generate the 11 / 21 directions per client situation. Yet the set gives a nice overview of how a 21 ways set works.
Example 21 ways set (PDF)
Select your own custom 21 ways set
Let's work together! Based on your specific question / challenge!
7 or 11 ways set
the core research
digital set
SELECT
Basic research
Cool cross-industry examples
Interactive PDF
Recommended
21 ways set
the expanded research
physical & digital set
SELECT
Advanced research
Cool cross-industry examples
Physical booklet + interactive PDF
21 ways set + workshop / keynote
expanded research & session
physical & digital set + workshop
SELECT
A full 21 ways set
Physical & digital
A tailored workshop / keynote
Who we are
The people behind cross-sector innovation research
Ramon Vullings
Ramon Vullings is an expert on cross-industry innovation & business transformation. He is an ideaDJ, mixing ideas cross sectors and domains.

Ramon helps companies to take a smarter approach to innovation: cross-industry innovation, he does this via keynotes, research & workshops.

Ramon is author on 4 books on business creativity & cross-industry innovation.
Mark Vandael
Mark Vandael is a creativity expert & innovation facilitator with more than 30 years of experience helping organizations unlock the creative potential of their people.
He has taught at leading institutions, facilitated hundreds of innovation workshops, and inspired audiences worldwide through research, training programs, and creative change processes.
Unfortunately our good fried & colleague Marc Heleven passed away in 2025...
Safe travels buddy...
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Jump start your innovation efforts with tailored cross-industry research

21 ways to strategise and innovate is a cross-domain set of critical questions, checklists and cool examples from all over the world to help you innovate better and faster by using cross-industry insights and ideas.

Get your own 21 ways report

Jump start your innovation efforts with tailored cross-industry research

21 ways to strategise and innovate is a cross-domain set of critical questions, checklists and examples from all over the world to help you innovate better and faster by using cross-industry insights and ideas.

What is a 21 ways set?

A selection of happy clients

Some example questions !?

How can we innovate more sustainably in the packaging sector?

Which new business models are possible in the field of insurance?

How can we manage a complex company with small self-managing teams?

What can we learn from other sectors for more sustainable and affordable housing in the rental private sector?

Find cross-industry examples of successful partnerships that can be applied in the retail sector.

Which trends and disruptive innovations will impact our industry in the near future?

How can we accelerate time to market in our highly regulated industry?

We want to innovate in the field of the SDGs, what can we do?

How can we digitize our traditional sector / company?

...

Previews of 21 ways reports & usage

Only previews because you know NDA's... 🤨

Download an example set

Most of our reserach for specific client questions is under a Non-Disclosure Agreement (NDA), yet here is one we can share!

Note that this is just an -old- example and that we generate the 11 / 21 directions per client situation. Yet the set gives a nice overview of how a 21 ways set works.

Select your own custom 21 ways set

Let's work together! Based on your specific question / challenge!

7 or 11 ways set
the core research

digital set

21 ways set
the expanded research

physical & digital set

21 ways set + workshop / keynote
expanded research & session

physical & digital set + workshop

Who we are

The people behind cross-sector innovation research

Ramon Vullings

Mark Vandael

Unfortunately our good fried & colleague Marc Heleven passed away in 2025...
Safe travels buddy...

The art of digging for gold

for your innovation projects

Contact us

Let's discuss a tailored cross-industry research set for you!

Jump start your innovation efforts with tailored cross-industry research

21 ways to strategise and innovate is a cross-domain set of critical questions, checklists and cool examples from all over the world to help you innovate better and faster by using cross-industry insights and ideas.

Jump start your innovation efforts with tailored cross-industry research

21 ways to strategise and innovate is a cross-domain set of critical questions, checklists and examples from all over the world to help you innovate better and faster by using cross-industry insights and ideas.

What is a 21 ways set?

A selection of happy clients

Some example questions !?

How can we innovate more sustainably in the packaging sector?

Which new business models are possible in the field of insurance?

How can we manage a complex company with small self-managing teams?

What can we learn from other sectors for more sustainable and affordable housing in the rental private sector?

Find cross-industry examples of successful partnerships that can be applied in the retail sector.

Which trends and disruptive innovations will impact our industry in the near future?

How can we accelerate time to market in our highly regulated industry?

We want to innovate in the field of the SDGs, what can we do?

How can we digitize our traditional sector / company?

...

Previews of 21 ways reports & usage

Only previews because you know NDA's... 🤨

Download an example set

Most of our reserach for specific client questions is under a Non-Disclosure Agreement (NDA), yet here is one we can share! Note that this is just an -old- example and that we generate the 11 / 21 directions per client situation. Yet the set gives a nice overview of how a 21 ways set works.

Select your own custom 21 ways set

Let's work together! Based on your specific question / challenge!

7 or 11 ways setthe core research

digital set

21 ways setthe expanded research

physical & digital set

21 ways set + workshop / keynoteexpanded research & session

physical & digital set + workshop

Who we are

The people behind cross-sector innovation research

Ramon Vullings

Mark Vandael

Unfortunately our good fried & colleague Marc Heleven passed away in 2025... Safe travels buddy...

The art of digging for gold

for your innovation projects

Contact us

Let's discuss a tailored cross-industry research set for you!

Jump start your innovation efforts with tailored cross-industry research

21 ways to strategise and innovate is a cross-domain set of critical questions, checklists and cool examples from all over the world to help you innovate better and faster by using cross-industry insights and ideas.

Most of our reserach for specific client questions is under a Non-Disclosure Agreement (NDA), yet here is one we can share!

Note that this is just an -old- example and that we generate the 11 / 21 directions per client situation. Yet the set gives a nice overview of how a 21 ways set works.

7 or 11 ways set
the core research

21 ways set
the expanded research

21 ways set + workshop / keynote
expanded research & session

Unfortunately our good fried & colleague Marc Heleven passed away in 2025...
Safe travels buddy...