We understand that doing
innovation is different

EVERY

SINGLE

TIME

corporate innovation

Our world is changing faster and faster which is a risk to established businesses. We have seen how digitalization killed Fortune 500 companies in the past decades and it is not over yet. Climate change, new life and work styles in the western societies, shift of political power changes the way we live and the products we use and even our B2B relations. So it is essential for all companies to adapt to change by continuous innovation.

vision

We believe that methods used by startups can help corporates to stay on the top of their game. But we also know that innovation is always unique and doing it is more than just another development or business process. So innovation methods can only be successful if they are applied with special care and tailored to the specific business owners´ needs and companies culture. 

what we offer

We are here to help you to adapt, the way you want to do it in the scale you want to do it. We are offering to organize activities from a few hours long workshop up to recurring programs run all year long. From solving a specific problem to create an organization that delivers novel business opportunities repeatedly.

Innovation workshops and hackathons

Are you stuck with a technical or business problem? Do you need out of the box thinking to come up with a quick solution? We know that the talent and group intelligence is there at every company to do it. You just need the right point of view and you can get great ideas in 1-2 days.

Idea development programs

Your business is transforming and you need to adapt? The way to do this is to make innovation a part of the daily activities. It can be a sprint based, recurring program where ideas go in and validated product concepts go out. Alternatively it can be a safe space where promising ideas grow. No matter what, we help you to find that best fits your goals and company culture.

Consultancy for strategy setting

You are determined to do regular innovation, but are concerned about the risk that you take? You do not know how to achieve strictly set business KPIs by sponsoring innovation projects? We help you to develop a venture capitalist mindset and set up an innovation strategy that supports you to reach your goals.

Setting up high performing teams

You see that some of your teams are super efficient while others just barely perform? Have you already experienced that some associates just lose momentum without any reason? Team dynamics is a complex topic, but worth spending time on it. In a smoothly working team associates are more creative and create bigger added value, and at the same time they are more satisfied, and content. We help you to pinpoint and resolve issues in your current teams or set up new high performing ones.

wyh us

At The Unicornest we are facilitators, innovation experts, project manegers with both corporate and startup background. In the past years we have done both business, technical innovation ourselves and gained real life experience in state of the art ideation, product validation and team facilitation methods. We have seen many ups and downs and understand the pitfalls of doing innovation in a corporate environment. 

Balázs

During my whole professional career I was working in R&D both in academic and corporate environment. I hold a PhD degree in physics. As I spent more and more time in the field of innovation, I realized having a team of people with a well educated mind is not enough. You need the right agile mindset to come up with creative solutions and a lean process to be effective.

Hunor

I’ve been captivated by startups from a young age, and I’ve worked at many of them as well as founded many of my own. Now I run my own design & software business, where we help startups in the scale-up phase build powerful applications and early-stage startups validate their business models through online solutions.

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Balázs Játékos

During my whole professional career I was working in R&D both in academic and corporate environment. I hold a PhD degree in physics. As I spent more and more time in the field of innovation, I realized having a team of people with a well educated mind is not enough. You need the right agile mindset to come up with creative solutions and a lean process to be effective.

I have been doing innovation management since 2017. I started to build innovation pipelines and facilitate innovation teams at the Engineering Center Budapest of Robert Bosch kft. Now I am leading the innovation team of a Hungarian healthtech company. Besides this I am doing innovation management as a hobby. I am vice president of Startup Maffia, a Budapest-based non-profit organization, aiming to build a better startup ecosystem in the region.

2021-now – Innovation manager, 3DHistech kft

Leading a technical innovation team and responsible to deliver novel technical solutions for future products

  • leading technical innovation projects
  • managing a cross-functional team
  • building new technology partnerships

 

2018-2021 – Innovation Manager, Engineering Center Budapest, Robert Bosch kft. 

Responsible for automotive business related innovation activities in the Budapest Office

  • facilitating innovation teams’ work
  • building innovation pipelines
  • setting up innovation strategy with management
  • building innovation coordinator network

 

2017- 2021 – InnoHub, Accelerator Program, Engineering Center Budapest, Robert Bosch kft. 

Program aiming to support disruptive innovation @ Budapest

Harmonized with corporate, global accelerator’s maturity requirements

  • member of initial team
  • building up knowledge on innovation methods
  • continuous improvement of tools and processes
  • team facilitation on hackathons and sprints

HUNOR

I’ve been captivated by startups from a young age, and I’ve worked at many of them as well as founded many of my own. Now I run my own design & software business, where we help startups in the scale-up phase build powerful applications and early-stage startups validate their business models through online solutions.

I also serve as an innovation manager, coordinating and coaching startup teams in the areas of conceptualization, ideation, and business model building, as well as establishing and maintaining the accelerator framework.

I have done extensive research on teamwork and team dynamics within startup teams in order to advance the traditional team models and create better functioning, highly efficient teams.

2021-now – Innovation manager, 3DHistech kft

Leading a technical innovation team and responsible to deliver novel technical solutions for future products

  • leading technical innovation projects
  • managing a cross-functional team
  • building new technology partnerships

 

2018-2021 – Innovation Manager, Engineering Center Budapest, Robert Bosch kft. 

Responsible for automotive business related innovation activities in the Budapest Office

  • facilitating innovation teams’ work
  • building innovation pipelines
  • setting up innovation strategy with management
  • building innovation coordinator network

 

2017- 2021 – InnoHub, Accelerator Program, Engineering Center Budapest, Robert Bosch kft. 

Program aiming to support disruptive innovation @ Budapest

Harmonized with corporate, global accelerator’s maturity requirements

  • member of initial team
  • building up knowledge on innovation methods
  • continuous improvement of tools and processes
  • team facilitation on hackathons and sprints