In some ways, implementing innovation into a business is like eating something the size of an elephant – seemingly impossible at first, but if you plan carefully, and look to do it over 12 months, it becomes an opportunity to feed your business (sales) over the long term.
Coming up with new ideas can be the easy bit… what’s often more difficult, is creating a space (physical and mental) that stimulates, facilitates and encourages a creative and collaborative way of thinking.
There are many brilliant sources for understanding ingredients trends. We particularly like the way the Food People use an extensive network of contacts globally to follow food ingredient trends.