beyond advisory, we make innovation stick
Most innovation programmes are well-intentioned. It's the gap between the strategy and execution where innovation fails.
We are a boutique innovation consultancy. We help enterprises solve complex challenges, build innovation capability, and turn transformation intent to execution. Through strategy, co-creation, and hands-on execution, we make innovation stick.
where to start?
5 stereotypes. 5 pressure points.
Same destination. Different on-ramps depending on your role and your primary pressure point.
CEOs and business / vertical leaders
Find the real problem. Then build the bold answer.
Most innovation failures happen because the problem being solved was never the real one."
HQ Credibility
Moonshot Thinking
Prove-or-lose Cycle
InoOps Model
not just another boutique
Why engage with us?
The PlayerCoach model: strategy + execution + capability in one engagement
Most consultancies do one of three things: advise, train, or deliver. We do all three simultaneously. Pinaki or a Sr. Partner is in the room as a strategist, a coach, and a practitioner... not rotating between three separate teams.
Your investment compounds instead of fragmenting.
Built to exit.
Not to extend.
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Every engagement includes an explicit capability transfer plan and a designed exit point. The goal is to make DX&Beyond obsolete inside your organisation.
Multiple engagements have transitioned to fully internally-led within 9-12 months.
Cross-industry pattern recognition your internal team can't replicate.
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55+ engagements across industry sectors. Partner & Founder experiences cover India, US, UK, EU, SEA. The solution to your manufacturing problem often lives in an adjacent healthcare pattern.
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That cross-pollination is what a boutique delivers that a sector-specialist can't.
India's first ITONICS ConsultancyHub+ Partner
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ITONICS is the Innovation OS that makes your portfolio visible to HQ in real time. As India's first ConsultancyHub+ partner, DX&Beyond deploys, configures, and operationalises it... giving GCCs the infrastructure layer that enables comprehensive portfolio oversight.
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Transparency is at the core of whatever we design, build, and operationalize.
Boutique by design. That's the moat, not the constraint.
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A senior practitioner in the room, every session. No junior team executing a Big 4 methodology and escalating to a partner for the bi-weekly call. The size limits what we take on.
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What we deliver stays consistent across every engagement, sector, role.
what are you solving today?
Don't fit your problems into our offerings! Challenge us instead!
Your one challenge. Our one pager. Deal?
the market is cautious, the mandate isn't
What we are hearing from CXOs in 2026
The external environment... geopolitical uncertainty, AI disruption, compressed growth cycles... has put Indian enterprise leadership into a deliberate wait-and-watch posture.
Boards are asking harder questions before approving innovation budgets. CFOs are demanding ROI projections for programmes that haven't launched yet. And yet, the same boards and CFOs know that doing nothing is its own kind of risk.
The window for frictionless transformation has passed. The window for sharp, targeted, evidence-producing intervention is very much open.
Assess & Baseline
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Innovation Maturity Assessment
8-lens diagnostic. AI-generated report. Free or gated. The primary entry point. The lite version takes approx. 20 min to complete the self-administered assessment.
Innovation Health Check
Annual or quarterly portfolio reset. Capturing Ambition vs. Execution Gaps and planning for next S-curve. 3-5 weeks of touchpoint to create a complete roadmap.
discover & define
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Sprint Zero
Problem-first. Aligns leadership before capital goes in. 2-5 days. Multiple variants (Strategy, AI, GCC).
Moonshot Bootcamp
10x thinking. Future-back models. 8-12 bold bets. 3-4 pass commercial viability. 3-5 weeks.
Discovery Research Sprint
Problem-first. Aligns leadership before capital goes in. 2-5 days. Multiple variants (Strategy, AI, GCC).
Strategy FFWD
Translates innovation ambition into a 90-day action roadmap. 1-2 facilitated days.
solve & execute
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Bring It Home
Embedded co-creation. Real stakeholders, real friction. 8-12 weeks. CX, EX/Process, or Product variant.
Process Reimagination Lab
Reimagine, not optimise. Friction-point-up redesign. 6-8 weeks. We stay until it holds.
AI-Ready Innovation Sprint
Fix the process before the AI goes in. 8-10 weeks. Enterprise or Workforce variant.
Build Capability
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Intrapreneur Development
High-potentials who lead innovation from within. Live proposals. 6-12 weeks.
Practitioner Cohort
10-15 internal practitioners. Learn by doing on live problems. 8-12 weeks.
Drive Employee-Led Innovation
Visible. EVP-building. 4-6 weeks. Combination of Little-i and Transformative initiatives,
Leadership Enablement
From command-and-control to guide-and-co-create. Intensive or extended programme.
strategize & scale
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INOaaS: Innovation as a Service
The embedded delivery unit. Absorbs all innovation overhead so the core team runs strategy. Retainer-based. KPI-anchored.
Innovation OS (ITONICS)
Board-auditable portfolio. Foresight to governance. India's first ConsultancyHub+ partner.
PlayerCoach (all variants)
Embedded senior leadership. Fractional cost. Zero recruitment risk. Starts in 2 weeks.
AI Strategic Alignment
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AI Opportunity Navigator
PoC to prioritised backlog. 3-5 days. Saves the next 6 months of misallocated budget.
AI Governance Design
Board-ready guardrails. Decision rights. DPDP Act aware. 3-5 days + optional 4-week implementation.
AI Portfolio Orchestration
20-40 initiatives into one governable, board-auditable portfolio. 4-6 weeks.
AI Literacy for Leaders
Strategic fluency. Not technical training. Half-day or full-day. C-Suite and board.
We are here to help you across your Innovation Lifecycle Stages
Each stage produces the evidence base that justifies the next. The flywheel accelerates as proof points accumulate. Most clients start at Stage 0 or Stage 1 and expand based on what they see.