About Studio Zao
Our Principles and Values
We work with a diverse and expanding range of clients, across multiple industry sectors.
We pride ourselves on delivering excellent client outcomes and learning from every engagement, while having fun too.
It’s important to us to operate by a few key principles in all of our work and projects.
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Our work is always guided by customer needs and market conditions to deliver productivity and value.
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We aim to be practical, pragmatic and fast to be more leaner with resources and reduce the time it takes to deliver value.
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We help clients build the capability to run and operate their innovation engine repeatedly and sustainably, without us.
Testimonials
“Studio Zao took us through a strategic and immersive venture building process. It was insightful to see how the teams’ propositions transformed through customer engagement and validation, with three propositions going forward into pilots and a number of entrepreneurial talents recognised in the business.”
Emily Haynes,
Head of Incubation, Pentland Brands
“Working with Studio Zao was a real pleasure. Not only do they bring diverse and innovative strategic thinking but they also truly partnered with us, sharing insights and taking on feedback to co create a great output. They also understand the importance of talent together with innovation.”
David Riley,
VP People & Organisational Development, Sony Music Entertainment
“Studio Zao worked with us all the way through a complex journey involving academia, large and small business, running two successful workshops and hacks. This has given us a highly engaged network to back our bid for further UK Innovate funding.”
Gary Frost,
Professor of Nutrition and Dietetics, Imperial College London
“Working with Studio Zao has been innovative and refreshing. Their methodology has shaped our Digital and AI strategy, helping us navigate VUCA challenges with agility. We’ve developed real digital innovation use cases across Pharma, Beauty, and LATAM teams, incorporating their lean methodology to minimise risk and boost business success.”
Fabio Di Memmo,
Vice President, Digitalization, AptarGroup