The Engagement Lab supports companies in the analysis, development, and execution
of successful digital strategies and helps them reinvent their business models.
We develop innovative products and services with our clients to create, capture, and sustain economic value.
We assess the innovation potential of a company, implement sustainable product development processes, and work with organizations to drive their digital transformation.
For us, the key to developing a successful product is starting with a deep understanding of customer and market needs and a precise analysis of our client’s strategic goals and capabilities:
We help you understand customer needs and the market environment through in-depth
analysis.
We generate an action plan to achieve your organizational or product goals in line with your strategy.
We work with you to build and implement solutions that will maximize impact while measuring success using precise KPIs.
You want to
We focus on customer and market needs using proven methods such as Product Field Analysis, Design Thinking, or the Jobs to Be Done approach.
We empower you and your teams to independently and
successfully execute innovation processes and buld better products in the future.
We move fast. We’ll use your existing resources and bring in our expertise to achieve best results quickly.
We do not apply a “one size fits all” approach. We evaluate the innovation potential of your company and the challenges of your market
environment.
We work with measurable targets and KPIs to evaluate the success and progress of our projects.
We are an international net- work of experts to provide you with the best possible service.
Our network of experts has years of experience in the consumer goods, technology, startup, or broadcast and media industries. We act as external consultants, project team leaders, or interim managers in residence.
Do you have a business proposal, an idea for cooperation, or a question?
Our portfolio of clients includes more than 30 companies in local, national, and international media, communications, consumer goods, and tech.
Our case studies show how we work, and how we solve our client’s challenges:
Digital Media
User-Centered Digital Product Development
Embedded Product Lead
Digital News Product
Development of a nationwide B2C news portal from a B2B brand with a strong focus on mobile, and
establishment of a consumer brand on the highly competitive German media market.
We led an interdisciplinary team of journalists, designers, coders, marketing and social media experts that
developed a prototype in just six weeks. The core team extensively researched user and market needs before
designing and implementing the portal and defining the branding strategy
Digital Media
Concept Development for User-Centered Products
Consultant & Team Lead
A Concept for the Relaunch of a Mobile App
Complete relaunch of the mobile app for the Swiss tabloid “blick.ch”, including the development of innovative
features, the repositioning of the brand, and redefining the corporate identity while taking into account the
requirements and desires of users.
In a multi-layered three month process, using user-centered methods like Design Thinking and Design For
Growth, we led three internal interdisciplinary teams in the development of a mission statement, prototypes
for a set of innovative features, the requirements documents for the design agency, and the requirements for
the technical implementation.
Technology
Open Innovatin
Researcher
Whitepaper & Prototypes
Support Mozilla in its collaborative innovation strategy to improve existing and develop new products and
services through open innovation programs.
After researching open innovation best practices and identifying the company’s present challenges, we
developed a strategic action plan for Mozilla that was then used to form new external partnerships and cocreate new products.
Food
User-Centered Innovation Process and Methods
Consultant
New Products, Innovation Process & Team Empowerment
As one of the largest producers of food and beverages in Austria, Spitz depends on the consistent development of
exciting new products to sustain its growth. The company wanted to involve all employees in this important task
by building a culture of innovation throughout the organization.
We helped Spitz set up an interdisciplinary „Future Business Team“ that was trained in user-centered
innovation methods and develops new product ideas in a customized innovation process. Prototypes were
then converted into market-ready products.
Platform, Recruiting
Paid Content & Business Model Strategy
Consultant
High-Level Concept
XING is the largest online business network in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland, and was redesigning their
content strategy in order to develop paid models around premium content and services.
In a four-month process with internal and external experts, we conducted a comprehensive market analysis
and quantitative and qualitative evaluation of user needs. Based on the research, we developed a high-level
concept for a paid content strategy with concrete product and price recommendations and presented it to Clevel management.
Broadcast
Product Ideas & Innovation Management
Consultant
Product Ideas & Sustainable Innovation Culture
Broadcast, Audio-Technology
Strategy, Operations, Sales
COO/CPO
Product & Market Strategy
As an early-stage Austrian start-up entering the U.S. broadcast market, Tonio needed to refine its product and
market strategy, organize its operations and build customer relations with broadcasters in the U.S.
Together with the founder, we developed a product and market strategy and defined a clear process to
support the successful market entry in the US. We presented tailor-made product and content concepts to
leads in the broadcast industry
Startup
Growth & Business Development
Mentor & Advisor
Analysis & Strategic Initiatives
Early-stage startups need support in developing their products, analyzing their customer and market segments, or defining their business models in order to achieve a successful market entry or the expected growth of the
business.
We analyzed the product and market strategy together with several founders, using the Product Field
method as a framework to identify strengths and weaknesses and to derive concrete fields of action to focus
on the most impactful tasks at hand.
Klaus is a digital business expert with many years of experience in developing user-centered strategies and products. In 1995, he co-founded Austria’s leading media platform derStandard.at, the first German-language online newspaper. In 2013, he started the innovation consultancy “The Engagement Lab”. From 2019 to 2020, as COO, he developed a product and market strategy for Tonio, a US-Austrian StartUp in the broadcast sector.
Klaus deepened his expertise in the field of digital business models and user-centered innovation in 2012 during a one-year research and work stay as a Knight Fellowship Affiliate at Stanford University. He received training at the Stanford Graduate School of Business and the Stanford School of Design (d.school).
Klaus studied Political Sciences at the University of Vienna and was a lecturer at the Hamburg Media School and at the Vienna University of Technology. After several years in Vienna, Palo Alto, Hamburg, Zurich, Oxford, and New York City, he is now based in Vienna.
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Medien- und Innovationsberatung e. U.
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Klaus Weinmaier
Founder & CEO
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Austria
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