From your challenge
A need, a pain point, an idea to develop. We help clarify the question, define its scope and build a pathway with objectives and validation.
ABOUT US / CG RESEARCHVision opens possibilities
Vision opens possibilities
Connections bring them to life
We are an independent professional practice in innovation, research and development. We connect insight, knowledge and execution to shape what could become a business’s next step.
Discover our identity ↓01 / OUR IDENTITYA broad perspective
A broad perspective
A clear direction
CG Research is built on a belief: innovation takes shape when a good question meets the right expertise and a pathway that brings it together.
Our role is to identify opportunities, conceive projects and coordinate their development. We bring together research, technologies, materials, products, processes, services and business models according to what each challenge requires.
We can support a business with an existing objective or propose an unexplored direction ourselves. In either case, we work to turn a possibility into a structured project whose assumptions and results can be tested and developed into value.
What we can develop together ↗OUR STARTING POINT
See a possibility.
Build the conditions to make it happen.
02 / HOW A PROJECT BEGINSYou do not need
01 02
You do not need
all the answers yet
From our insight
We observe opportunities and connections across different fields. We can conceive a proposal and bring it to organisations with whom to develop it, considering application and value from the outset.
Two starting points. The same responsibility: give structure to the thinking and direction to development.
03 / OUR MODELOne direction
One direction
Multiple disciplines
Project direction remains clear. The expertise is assembled around its needs.
CGRESEARCHVISION · DIRECTION · COORDINATION
01Research & knowledge
02Technology & digital
03Product & industry
04Markets & development
The team grows from the project
Not the other way round
We build a multidisciplinary network around the work required. Professionals, specialists, research organisations and technology and industrial partners can contribute with roles and responsibilities defined for each engagement.
CG Research keeps objectives, expertise and development stages aligned. Specialist and regulated activities are handled by qualified professionals where required.
How we coordinate the pathway ↗04 / THE PEOPLE LEADING THE WORKVision and execution
Vision and execution
A shared responsibility
Founder · Innovation Direction
Cristina Gervasoni
A vision connecting
knowledge and opportunity
Her experience across healthcare, research and development and entrepreneurial project design informs a cross-disciplinary view of innovation: start with the need, recognise connections and build a project around the value it can create.
At CG Research, she leads project conception and strategic direction, scientific coordination and the integration of expertise within research and development programmes.
Chief Operating Officer · COO
Emanuele Orto
From project direction
to operational execution
He oversees operational coordination and business development, connecting project requirements with relationships across stakeholders, suppliers and industrial partners.
He helps organise activities and supply-chain relationships, supporting partnerships and routes to market.
05 / THE PRINCIPLES THAT GUIDE USHow we think
01 02 03 04
How we think
How we work
Independent thinking
Start with the question and context. Assess alternatives before choosing a solution.
Rigour in development
Distinguish insights, hypotheses and evidence. Define validation criteria and document what is learned.
Connections across disciplines
Recognise where a technology, material or method could find a new application.
Lasting value
Consolidate results, methods and knowledge so the project leaves something that can be used and built upon.
06 / RESPONSIBLE INNOVATIONTrust is
Trust is
designed, too
Artificial intelligence expands what is possible. Its use also requires clear objectives, data protection, validation and defined responsibilities. The same approach informs how we work with project information and knowledge.
Confidentiality, use of results and intellectual property are matters to define within the engagement. Technical characteristics and regulatory requirements are assessed for each solution.
Our approach to AI & Trust ↗FROM SIGNAL TO OPPORTUNITY
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