Think Play Do Group (TPDG) was set up in 2005 with the mission of assisting both private corporations and public sector organisations to enhance their ability to innovate successfully. In broad terms, TPDG does this by helping organisations develop innovation strategies that are appropriate given their contexts and ambitions and the organisational processes and capabilities needed to foster innovation. We also tackle specific innovation-related issues that our clients bring to us (for example the development of an idea screening methodology or the evaluation of a specific idea) and offer specialised services (for example auditing a firm's innovation capability or devising a strategy for capitalising on Web 2.0 tools). We work with both large and small organisations.

TPDG is the commercial arm of the Innovation and Entrepreneurship Groups at the Imperial College Business School in London and the University of Queensland in Brisbane, both of which have ownership in the company. TPDG is distinctive in that it is staffed by consulting professionals yet draws on leading edge academic research and first rate academic minds.

The company was founded by Professors David Gann (Imperial College) and Mark Dodgson (University of Queensland). Headed by Professor David Gann, the I&EG at Imperial College now boasts the largest academic group focussed on innovation and entrepreneurship management in Europe and is closely linked to top academics across the world. Professor Dodgson (Queensland) is a well known researcher and writer in innovation management and policy and has been identified as one of the most influential business advisors in Australia.

TPDG's key team members have longstanding experience in all aspects of corporate strategy and organisational development as well as years of practice in address innovation-related issues. We are therefore particularly well positioned to combine the ideas and insights from the world-leading research conducted in the university sphere with our understanding of business practices and priorities to ensure that our solutions are feasible, cost effective and designed to deliver real-world business value.