Innovation

Innovation is foundational to much of what we do at PU. We combine consumer insight, commercial rigour and creative product development to take ideas from possibility to real things that grow businesses.

We work with clients to develop new products, services and business models that resonate with the people they're built for, and are set up to succeed commercially. It's not just about ideas. We use research and testing to give businesses the confidence to invest in the things that will actually work.
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Capabilities

Future Mapping

We map where categories, customers and trends are heading, and identify the spaces worth moving toward before anyone else gets there.

New Product or Service Innovation

We help businesses work out where to play next. An end-to-end capability that finds the white space, identifies the highest-potential opportunities, and works out which ones are actually worth pursuing.

Service Design

We map real customer journeys, identify the moments that matter most, and design the interventions that will make the biggest difference to the outcomes a service delivers.

Innovation Pipeline & Strategy

We build the frameworks and pipelines that let businesses innovate consistently. Startup agility, lean resourcing, and a structured process that takes the guesswork out of choosing what to back next.

Consumer & Market Research

We go deep on consumer research. Finding the insight that unlocks a concept, understanding what's driving or blocking adoption, and generating the data that backs a business case or pitch.

Market & Opportunity Sizing

We put real numbers behind big decisions. How big is the market, how accessible is it, and what's realistically yours.

Portrait

Our research-backed method to identify exactly who is most likely to buy your product, and get your media in front of them.

Workshops

Opportunity Identification Workshop

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For when you've got a job to be done but can't quite define it yet. A condensed engagement to get clear on the problem, surface the opportunity inside it, and map a path forward. We work closely with your team and stay involved as the picture develops.
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Testimonials

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Dave Norman
DB Breweries
“The Previously Unavailable team were instrumental in the creation of the Odd Company brand, providing not only great inspiration, but also a continual challenge to stay true to the essence of the brand, which ultimately helped drive cut through in the market.”

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We take on select projects, working with companies who are inventing or reinventing. If there’s a project you’d like to talk to us about, please get in touch.

Auckland

Roles

We're Hiring

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We are looking for Senior and Intermediate Brand designers to join our team. People who love brand, design, variety, and working collaboratively.

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Future Demand Vol. 2

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How marketing to tomorrow’s customers will break your brand out of the performance trap

Social Updates

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01 Oct

Our creativity and innovation scholarship with AUT is back.

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25 Sept

We took to the 'skies' for our annual mid-winter Christmas party.

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LinkedIn

24 Sept

TIKA IS LIVE. Our biggest congratulations to founders Alison Mau and Zoë Lawton on the massive effort it’s taken to reach this milestone.

By The Numbers

$500m+

Launched
Companies

40+

Equity
Companies

4

Venture Funds

Weekly Whakatauki

He iti te mokoroa, nāna i kati te kahikatea
Something much larger can be overcome by something much smaller.

Where in the world is James Hurman?

Auckland
36.8485° S, 174.7633° E

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Come Down – Anderson .Paak

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“Walking is actually good for you”

Studio Snaps

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Clients & Partners

Icehouse Ventures
Westpac
AF Drinks
Ārepa
Fonterra
Emma Lewisham
MedWorld
DB Breweries
Education Perfect
Torrens University Australia
OnBoard
Shuttlerock
Pylot
Lion
Mānuka Health
Ideally
Tracksuit
Breast Cancer Foundation NZ
Helius
Brothers Beer
ASB
BNZ
Melodics
Sunfeld
Contact Energy
Simplicity
Futurity
PieFunds
WOOP!
Hawker & Roll
Stolen Rum
21C Skills Lab
Ascential
Heineken
Clearhead
Stuff
Spark
The Comfort Group
NZ Trade & Enterprise
Serious Food Co.
Toothcrush
Timely
Compostic
Growbright
Sanford
Goodman Fielder
TVNZ
PĀMU
New & Improved
Kiwibank
Humankind
Blunt
Deloitte
Hancocks
Genesis
Cannes Lions
Jade Software
Bankwest
Dentons
NeuAudio
Nibblish
Media Design School
Skyline
ZURU
ECC
Caffeine
Jade
Blackbird
NZME
Outset Ventures
Private Wealth Network
Special Group
TRA
The Tuesday Club
Lume
Aera
Abroad
Sharesies
KPMG
Constellation
Tika
Soul Capital
Scholarship
Rev.Social
Friends That Invest
Hiraya Ventures
Appetise
Icehouse
Manifest
Lumos
Simfuni
Levno
Kamal
Re-Leased
Extraordinary
Yarken
Nevam
Aglow
Abodo
Spoke
Andfoods
Marloo
Anthony Harper
Aplenty
Bustle