Capgemini announces “Capgemini Invent”

Capgemini has launched Capgemini Invent that will focus on helping business leaders plot a path to the future and provide the right vehicle for getting there. Capgemini Invent combines, under one brand, the multi-disciplinary strengths of Capgemini Consulting and key expertise in technology and data science from the rest of the Group, with recent acquisitions of customer engagement firm Liquid Hub, innovation consultancy Fahrenheit 212, and its three creative design agencies – Idean, Adaptive Lab and Backelite.

The global business line comprises a 6,000-plus-strong team located in more than 30 offices and 10 creative studios around the world. Capgemini Invent’s specialist capabilities provide clients with the ability to operate at the speed of digital; to ideate and design digital transformation strategy, tangible digital solution prototypes and transformation plans, while assessing the path for scaling and monitoring them by leveraging the full expertise of the Group. Capgemini Invent helps its clients to stay relevant and be ahead of the competition.

Paul Hermelin, Chairman & CEO, Capgemini Group, says, “We have built Capgemini Invent to meet increasing client demand for our advanced digital services. This integrated global business line combines perfectly our specialist capabilities and expertise that are needed to design, create and trial new digital solutions and business models of the future, all supported by the recognized strengths of the Group to implement them at speed and scale.”

Cyril Garcia, CEO, Capgemini Invent, says, “For businesses today, determining what’s next is a question that’s getting harder to answer and even harder to realize. Leading companies must be open to invention – a radical rethinking and redesign of their core business models – in order to find new sources of value and ensure survival. Capgemini Invent offers a new model for digital transformation delivery, bringing key sector expertise together with a broad cross-section of disciplines, from strategy and technology to data science and creative design. It also engages with its growing innovation ecosystem of partners and start-ups to benefit digital projects. Working in close collaboration with our clients, Capgemini Invent applies a spirit of innovation to bring to life ‘what’s next’, orchestrating meaningful change across every facet of their business in an agile way to drive continuous growth.”

Capgemini Invent encapsulates the new ways that the Group is working with clients worldwide. Today, it is not only advising clients on digital innovation and transformation, but is also designing, building, operating and transferring expertise to help them reinvent their core businesses, along with inventingand implementingtruly new processes, products and services. One example, in the data space, is the Group’s recent work with Airbus on the “skywise” digital aviation data platform, which will be the single platform of reference used by all major aviation players in Airbus’ ecosystem, to improve operational performance and business results.

Capgemini Invent combines key digital capabilities with deep sector expertise to help organizations to prototype, test and scale new products, services and business models, quickly and effectively. To do this, the new global business line comprises six integrated practices –

· Innovation and Strategy to help envision change across organizations, helping to imagine, design and build the products, services, and business models of the future.

· Customer Engagement to help businesses deliver value at every interaction, transforming the relationships they have with customers to drive business transformation.

· Future of Technology to help businesses capture the possibilities of emerging technology by creating tailored solutions for every type of business and sector.

· Insight Driven Enterprise to utilize advanced data analytics, AI and automation technologies to drive financial excellence and enable strategic and real-time business decision-making.

· Operations Transformation to help create smarter businesses by reinventing their supply chain, asset management and operational processes, to ultimately increase productivity and reduce time-to-market.

· People and Organization to help businesses master transformation, and prepare for the future of work, by developing the culture, workforce and skills they need for holistic business success in the digital age.