UnCommon Sense Consulting
SOCIALLY RESPONSIBLE MARKETING, PLANNING, GROWTH
 
   
 

At UnCommon Sense Consulting, our focus is on extracting information from, or imparting information to, small groups of people, in order to help develop or implement better organizational plans.

Commonly, this includes:

  • Organizing, moderating and analyzing focus groups and conducting in-depth interviews to aid organizational planning
  • Conducting workshops or seminars on strategic planning, marketing plans, new product development, and improving corporate sustainability
  • Employee and faculty training
  • Developing, conducting and analyzing on-line market research surveys
  • Leading idea generating sessions for brand naming, new product development, corporate problem solving, improving sustainability, etc.

We also help clients develop marketing and business plans with a "triple-bottom line" emphasis which focus on improving sustainability and reducing organizational "carbon footprints".

We have served consumer goods marketers, natural products manufacturers, academic institutions, service companies, governmental organizations and others...helping each to identify strategies for better customer service or growth.

What makes us "UnCommon"?

Our founder, Jon Ragatz, is a seasoned business practitioner as well as graduate business instructor, combining a state of the art perspective with 30 years of experience gained from extensive work in disciplines as diverse as marketing, R&D and purchasing; in industries including food products, health & beauty aids, education, printing, and service providers; with all sizes of companies from global giants like Nestle, Carnation, Vicks and J. Walter Thompson to startups such as Made in Nature, the Green MBA, and the Endangered Species Chocolate Company.

We stress proven simplicity in most situations. We are flexible. We can help most companies or organizations market their products and services better and in a more sustainable, transparent, just and socially responsible manner.

    
   
 
 
     
   

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