Innovation Intelligence™ for Every Phase of Product & Concept Development

Stop Guessing What Customers Will Love. Start Measuring It.

EmotionTrac's Innovation Intelligence platform tracks real, second-by-second emotional response — desirability, intent, trust, delight — from first concept sketch to shelf and launch. A data-driven approach to de-risking every new product, service, and offering before it goes to market.

Built for innovation teams across consumer products, consumer services, and B2B.

Innovation Intelligence™
Sample Report
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II Score
Innovation Intelligence™ Score
Strong desirability signal

Target audience (n=412) · Tested across 3 concept directions

+14 vs. control concept
Desire82%
Trust74%
Intent to Buy68%
Hesitation21%
Second-by-second response
00:00 — 00:90
Engagement peak at 00:42 — value-prop revealDip at 00:71 — price moment
The Hidden Cost of Gut-Feeling Decisions

Innovation Teams Everywhere Share the Same Hidden Risk.

Concepts Move Forward on Opinion, Not Evidence

Internal stakeholders fall in love with an idea long before a real customer ever reacts to it.

Focus Groups Capture What People Say, Not What They Feel

Conscious, polite feedback often hides the unconscious hesitation that predicts real-world failure.

By the Time the Market Tells You, It's Too Late

Sales data and churn reports only confirm a problem after the budget is already spent.

EmotionTrac's mission: transform gut-feeling innovation decisions into data-driven outcomes — across every category, every client, every phase.

The Science Behind the Signal

How Innovation Intelligence™ Works

EmotionTrac measures the emotional response real customers have to your concepts, prototypes, packaging, messaging, and pitches — before you commit budget to build, launch, or scale. Here's how it works.

Real Target Customers

We recruit and test with the actual demographic or firmographic audience your offering is built for — not a generic panel.

Second-by-Second Emotional Tracking

Facial expression analysis captures unconscious desirability, trust, and purchase-intent signals as they happen, in real time.

Post-Exposure Survey + Qualitative Review

Quantitative scoring plus verbatim reactions, mapped to the exact moment in your concept, demo, or pitch that triggered them.

What This Reveals

  • Where a concept's core value proposition truly lands with target buyers
  • Whether messaging tone and framing resonate with the intended segment
  • Which design, packaging, or format direction outperforms the alternatives
  • The exact moment hesitation, confusion, or distrust enters the experience
  • Whether a pitch, demo, or campaign has a clear, compelling call to action

See the Emotional Truth Behind Every Decision — Before You Spend the Budget.

From Insight to Action.

Here's what typically happens once your team sees the data.

A/B Test Refined Concepts

Sharpen the Value Proposition

Resolve the Hesitation Moment

Strengthen the Conversion Path

This is the caliber of insight EmotionTrac is built to deliver — before millions are spent building, launching, or scaling the wrong thing.

One Platform. Every Phase of Innovation.

Innovation Intelligence™ at Every Stage of the Development Process.

Concept to Commercialization™ and Everything in Between

Ideation & Concept Screening

Idea to Shortlist

Timeframe
1-3 months
At stake
$10K-$250K

Predict customer emotional response to concepts before a single prototype is built.

Concept & Prototype Testing

Refinement & Validation

Timeframe
2-6 months
At stake
$100K-$5M

Quantify desirability and intent before committing to development.

Packaging, Design & Naming

Form, Look & Feel

Timeframe
1-4 months
At stake
$50K-$2M

Test shelf appeal, brand fit, and emotional resonance across design directions.

Pricing & Positioning

Go-to-Market Strategy

Timeframe
1-3 months
At stake
$25K-$1M

Identify the exact moment price or positioning triggers hesitation — before launch.

Messaging & Campaign Testing

Marketing & Sales Enablement

Timeframe
1-3 months
At stake
$50K-$10M

Optimize every ad, pitch deck, landing page, and sales script for maximum emotional impact.

Launch & Market Introduction

Commercialization

Timeframe
3-12 months
At stake
$500K-$50M+

Precise customer-offer emotional matching to maximize adoption and reduce churn.

Post-Launch Optimization & Line Extension

Ongoing Growth

Timeframe
Ongoing
At stake
$1M-$100M+ revenue

Predict line-extension success and long-term customer loyalty before you reinvest.

Whatever phase you're in right now — across CPG, services, or B2B — we can test it this month.

Built for the Person Whose Job Is On the Line for This Decision.

Outcomes below are illustrative strategic benefits, not guaranteed results.

Ideation
CPG/Brand Innovation Directors
Reduce concept failure risk
Confidence before major R&D investment
Concept Testing
Product Managers (B2B & B2C)
Quantify desirability vs. competitors
More informed go/no-go decisions
Design/Packaging
Design & Brand Teams
Measure emotional shelf/digital impact
Stronger differentiation
Pricing
Pricing & Revenue Strategy Leads
Identify hesitation triggers pre-launch
Smarter price architecture
Messaging
Marketing & Demand Gen Teams
Test creative before media spend
More efficient campaign spend
Launch
GTM / Commercialization Leads
Match offer to customer emotional needs
Stronger adoption signals
Post-Launch
Category & Portfolio Leads
Track emotional loyalty over time
Better extension/reinvestment planning

Whoever Signs the Check, We Speak Their Language.

Consumer Products Innovation Teams

Consumer Services & Experience Teams

B2B Product & Solutions Teams

EmotionTrac helps reduce the risk of innovation failures — data-driven decisions that improve customer emotional engagement at every touchpoint.

CPG Brands·Consumer Tech·Retail & E-Commerce·Financial Services·Healthcare & Wellness·B2B SaaS·Industrial & Manufacturing·Professional Services

Focus Groups Guess. We Measure.

Focus Groups
Expensive, slow, small sample
Real-time, scalable, cost-effective
Surveys
Conscious bias, delayed feedback
Unconscious emotional truth, immediate
Concept Boards / Static Testing
One-dimensional, no emotional read
Second-by-second emotional mapping
Sales/Usage Analytics
Behavior only, after the fact
Emotional drivers behind behavior, before launch
A/B Testing
Limited variations, late-stage only
Broader creative & concept optimization, any stage
Let's Test Your Next Concept

Request Your Innovation Intelligence™ Demo

Tell us about your project. We'll show you exactly what Innovation Intelligence™ can uncover.

  • A live walkthrough of the Innovation Intelligence™ Score framework
  • How second-by-second emotional tracking works
  • How EmotionTrac maps hesitation, trust, and desire to specific moments
  • How findings translate into concrete next steps for your team

No spam. No obligation. Just data. Your project details are confidential.