by Tristan Allen | Nov 28, 2017 | General, Innovation strategy, Scenarios planning
There’s a rhythm to innovation. It’s controlled, not urgent. Ernest Hemingway said it best: “Success from innovation comes in two ways: gradually, then suddenly.” I’m paraphrasing and, admittedly, he was talking about bankruptcy, but let me...
by Tristan Allen | Nov 27, 2017 | Future forecasting, Future landscaping, Innovation consultancy, Scenarios planning
Read any newsfeed or journal, on any day of any week, and among the top stories will be how Amazon is taking over everything retail. Post-apocalyptic predictions of wasteland shopping malls and the demise of the consumer supply chain are legion. Twenty years ago,...
by Tristan Allen | Nov 22, 2017 | future thinking, Innovation coaching, Innovation consultancy
You might call it scenarios planning, market mapping or simply cutting the risk of innovation. Either way, how you anticipate future market development, how you fit into it and how you cut the risk of innovation, is what sets you apart. It isn’t always a...
by Tristan Allen | Nov 20, 2017 | Innovation coaching, Innovation consultancy, Innovation strategy
From FOMO to JOMO. Innovation strategy helps you to stay focused on the important things. Being reactive to consumer demand is, by and large, still a tenet of customer service. Taking note of what your customers say is (nearly) always a good idea. As technology...
by Tristan Allen | Nov 15, 2017 | Future forecasting, General, Innovation coaching, Innovation strategy, Scenarios planning
Search ‘innovation portfolio’ and you’ll get various versions of horizon plans but click on Images and one of the common results looks a bit like this one. Horizon planning is a well-understood concept and focuses on what’s incremental, adjacent or radical to your...