by Tristan Allen | May 31, 2018 | Future forecasting, Future landscaping, future thinking, General, Innovation strategy, Innovation trends, scenario planning
I was watching the Chelsea Flower Show on TV this week and the presenter, Monty Don, said something that chimed with me: “Gardening would survive without technology.” The context is that technology has crept into domestic horticulture and more so into the supply of...
by Tristan Allen | May 29, 2018 | Design Thinking, Future landscaping, future thinking, Innovation consultancy, Innovation consulting, Innovation strategy, scenario planning
Whether it was a great new idea that you signed up to when you first saw it, or the app just appeared when you updated your software, you are at the mercy of your own devices. How far down the road to augmentation are you? And what could the implications be? The...
by Tristan Allen | May 23, 2018 | Consumer insight, Future forecasting, Future landscaping, General, Innovation consulting, Innovation trends
Back in the 3rd age of industrial revolution (2015), when disruption hadn’t yet been invented, product and service vendors had it easy. They could buy market research, see the past and know the future. Their reliance on the way it had always been done was confident...
by Tristan Allen | May 21, 2018 | Consumer insight, Design Thinking, Innovation consultancy
What’s wrong with this statement? ‘A problem well-stated is a problem half-solved.’ Design Thinking is a popular phrase just now. It’s reached that level of popularity where so many people are talking about it that, inevitably, some of them don’t really understand...
by Tristan Allen | May 16, 2018 | Consumer insight, Innovation coaching, Innovation consulting
Can writers innovate? Of all the ways we communicate today, writing is thought of both as too old school to be relevant, and too crucial to be ignored. Writing divides people. Some say video is where it’s at. Others are moving towards the spoken word as audio....
