by Tristan Allen | Jun 27, 2018 | Consumer insight, Future forecasting, Future landscaping, Innovation consulting, Innovation strategy, scenario planning
What would happen if Amazon (and the rest: Hermes, Asos…) weren’t there? You’d need to have a look online, see what you wanted and then go to the shops and pick it up. Has it ever occurred to you that Google and Amazon won’t be around forever – then what? Now, there...
by Tristan Allen | Jun 25, 2018 | Innovation consulting, Innovation trends, Strategy
Is your market in decline? Resurgent innovation is your ticket out. Last week I wrote about the challenges that face incumbent businesses in a market place where technology led start-ups are insurgent and can steal your revenue without carrying your overhead. I also...
by Tristan Allen | Jun 21, 2018 | Consumer insight, General, Innovation trends, scenario planning
Some ideas go full circle, and some need to meet their moment. The music industry is niche marketing at its best: a market retrenching and going back to what it knows to survive. Did Steve Jobs have a vision of Apple becoming the global music distributor that spawned...
by Tristan Allen | Jun 20, 2018 | General, Innovation coaching, Innovation consultancy, Innovation trends
The idea of releasing time to research future trends is counter-intuitive to the busy manager. On the other hand, it’s the only way you’re ever going to pick up glimpses of emerging trends. Start now by taking three minutes to watch this. Seeing it...
by Tristan Allen | Jun 19, 2018 | Design Thinking, Innovation, Innovation coaching, Innovation consultancy, Innovation strategy
Gary Player’s (iconic golfer, for the non-sports fans among you) famous mantra sums up nicely how it pays to put in the groundwork. There are many other sporting examples: David Beckham, Victoria Pendleton, Johnny Wilkinson… In the world of Design Thinking, we talk...
