by Tristan Allen | Oct 31, 2018 | Consumer insight, General, Innovation consulting, Innovation strategy, Scenarios planning
On the corner of the high street, squeezed in between a pub and an estate agency, is a small, single-fronted shop with deep red painted window and door frames. Across the window run the words ‘Shoe Repairs’ in gold leaf, and underneath, in script, it announces ‘keys...
by Tristan Allen | Oct 30, 2018 | Future forecasting, Future landscaping, Innovation coaching, Innovation consulting, Innovation strategy
Drive into any town on any day of the week and you’ll join the masses sitting in their cars getting stressed. While you sit there, cyclists and skateboarders will glide by, and they may get to work before you or they may not. And you might think: look at those losers...
by Tristan Allen | Oct 25, 2018 | Innovation consultancy, Innovation consulting, Innovation strategy, Scenarios planning
If you’re of a nervous disposition, look away now. The Easter Bunny is a myth. I didn’t want to be the one to tell you, but it’s for your own good. I know it’s crushing, but there it is. And now it’s out in the open, there’s something else: chocolate milk doesn’t come...
by Tristan Allen | Oct 22, 2018 | Future landscaping, Innovation consultancy, Innovation strategy, Scenarios planning
Ask most people when they expect to be taken to work by an autonomous car and the answer’s likely to be, ‘not in my lifetime.’ That’s the consumer condition today. The established context is so firmly in place that radical change is beyond comprehension. The...
by Tristan Allen | Oct 17, 2018 | Future landscaping, Innovation consultancy, Innovation consulting, Innovation strategy, Scenarios planning
History tells us that the likelihood of most companies surviving much beyond the founder’s involvement is slim. Many get bought, absorbed into other companies or simply fail. In fact, according to John Elkann at Fiat, only 49 companies per million last beyond 100...