by Tristan Allen | Oct 25, 2020 | Design Thinking, Future landscaping, future thinking, General, ideation, Innovation consulting, Innovation workshops
Times are tough and nothing is as it was, so it’s understandable that brands are taking a long, hard look at what they do next. We get that. But when you write to us, or occasionally call, to say, ‘We’re planning an ideation session/hackathon/creative competition and...
by Tristan Allen | Jul 26, 2020 | Future forecasting, Future landscaping, future thinking
Dear ‘January Tristan’, ‘July Tristan’ here. I thought it may be useful to send you a few lines from your future to let you know what to expect and, perhaps, to help you plan for the next few months. Everything changes Above all, there is one thing you need to know...
by Tristan Allen | Jul 19, 2020 | Company lifecycle, Future forecasting, Future landscaping, future thinking, Innovation training, Innovation workshops
I don’t mean, hey wake up and smell the coffee – you’re going out of business!!! I mean, change is happening and you are being affected. There’s an opportunity to innovate if you read the signs of disruption and act before your approach becomes “an exaggerated...
by Tristan Allen | Jun 6, 2020 | Design Thinking, Future forecasting, Future landscaping, future thinking, General, Innovation consulting, scenario planning, Strategy
Enforced or voluntary migration puts people into survival mode and catalyses market disruption and growth in the places they go to. The job losses due to COVID-19 present an opportunity for those who have been forced to move on. Your ex-staff are your new competitors....
by Tristan Allen | Jun 2, 2020 | Design Thinking, Future forecasting, Future landscaping, future thinking, General, scenario planning
New normal Inevitably, the events of the last three months have disrupted business and personal planning. Unprecedented circumstances have that effect. Just before the world went into COVID-19-enforced lockdown, the UK was fixated on Brexit and guess what? It...
by Tristan Allen | May 3, 2020 | Company lifecycle, Future forecasting, Future landscaping, Innovation, Innovation consulting, Innovation strategy, Innovation training, Innovation workshops
Back on the 6th of February we posted a blog called ‘The way you do anything is the way you do everything. Innovation in 2020’ and reminded you that 2020 was 10% done already. Unfortunately, it’s also true that nothing we know in May was how we...
