by Tristan Allen | Apr 8, 2020 | Design Thinking, Future forecasting, future thinking, Innovation consulting, Innovation strategy, Strategy
At the risk of repeating myself to regular readers, the secret to being a successful innovator is as simple as climbing a 50ft rope and ringing a bell. And just like climbing the rope, innovation is really simple to understand and really hard to do. The answer? Figure...
by Tristan Allen | Apr 5, 2020 | Design Thinking, Future forecasting, Future landscaping, future thinking, Innovation, Innovation consulting, Innovation strategy, Innovation training, scenario planning, Strategy
With restrictions on social movement in place, isolation means different things to different people. Furloughed Being sent home and furloughed means no work, some money and lots of time to spend with family or to get creative in. Working from home means spending all...
by Tristan Allen | Apr 1, 2020 | Company lifecycle, Design Thinking, Future forecasting, future thinking, Innovation consulting, Innovation strategy, Innovation training, Innovation trends, Innovation workshops, scenario planning, Scenarios planning, Strategy
For many businesses, Q4 may be the next best time to launch an innovation, internally or externally. But now is the best time to focus on what comes next. For millions of people sent home from the workplace, the COVID-19 crisis might be providing their first...
by Tristan Allen | Mar 19, 2020 | Design Thinking, Future forecasting, Future landscaping, future thinking, Innovation coaching, Innovation consulting
Plan for normality and keep a focus on the future, whenever and whatever that might be. The highly unusual situation we’re in isn’t forever. It’d be foolish to underestimate the effect that COVID-19 is having and will continue to have on our day-to-day...
by Tristan Allen | Mar 13, 2020 | Case Studies, Company lifecycle, Design Thinking, Future forecasting, Future landscaping, future thinking, General, ideation, Innovation consulting, Innovation strategy, Innovation trends
In the good old days, we could take a view of markets and see the probable changes that were readable from viewable trends. That was when the pace of change was fast – now things have stepped up to a whole new level. Long-term thinking. Future thinking....
by Tristan Allen | Jan 27, 2020 | Design Thinking, Future forecasting, Future landscaping, future thinking, Innovation consulting, Innovation strategy, Innovation training
but it depends on how you see it. Perspective comes in many shapes and sizes. Here’s an example: ‘“…I’m overdue for a Donald.” Donald…? “Trump,” she explained. Thank God for that, I thought she meant Duck.’* Two people, two interpretations, one misunderstanding. This...
