by Tristan Allen | Jan 2, 2020 | General, ideation, Innovation, Innovation strategy, Strategy
The way ideation works depends on how it is directed. Creativity is best achieved with nurture and new insight. During a room44 ideation session there is a moment when somebody in the room will realise that the ideas on the wall can be started immediately. The...
by Tristan Allen | Dec 11, 2019 | future thinking, General, Innovation, Innovation consulting, Innovation trends
During project research, we stumble across thousands of facts that can’t be used for that project but are still interesting – maybe we’ll be able to use them one day. Below are just ten examples. Some are fun, some are serious. All of them useful in the right...
by Tristan Allen | Oct 15, 2019 | Company lifecycle, Consumer insight, Design Thinking, Future forecasting, Future landscaping, future thinking, Innovation, Innovation consulting, Innovation strategy, Innovation training, Innovation trends, Innovation workshops, Product lifecycle, Scenarios planning
Go to a packaging or any other trade show, and see the plethora of ‘sustainable’ claims displayed on stands. The initiative to reduce consumption of virgin raw materials is well-intentioned. Consumers, aided by a gathering momentum around circular product design, have...
by Tristan Allen | Sep 13, 2019 | Design Thinking, Future forecasting, Future landscaping, Innovation, Innovation consultancy, Innovation strategy, Innovation trends, Product development
Apple was innovative. Now it launches no new ideas and has fallen behind in the AI stakes. Mid-term, what will Apple do to pull it back? While it was the first $trillion company, and makes more profit than any of its key rivals, it hasn’t invested in gathering data in...
by Tristan Allen | Aug 30, 2019 | Company lifecycle, Consumer insight, Design Thinking, General, Innovation, Innovation consulting, Innovation strategy, Innovation training, Product development
Old dog My last dog made it to fifteen. Coincidentally, this is about the lifecycle of a successful company today. Sure, there are exceptions, but fifteen years is the average brand lifecycle now according to people like PWC. During the life of that dog, who was...
by Tristan Allen | Aug 29, 2019 | Design Thinking, Future forecasting, Innovation, Innovation consultancy, Innovation consulting, Innovation strategy, Product lifecycle
Malcom Gladwell, in his new book Talking to Strangers, discusses the misunderstandings that arise when what you say isn’t what you mean. For an aspirational business leader, this can easily be resolved with some clarity of purpose (remember ‘purpose’? It’s that...
