by Tristan Allen | Nov 19, 2021 | Company lifecycle, Future forecasting, future thinking, Innovation, Innovation consulting, Innovation strategy, scenario planning, Strategy
Maybe now it’s time to think about innovation. Pivoting to grow Being honest, if room44 had stayed wedded to its core business at the start of 2019, we probably wouldn’t be here today. When the pandemic shut the UK economy down, we had already opened a new venture...
by Tristan Allen | Jul 3, 2020 | Company lifecycle, Design Thinking, Future forecasting, future thinking, General, Innovation, Innovation consulting, innovation process, Innovation trends
When nothing in the data indicates what your future holds, you must work out what will keep your product relevant to its market. This is what innovation consulting takes care of. Clients can be contrary. What they say they want and what they actually want aren’t...
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...
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 | Mar 4, 2020 | Design Thinking, General, Innovation, Innovation consulting, Innovation strategy, Innovation workshops
Innovation comes in many shapes and sizes but even when it’s done well, the problem of resistance to change rears its head. A proven process will help to make innovation stick. Don’t do that What you can’t do is expect brilliance from an ideation session...
by Tristan Allen | Jan 20, 2020 | Design Thinking, future thinking, General, Innovation, Innovation coaching, Innovation consulting, Innovation strategy, Innovation workshops, scenario planning
Perspective is a funny thing. We all think we have it, but are often caught out by somebody else’s view. Example Her: Dad, can I go to Reading Festival in the summer? Me: But you’ll just be sixteen and it makes me a bit sad to see you grow up so fast. Her: I know,...
