by Tristan Allen | Jun 12, 2019 | Case Studies, Design Thinking, future thinking, Innovation consulting, Innovation strategy, Innovation trends, Strategy
David got a call from his CEO. Having been to an innovation forum, she wants to introduce a programme of innovation. Where to start? The company’s not short of good ideas. They have people visiting trade shows all the time. David goes to networking meetings at least...
by Tristan Allen | May 19, 2019 | Consumer insight, Design Thinking, future thinking, Innovation consulting, Innovation strategy, Innovation trends, Innovation workshops
People often refer to innovation as what happens in the future. But, for us, the future means what happens in this budget year. In 2019, Millennials still hold the top spot in the most important consumer rankings (depending on what you sell). They are, of course,...
by Tristan Allen | May 15, 2019 | Design Thinking, Innovation consultancy, Innovation consulting, Innovation strategy, Innovation workshops
The last impression your customer has of your brand is the thing they take to market when they buy again. Brand value Car sales guys are pretty good at customer service. In my experience, service desks aren’t. Problem: the last impression your customer has of your...
by Tristan Allen | May 11, 2019 | Design Thinking, Innovation consultancy, Innovation consulting, Innovation strategy, Innovation training, Innovation trends, Innovation workshops, Product development
It’s been suggested that children are too young to sit in classrooms and that they should come back when they’re old enough to know they need to learn something. In the Innovation Ecosystem podcast, “Technonomics and why my profits might disappear”, McKinsey advisor...
by Tristan Allen | Apr 14, 2019 | Innovation, Innovation consultancy, Innovation consulting, Innovation strategy, Innovation training, Product lifecycle
Meet Soda. She’s going to show you how disruption happens. Talking to client companies often starts the same way. We see a trend that could be a threat and/or an opportunity and take it to them. The client is too busy with work to worry about a problem they haven’t...
by Tristan Allen | Apr 4, 2019 | Innovation coaching, Innovation consulting, Innovation training, Innovation trends, Innovation workshops
Not being able to anticipate change is a common problem in companies where financial and sales targets rule. It’s really easy for the CFO to kill an idea, a conjecture or to argue a trend because the data won’t support a forecast. It can’t. Data is...
