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, future thinking, General, Innovation consulting, Innovation strategy, Innovation training, Innovation trends, Product development, Product lifecycle, Scenarios planning, Strategic endpoint, Strategy
At room44 we have to maintain an agnostic view of every client’s business. To deliver landscaping strategies that present our customers with perspectives they couldn’t see for themselves, by themselves, and to be able to extrapolate an idea into a product concept that...
by Tristan Allen | Sep 6, 2019 | Company lifecycle, Design Thinking, Future landscaping, future thinking, Innovation consulting, Product development, Product lifecycle
We all procrastinate. It’s time for my lunchtime run, but I’ll just finish working through these emails… The lawn needs mowing, but I think I’ll go for that run I missed at lunchtime… There’s a deck I need to proof-read, but I’ve found a fascinating piece in the...
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...
by Tristan Allen | Aug 19, 2019 | Consumer insight, Design Thinking, Future forecasting, Future landscaping, future thinking, Innovation consultancy, Innovation consulting, Innovation strategy, Innovation trends, Product development, Strategy
The ideas economy is great. Having ideas is where innovation-based strategy starts. The problem that business leaders have, is not looking for great ideas; it’s choosing one. Unless ideas translate into action, a launch and an experience that consumers value,...
