by Tristan Allen | Feb 6, 2020 | Company lifecycle, Future forecasting, Future landscaping, Innovation consulting, Innovation strategy, Innovation training, Innovation workshops
2020 is 10% done. How was it for you? The next obvious question is, what has been different so far this year? It’s not always easy to read but it is true to say that the way you do anything is the way you do everything. For example, have you tried pulling an...
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...
by Tristan Allen | Jan 6, 2020 | Innovation consulting, Innovation strategy, Innovation training, Innovation workshops, Strategy
Newsfeeds and social media are signalling disruption in every corner of our lives in this decade. Learn how to avoid being reactive to every shift in customer behaviour, and how to anticipate what to do next. 1. Start with what you know. Every person in your business...
by Tristan Allen | Dec 3, 2019 | Company lifecycle, Design Thinking, future thinking, Innovation coaching, Innovation consulting, Innovation training, Innovation workshops, Product lifecycle
When a business gets to a certain size, the next step is, usually, to grow it. This is a critical point in a company’s lifecycle when the real question is ‘do we grow or do we scale?’ Founders go through this pain when they find themselves struggling...
by Tristan Allen | Nov 12, 2019 | Company lifecycle, Design Thinking, Future landscaping, Innovation coaching, Innovation consulting, Innovation strategy, Innovation training, Innovation trends, Innovation workshops, Product development, Product lifecycle, scenario planning, Strategy
As you sit down to write your 2020 budget plan, ask yourself this question: how different will this plan make us look by this time next year? It’s likely, in many cases, that the answer is, ‘it won’t.’ This is something we can help to change. Here’s why and here’s...
by Tristan Allen | Nov 11, 2019 | Company lifecycle, Consumer insight, Design Thinking, Future forecasting, Future landscaping, future thinking, Innovation consulting, Innovation strategy, Innovation training, Innovation trends, Innovation workshops, Product development, Product lifecycle, scenario planning, Strategy
Retail space is display space. Not selling space. It’s three years since British Home Stores went into administration. Three years, and so many signals that UK retail is not in a happy place, yet successive retail failures quickly followed. The demise of Toys ‘R’ Us...
