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 | Aug 9, 2019 | Case Studies, Company lifecycle, Design Thinking, Future forecasting, Future landscaping, future thinking, Innovation consulting, Innovation strategy, Innovation training, Innovation trends, Innovation workshops, Product development
Companies are recognising that consumers are attracted to brands who do more than just tell them how great they are. Brands with a purpose rate more highly in the EQ stakes (for more about EQ/Emotional Quotient read my blog here). Your brand marks you out The legacy...
by Tristan Allen | Aug 5, 2019 | Case Studies, Consumer insight, Design Thinking, Future landscaping, General, Innovation consultancy, Innovation strategy, Innovation trends, Innovation workshops, Product development, Product lifecycle, scenario planning, Scenarios planning
Let’s be honest, innovation doesn’t interest most companies as much as sales. Companies tend to inspect their future when they’re already seeing a drop in sales because their market moved on without them, or because they are doing really well and need to invest some...
by Tristan Allen | Jul 22, 2019 | Consumer insight, Design Thinking, future thinking, Innovation consultancy, Innovation consulting, Innovation strategy, Innovation training, Innovation trends, Innovation workshops, Product development, Product lifecycle, Strategy
Brand value Car sales guys are pretty good at customer service. In my experience, service desks aren’t always. Problem: the last impression your customer has of your brand is the thing they take to market when they buy again. Where have you come across this kind of...
by Tristan Allen | Jul 15, 2019 | Company lifecycle, Consumer insight, Design Thinking, Future forecasting, General, Innovation, Innovation consulting, Innovation training, Innovation trends, Innovation workshops
If your metric of ‘ideation’ success is to fill a wall with coloured squares, you will probably never miss your target at an innovation workshop. Sticky notes are the friend of the unskilled moderator. Of course, sticky notes are a great thing, functionally. The...
by Tristan Allen | Jul 3, 2019 | Company lifecycle, Consumer insight, Design Thinking, Future forecasting, Future landscaping, Innovation consulting, Innovation strategy, Innovation training, Innovation trends, Innovation workshops, Product development, scenario planning, Strategy
We are often asked why it’s important to know what a trend might do to a business when the business is doing just fine. It’s simple: everything changes, and your business will too. Being alert to opportunity allows you time to prepare and to work to a plan, rather...
