by Tristan Allen | Apr 9, 2019 | Design Thinking, future thinking, Innovation consultancy, Product development
The ideas economy is great. Having ideas is where innovation starts. However, unless ideas translate into action, a launch and an experience that consumers value, what started out as a good idea with potential will never make it as an innovation. There’s a saying that...
by Tristan Allen | Mar 26, 2019 | future thinking, General, Innovation consultancy, Innovation consulting, Product development
Faced with a journey, you’ve got choices: plan the route or start walking (driving, cycling – whatever you choose). Planning feels logical. Get the map out, plug coordinates into a sat nav and see how long it takes. Your route to a final destination,...
by Tristan Allen | Mar 7, 2019 | Design Thinking, General, Innovation consultancy, Innovation consulting, Innovation strategy, Product development, Product lifecycle, scenario planning
There’s a feeling among company managers that external perspectives can’t add much to business strategy. It’s an opinion we hear fairly often and yet, McKinsey seems to be doing OK. Is this because buyers of management consultancy just want to buy in resource to get a...
by Tristan Allen | Feb 26, 2019 | Design Thinking, Innovation, Innovation consultancy, Innovation consulting, Innovation strategy, Product development, Product lifecycle, scenario planning
Getting innovation right takes time, and the only way to start is to start. The pace we work at is relentless. So is the pace of change: faster than ever before, and slower than we should expect. Slow is bad. If you’re slow, you aren’t keeping up – you’re losing...
by Tristan Allen | Feb 5, 2019 | Design Thinking, General, Innovation consultancy, Product development, Product lifecycle, Strategy
Try this: when you leave the house, see what you need to pick up and say out loud, I’ve got my case, my coat, my coffee, my keys, my lunch, my kids… By calling it out, you’re giving yourself the chance to notice what’s missing: wallet, computer, water bottle, dog…...
by Tristan Allen | Sep 17, 2018 | Consumer insight, Design Thinking, Future forecasting, Future landscaping, future thinking, Innovation, Innovation strategy, Innovation training, Innovation trends, Innovation workshops, Product development, scenario planning
Q4 is a busy time for CEOs and your board colleagues. Nailing the 2018 target is high on every CEO’s to-do list this month. Innovation might not be. On the other hand, you’re also looking at 2019 and starting to tighten up the plans your colleagues have been talking...
