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 | 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 | Feb 7, 2018 | General, Innovation consultancy, Innovation consulting, Innovation strategy, Product lifecycle
Knowing when enough is enough and anchoring on the right price point were beautifully illustrated to me by a mechanic called Steve, who simply wants to provide value for money. The guy that services our cars has been in his business for the 20 years that we’ve known...
by Tristan Allen | Jan 25, 2018 | Future forecasting, future thinking, General, Innovation consultancy, Product lifecycle, Scenarios planning
There’s a trend building for 2018 that’s soon going to be part of every innovator’s landscape, not just a few. It has the backing of major design thinkers and of social enterprise campaigners. Even if it hasn’t reached the mainstream or doesn’t sit on your radar yet –...
