by Tristan Allen | Mar 12, 2019 | Design Thinking, future thinking, General, Innovation consultancy, Innovation strategy, Innovation trends, scenario planning, Scenarios planning
A few years ago, probably 2012 or so, there was a right old kerfuffle when some bright spark fitted a skateboard with a petrol engine, and the craze for powered personal mobility took off. For the first time, a semi-viable alternative to a bike was available and early...
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 | 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...
by Tristan Allen | Jul 12, 2018 | scenario planning
“If you can keep your head when all about you are losing theirs, it’s just possible you haven’t grasped the situation.” The Jean Kerr quote dates back a few years, but rings true today and draws a glancing reference to the iceberg of ignorance. We regularly talk to...
by Tristan Allen | Jul 3, 2018 | Consumer insight, Design Thinking, Future forecasting, Innovation strategy, scenario planning
It’s said that a country’s prosperity can be judged by how busy its dentists are. People visiting their dentists is apparently a good measure of disposable income and availability of credit. Nothing to do with innovation. Just a practical response to short-term...
