by Tristan Allen | Apr 1, 2019 | Consumer insight, Design Thinking, Future landscaping, Innovation, Innovation coaching, Innovation consultancy, Innovation consulting, Scenarios planning
To stay relevant to your customers over the next couple of years you’ll need to be aware of mega trends: the very biggest macro factors. Mega trends are those irreversible, slow-to-grow changes that we tend not to recognise as quickly as we might. It’s a bit...
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 4, 2019 | Design Thinking, Future forecasting, future thinking, General, Innovation consultancy, Scenarios planning
As you get close to your end of Q1, 2019 budget presentations, one thing becomes blindingly obvious: stakeholders don’t apply logic to targets and plans. If your stakeholders are also your investors – bad luck. They’re even less likely to be sympathetic to a plan that...
by Tristan Allen | Feb 11, 2019 | Design Thinking, Future forecasting, future thinking, Innovation consulting, Innovation strategy, Innovation workshops, Scenarios planning
Practically, the room44 innovation audit provides a view of your world that your customers see. Strategically, if you are beginning to think about divestment, investment, or retirement and succession, this will show you how your plans might be helped along. Say...
by Tristan Allen | Jan 21, 2019 | future thinking, Innovation consultancy, Innovation consulting, Innovation strategy, Scenarios planning
UK businesses have a little under two months to watch Brexit unfold and try to decide how to move forward. Conventional advice is to watch the pennies and mitigate the risk of getting caught out if and when rules change. This is brilliant news for innovators. Your...
by Tristan Allen | Jan 20, 2019 | future thinking, Innovation consultancy, Innovation consulting, Innovation strategy, Scenarios planning
In 2016 I represented Team GB as a triathlete. Two and a half years ago. The spring after, I had a bike crash while training in the Spanish countryside. After leaving skin on the road and taking three months to get back on a bike, I figured I was on the road back to...
