by Tristan Allen | Aug 21, 2017 | Future forecasting, Uncategorized
We ran a straw poll last week to see which companies people considered to be innovative. In fact, we asked ‘who are the most innovative companies you can think of?’ Although not scientifically designed, we wanted to find out whether ‘innovative’ is conferred on a...
by Tristan Allen | Aug 17, 2017 | Uncategorized
Keeping up is almost as hard as keeping ahead, and knowing what to concentrate on, out of the huge amount of information available, is the hardest thing of all. One of the tricks of the generalist is to scrape data from as many sources as possible and skim read it....
by Tristan Allen | Aug 14, 2017 | Future landscaping, Innovation, Innovation strategy, Uncategorized
As directors of a business that has been successful your job is to see into the future. To know where your competitors and customers are headed and to get there first. To be ready with the solution to a need they haven’t seen for themselves yet. It’s not...
by Tristan Allen | Aug 11, 2017 | Future landscaping, Innovation, Uncategorized
All over your office there are fires burning. Everyday. Everyday you get to decide which ones need stamping on. All the while, over at the other end of the office there’s the fire that’s burning next to the propane tank. It’s too far away to worry about. Until...
by Tristan Allen | Aug 10, 2017 | Innovation, Innovation strategy, Uncategorized
Let’s be clear. Innovation is some of what you launch. The more risky bits. Not the incremental changes: new count, new packaging, extra razor blade, tweaked formulation, new claim… Productive innovation is what adds value to the market by identifying and successfully...
