by Tristan Allen | Feb 16, 2022 | Design Thinking, Future forecasting, Future landscaping, future thinking, General
At this time of year we write a content calendar that usually includes a blog timed for March saying something like, your year is 25% time gone: what has changed? Obviously, it’s provocative. Understandably, it can get a reaction along the lines of ‘shut up, smart...
by Tristan Allen | Mar 13, 2020 | Company lifecycle, Design Thinking, Future forecasting, Future landscaping, future thinking, General, ideation, Innovation consulting, Innovation strategy, Innovation trends
In the good old days, we could take a view of markets and see the probable changes that were readable from viewable trends. That was when the pace of change was fast – now things have stepped up to a whole new level. Long-term thinking. Future thinking....
by Tristan Allen | Oct 28, 2019 | Design Thinking, Future forecasting, Future landscaping, future thinking, General, Innovation consulting, Innovation strategy, Innovation training, Innovation trends, Innovation workshops, Product lifecycle
Like a great song, a product can have a development trajectory. Here’s how a product can be nurtured over the 2020 – 2030 decade. 1984 When Leonard Cohen released Hallelujah, probably his most recognisable song, in 1984, he did so after a struggle. If...
by Tristan Allen | Sep 30, 2019 | Design Thinking, Future forecasting, Future landscaping, future thinking, General, Innovation strategy, Strategy
Raspberries There’s a farm in the UK that grows raspberries. It has always had pickers to come in and harvest the crops at the right time, but now it’s working with an automated picker and the results are looking good. The robot does the work of a person, and does it...
by Tristan Allen | Aug 30, 2019 | Company lifecycle, Consumer insight, Design Thinking, General, Innovation, Innovation consulting, Innovation strategy, Innovation training, Product development
Old dog My last dog made it to fifteen. Coincidentally, this is about the lifecycle of a successful company today. Sure, there are exceptions, but fifteen years is the average brand lifecycle now according to people like PWC. During the life of that dog, who was...