by Tristan Allen | Dec 17, 2021 | General, Innovation strategy, Innovation trends, Innovation workshops, Product development, Product lifecycle, Scenarios planning
Right through COVID-19 lockdowns, established, proactive business has been morphing into new versions of itself. At the same time, start-ups have been making huge noise. Individuals and groups of entrepreneurs are re-starting, re-surging, re-energising and finding new...
by Tristan Allen | Nov 19, 2021 | Company lifecycle, Future forecasting, future thinking, Innovation, Innovation consulting, Innovation strategy, scenario planning, Strategy
Maybe now it’s time to think about innovation. Pivoting to grow Being honest, if room44 had stayed wedded to its core business at the start of 2019, we probably wouldn’t be here today. When the pandemic shut the UK economy down, we had already opened a new venture...
by Tristan Allen | May 24, 2021 | Consumer insight, Design Thinking, Future forecasting, future thinking, Innovation strategy, scenario planning
room44 takes a sideways look at non-obvious trends currently developing and asks; who does this affect? Chapter 1: Challenging questions: Politics in the UK. Cladding and negative equity. Interested party pacts. Listening and watching news in June 2021 it feels as if...
by Tristan Allen | Mar 24, 2021 | Design Thinking, Future forecasting, Future landscaping, scenario planning, Strategy
The last few months may have been tough for some of you because of the limitations on work and communication, but for others it has been a period of blessed relief. Coming out of lockdown and back into a regular work pattern will fill some people with dread....
by Tristan Allen | Jan 12, 2021 | Future forecasting, General, Innovation consulting, Innovation workshops, scenario planning, Strategy
Expo 2020 posed 50 questions that were relevant when the organisers were planning the event. Since then, Expo 2020 has been postponed by a year and many of the known knowns have become irrelevant or accelerated. Take a look at the attached list of 50 questions...