by Tristan Allen | Nov 12, 2019 | Company lifecycle, Design Thinking, Future landscaping, Innovation coaching, Innovation consulting, Innovation strategy, Innovation training, Innovation trends, Innovation workshops, Product development, Product lifecycle, scenario planning, Strategy
As you sit down to write your 2020 budget plan, ask yourself this question: how different will this plan make us look by this time next year? It’s likely, in many cases, that the answer is, ‘it won’t.’ This is something we can help to change. Here’s why and here’s...
by Tristan Allen | Sep 13, 2019 | Design Thinking, Future forecasting, Future landscaping, future thinking, General, Innovation consulting, Innovation strategy, Innovation training, Innovation trends, Product development, Product lifecycle, Scenarios planning, Strategic endpoint, Strategy
At room44 we have to maintain an agnostic view of every client’s business. To deliver landscaping strategies that present our customers with perspectives they couldn’t see for themselves, by themselves, and to be able to extrapolate an idea into a product concept that...
by Tristan Allen | Aug 29, 2019 | Design Thinking, Future forecasting, Innovation, Innovation consultancy, Innovation consulting, Innovation strategy, Product lifecycle
Malcom Gladwell, in his new book Talking to Strangers, discusses the misunderstandings that arise when what you say isn’t what you mean. For an aspirational business leader, this can easily be resolved with some clarity of purpose (remember ‘purpose’? It’s that...
by Tristan Allen | Jun 5, 2019 | future thinking, General, Innovation training, Product development, Product lifecycle
Is innovation part of your three year plan? As long ago as 1962, Everett Rogers published the Diffusion of Innovation concept, coining the phrases ‘Early Adopters’ and the ‘Early Majority’ that are still popular today. In 2016, McKinsey assessed the average lifecycle...
by Tristan Allen | Feb 5, 2019 | Design Thinking, General, Innovation consultancy, Product development, Product lifecycle, Strategy
Try this: when you leave the house, see what you need to pick up and say out loud, I’ve got my case, my coat, my coffee, my keys, my lunch, my kids… By calling it out, you’re giving yourself the chance to notice what’s missing: wallet, computer, water bottle, dog…...
