by Tristan Allen | May 20, 2022 | Future forecasting, General, Innovation consulting, Innovation strategy, Innovation workshops
No one is ever going to accuse me of being prudent I’ve never saved enough or made enough AVC payments and doubt that my pension will amount to a comfortable retirement. I’m the complacent child of the lucky generation who have had comfortable retirements from final...
by Tristan Allen | Nov 25, 2020 | Company lifecycle, Design Thinking, Future forecasting, future thinking, Innovation coaching, Innovation consultancy
The way a business evolves from start-up to demise is trackable through a cycle that has strong parallels in nature. Stepping back and seeing the similarities is a useful exercise and shows a set of practices that can help you avoid some repeated pit falls. Mega...
by Tristan Allen | Oct 25, 2020 | Design Thinking, Future landscaping, future thinking, General, ideation, Innovation consulting, Innovation workshops
Times are tough and nothing is as it was, so it’s understandable that brands are taking a long, hard look at what they do next. We get that. But when you write to us, or occasionally call, to say, ‘We’re planning an ideation session/hackathon/creative competition and...
by Tristan Allen | Aug 20, 2020 | Future forecasting, future thinking, General, ideation, Innovation training, Innovation workshops
The next few months are impossible to predict and therefore difficult to plan, so think different. Blend specialism with generalism. When I got my first job, the first thing my bank did was send me a credit card: instant debt. So I started to run my finances like many...
by Tristan Allen | Aug 9, 2020 | Company lifecycle, Design Thinking, Future forecasting, General, Innovation coaching, Innovation training
As I write this in August 2020, Russia is promising a mass vaccination campaign against COVID-19 in October, while Western hopes are pinned on a number of vaccines currently under trial, including one developed by Oxford University in the UK. The media has latched on...
