by Tristan Allen | Jun 15, 2020 | Company lifecycle, Design Thinking, Future forecasting, future thinking, Innovation consulting, Product development, scenario planning
Supply chains and the hospitality market are decoupling, signalling a resurgence of mindful consumption in a high street near you. New demand will bring back variety to the domestic landscape. Twelve weeks ago you: probably had to explain what a Zoom meeting...
by Tristan Allen | Jun 2, 2020 | Design Thinking, Future forecasting, Future landscaping, future thinking, General, scenario planning
New normal Inevitably, the events of the last three months have disrupted business and personal planning. Unprecedented circumstances have that effect. Just before the world went into COVID-19-enforced lockdown, the UK was fixated on Brexit and guess what? It...
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 | Jan 27, 2020 | Design Thinking, Future forecasting, Future landscaping, future thinking, Innovation consulting, Innovation strategy, Innovation training
but it depends on how you see it. Perspective comes in many shapes and sizes. Here’s an example: ‘“…I’m overdue for a Donald.” Donald…? “Trump,” she explained. Thank God for that, I thought she meant Duck.’* Two people, two interpretations, one misunderstanding. This...
by Tristan Allen | Dec 3, 2019 | Company lifecycle, Design Thinking, future thinking, Innovation coaching, Innovation consulting, Innovation training, Innovation workshops, Product lifecycle
When a business gets to a certain size, the next step is, usually, to grow it. This is a critical point in a company’s lifecycle when the real question is ‘do we grow or do we scale?’ Founders go through this pain when they find themselves struggling...
