A customised forecast I created for a hotelier — Introduction A couple of months back I created a customized forecast for a friend. My friend was curious about the future of hospitality and the future of travel. …

Using 100 truths to find opportunities for innovation — Hotels, gyms and libraries are suffering due to the Covid19 restrictions imposed by the government. These restrictions don’t allow them to open under any circumstances. So how can they make without losing their business? To find some opportunities I applied a technique where you write 100 current truths about the…

How to create a simple forecast that can help you strategise — During this summer with aroma of Covid-19, furloughs and pressing social issues, I managed to learn few futurist techniques. The Institute for the future (fancy name right; and why the name of this entities is always “something something future”? …

Theater as a place for observation and decision making In 2011 I travelled back to Barcelona to develop my degree project. I wanted to create a service that would allow you recycle, repair, repurpose (three R’s 😏 how smart am I?) old electronics. I came with many ideas on how…

Or how you can find and opportunity — Finding an opportunity it is a matter of observation. The more you know about the area you want to innovate the easier it is to find an opportunity. An exercise that helps to find opportunities is listing things that you consider true about X. Here is an example of a…

How musicians might get helped or might get replaced — AI is like the new attractive and apparently smart boy or girl in town. Everyone wants hang out, and get intimate with them. That’s also my case. I tend to go to that search bar with the coloured “G” and type the name of an industry or topic and then…

A protein shake to your creative muscles — You found your problem. You created a HMW (how might we) statement. Now is time for the brainstorm. You look at the yellow post-it with hunger, the first 3 ideas flow faster than the hyperloop. Your sharpie is waiting for more action, while its unmistakable aroma travels to your nostrils…

The future might be less noisy inside What would happen if windows could cancel the sound from the exterior. Wouldn’t that be great? View the article here: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/11/science/windows-street-noise.html A Singaporean PHD student has found how to lower the noise of the streets by 10 decibels by inserting an array of…

Where is the handyman ? — About a year ago I needed some new shoes, shoes that were casual for the summer. Now those shoes I love, have worn out soles, ripped canvas, After some consideration, I bought Novesta hi-top white canvas white rubber sneakers. Looking back on how I took the decision, it was a…