I also operate as an independent research / strategy consultant via the company ‘Brand Positive’ which I set up after working with cutting-edge agencies for over a decade.

Case histories for these clients includes multi-sector B2B & B2C trend / insights / NCD & NPD / futures / strategy / positioning activity on an international basis.

Here’s a selection of brand-side clients along with some of the agencies with whom we’ve consulted. (Please see the link for more info).

I also link with agencies for promotional activity, for instance with regards to the launch of the 2026 ‘Future 100’ report from VML.

Probably the most eagerly awaited of all major agency reports, as always it covers 100 trends set to reshape business an culture in the year ahead.

And as before, I was pleased to be asked to be one of the ‘global experts’ (their words, not mine) that inputted on the report, and to be a speaker at the launch event in London.