Creation process breakdown; building new Value Propositions
Many people are interested in how a new Value Proposition is created. Of course, understanding this process and being able to execute it, provides a basis for continuously staying ahead of competitors; it would be the Holy Grail of business. In workshops I have used various methods such as Blue Ocean and TRIZ. These methods […]
Posted: May 19th, 2008 under Business Model Innovation.
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How to succesfully manage your innovation portfolio?
Recently Business Models and Business Model Innovation received increased attention. The term devaluated during the high rise of the Internet Bubble, when all you needed to get venture capital was a new type of Business Model, without any sanity check.
Now in an era of ever increasing competition from emerging markets, re-thinking your Business Model seems […]
Posted: April 27th, 2008 under Business Model Innovation.
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Innovasion: competing in the Chinese good enough market
Recently HBR published an article about the difference in competition between the US and Europe and emerging markets, China in the article. Where in the US and Europe most customers demand excellent quality in China the largest segment is the “good enough” segment (62% share of market in 2005). The good enough segment is defined […]
Posted: April 6th, 2008 under Business Model Innovation.
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Ben Kaufman’s approach to creating a BIG product in 72 hours
Many of the people following the Business Innovation topic online already know TED. TED (Technology, Entertainment, and Design) is an online platform which is used to spread ideas. Basically talks, such as presentations are made available to the public, for free. The main goals is to inspire others to start thinking differently, as Apple will […]
Posted: March 4th, 2008 under Co-Creation.
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Train your weaknesses: The practice of leadership
Recently I stumbled upon an interesting article which states that we should not focus on the things we are good at, but concentrate on the areas we are not so great at. The theory behind it is based on researching to-be chess masters. Of course this differs 180 degrees from our common sense.
Applying this line […]
Posted: February 4th, 2008 under Business Model Innovation.
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Buy buy traffic jams
The Sky Commuter, built by Flight Innovations Inc., which never left the prototype stage is now for sale on eBay. The fantastic machine, built in 1990, was intended to replace traditional car traffic. It is said that one of the engineers is now offering it at eBay. Current selling price around 50,000 dollars, which is […]
Posted: January 13th, 2008 under Design.
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Cradle to cradle: a new ways of thinking about design
From the 3rd till the 14th of December the United Nations Climat Change Conference was held in Bali. Again loads of attention were given to the subjects of sustainability. Nowadays the topic has really found grounds in society; it is even fashionable to concentrate on environmentally friendly goods and services.
In this light there is a […]
Posted: December 16th, 2007 under Design.
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