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The Global Enterprise Model (GEM) Canvas for the Google-Glass Startup: Will Customers Massively Adopt or Reject Google Glass?

***According to some Analysts, Google Glass – which currently is a prototype of a wearable (head-mounted) computer – could earn Google about $10 billion in 3 years, that is, over $3 billion a year! Buzz about Google Glass has dominated the technosphere and social media over the past few weeks. However, the Google-Glass Startup has not yet answered the Billion Dollar Question (BDQ): Will customers MASSIVELY adopt or reject Google Glass? Opinions are split regarding answers to Google’s BDQ. Some…See More
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Rod commented on Rod's blog post Case Study #1 on Community Problem Solving and Business Model Innovation:
"Hi Karl, Great to hear from you. And thanks for your feedback. Best, Rod. "
Apr 27
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Business Model Process Canvas vs. Business Model Brain for Nespresso: What's Your Favorite Tool for Business Model Visualization? And Why?

       Business model blueprints are increasingly replacing the traditional organizational chart in many organizations. I can't remember the last time that I saw an organizational chart for a real business! 
 In the last five years, there has been an explosion of tools for visualizing business models. However, there has been no common language or platform that can be used for mapping tools for business model visualization and consequently, facilitate communication between business modelers. A…See More
Apr 27
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Karl Burrow commented on Rod's blog post Case Study #1 on Community Problem Solving and Business Model Innovation:
"Rod, Had a view of this. Great Stuff. Always happy to see how you explore the BMC and Business Model methodology.  Best "
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Case Study #1 on Community Problem Solving and Business Model Innovation:

A Lean Startup Project for an FM Radio Station in Sierra Leone, West Africa*** Trickle-up Development is being practiced in Sierra Leone, a small country in West Africa that was ravaged by years of a brutal civil war. Once recognized by its brand in Leonardo di Caprio’s film, “Blood Diamonds,” Sierra Leone is increasingly being noted for prodigious inventions by high school students taking part in the “Innovate Salone” program.  Launched in 2012 by David Sengeh, a Sierra Leonean and former…See More
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THE LEAN SIX SIGMA CANVAS

 A Universal Problem Solving (UPS) Worksheet for Lean Startup, Six Sigma, Lean Six Sigma, and Business Model ReInvention Projects---The Lean Six Sigma Methodology is one of the most used and useful tools in business. Based on a combination of the Six Sigma methodology and Lean Thinking, Lean Six Sigma focuses on continuously increasing quality (Six Sigma) while continuously reducing waste (Lean Thinking). Lean Six Sigma projects have been used especially for healthcare processes to…See More
Apr 3
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UNLEASH THE POWER OF THE BUSINESS MODEL CANVAS

Use the Business Model Canvas as a Universal Problem Solving (UPS) Tool***“The Proficiency Pyramid for the Business Model Canvas has Bronze, Silver, and Gold Levels: respectively Business Model Innovation Level, Supply Chain Management Level, and Universal Problem Solving Level. Ninety-nine percent of practitioners including consultants remain at the Bronze (Business Model Innovation) Level. Why?” --- We live in an Age of Simplexity. We are experiencing greater simplicity as well as greater…See More
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Lean Organizational Development Canvas for THE IDEAL ORGANIZATION

Simply Audit, Improve, and Design Your Business Model Using 10 Blocks of Best-practice Outcomes and GoalsOrganizations, which survive and prosper, increasingly display the attributes of the ideal organization. Organizations, which underperform or fail, widely depart from the outcomes, goals and business model of the ideal organization. But, what is an ideal organization?The ideal organization is a theoretical concept and does not necessarily exist in physical reality. Nevertheless, it is a…See More
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The Lean Organizational Development Canvas: How to Simply Eliminate the Trade-off Between the BUSINESS MODEL CANVAS and the LEAN CANVAS

Every now and then, entrepreneurs in the “LeanStartupSphere” pop a question the essence of which is as follows: “Business Model Canvas (BMC) vs. Lean Canvas (LC): Which tool do you prefer to document, test, present, and manage your business model?”  According to Ash Maurya, who adapted Alexander Osterwalder’s Business Model Canvas, to produce the Lean Canvas, his goal was to make the Business Model Canvas “as actionable as possible while staying entrepreneur-focused.” To achieve his goal,…See More
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An Exclusive Problem Solving Social Network (PSSN) for Beta-Testers Who Are Practitioners of the BUSINESS MODEL CANVAS & LEAN STARTUP METHOD

Wake up, wake up, wake up! The way, which many individuals and organizations solve problems, is way too slow. There’s a tsunami about to hit organizations, from startups through mid-size organizations to behemoths. It’s a universal approach for rapidly solving problems in organizations especially those under conditions of great uncertainty. The approach is being heralded by a strong integration of Alexander Osterwalder’s Business Model Canvas and Eric Ries’s Lean Startup method. Forget about…See More
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The Organizational Development Canvas (ODC) for GOOGLE'S BUSINESS MODEL AND ECOSYSTEM -

 Adaptively Discover, Grow, Defend, and/or Renew Profitable Business Models and EcosystemsToday, business problems, opportunities, and risks are increasingly seen through the lens of a business model. Today, businesses and other organizations are abandoning Michael Porter’s concept of value chain and adopting the business model as the unit of business design, analysis, and planning. The ideas and principles of the value chain are still valid. However, in a world where change is taking place at…See More
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Business DNA Management for Business Model Innovators

Business DNA Management provides a platform for integrating disparate tools of business model innovation. The platform uses a dashboard for planning, prototyping, measuring, and learning about bus. models. See More
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THE PIVOT CHART for Lean Startup Problem Management (LSPM): Pivoting from Plan A to Plan B in the Age of Adaptive Planning and Performance Management

 About two weeks ago, I discovered a blog post by Kevin Dewalt. The title of Dewalt’s post is “2013: Year of “How To” Lean Startup.” Dewalt summarizes the content of his blog post as follows: “Lean Startup advocates have won the theoretical argument and the meme is spreading worldwide. Entrepreneurs are now telling me, “Ok, I get Lean Startup theory. But what should I actually DO?” For us to continue being relevant we need to shift our discussion from “What” and “Why” to “How”.” I agree with…See More
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THE ZOOMABLE PROJECT CANVAS (ZPC) for Adaptive BUSINESS MODEL IMPROVEMENT AND DISRUPTION

Scalably Design Your Disruptive Business Model and Lean Startup As Well As Secure Venture Funding/There is an emerging school of thought which advocates that startups should ‘pitch’ their business models rather than business plans. Accordingly, startups should present their business model using a one-page business model map such as the Business Model Canvas. Prominent proponents of this school of thought include Steve Blank, Alex Osterwalder, and Nathan Furr. This “Business Model-School of…See More
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Why are you passionate about business models and business model innovation?
I'm passionate about business models and business model innovation because I've independently developed a Zoomable Business Model (ZBM) that could be used to simply and visually describe, improve, design, innovate, and manage the whole as well as any element of a business. I'm interested in applying the ZBM to other situations as well as collaborating with other people working on business model design.
How would you best describe your level of expertise when it comes to business models?
expert
What's your URL?
http://businessmodels.ning.com
What industry do you mainly work in (e.g. financial services, telco, utilities, public sector, academia, pharma...)?
computing
What is the size of the organization you work for?
freelance/independant
Do you want to add anything? Feel free. Any topic.
Alex,
I'd like to introduce you and other members of the community to a very simple but fascinating tool for visual modeling, analysis, brainstorming, and innovation. The tool, which I call the Infinitely Zoomable Page (IZP)" facilitates every aspect of business model analysis, design, innovation, and performance management. A specific application of IZP is the Zoomable Business Model (ZBM), which is a dashboard which integrates ideas from concepts and tools of business system modeling, value/supply chain, Six Sigma, and balanced scorecard. In short, the ZBM is a one-in-all tool for improving innovation, efficiency, and effectiveness of businesses.

I look forward to discussing and sharing ideas with as well as learning from the community.

Best,
Rod King, Ph.D.

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The Global Enterprise Model (GEM) Canvas for the Google-Glass Startup: Will Customers Massively Adopt or Reject Google Glass?

Posted on May 7, 2013 at 10:00pm 0 Comments

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According to some Analysts, Google Glass – which currently is a prototype of a wearable (head-mounted) computer – could earn Google about $10 billion in 3 years, that is, over $3 billion a year! Buzz about Google Glass has dominated the technosphere and social media over the past few weeks. However, the Google-Glass Startup has not yet answered the Billion Dollar Question (BDQ): Will customers MASSIVELY adopt or reject Google Glass?

 

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Business Model Process Canvas vs. Business Model Brain for Nespresso: What's Your Favorite Tool for Business Model Visualization? And Why?

Posted on April 27, 2013 at 7:00pm 0 Comments

       

Business model blueprints are increasingly replacing the traditional organizational chart in many organizations. I can't remember the last time that I saw an organizational chart for a real business! 


 

In the last five years, there has been an explosion of tools for visualizing business models. However, there has been no common language or platform that can be used for mapping tools for business model visualization and…

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Case Study #1 on Community Problem Solving and Business Model Innovation:

Posted on April 15, 2013 at 1:30am 2 Comments

A Lean Startup Project for an FM Radio Station in Sierra Leone, West Africa

*** Trickle-up Development is being practiced in Sierra Leone, a small country in West Africa that was ravaged by years of a brutal civil war. Once recognized by its brand in Leonardo di Caprio’s film, “Blood Diamonds,” Sierra Leone is increasingly being noted for prodigious inventions by high school students taking part in the “Innovate Salone” program. …



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THE LEAN SIX SIGMA CANVAS

Posted on April 3, 2013 at 3:43am 0 Comments

 A Universal Problem Solving (UPS) Worksheet for Lean Startup, Six Sigma, Lean Six Sigma, and Business Model ReInvention Projects

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The Lean Six Sigma Methodology is one of the most used and useful tools in business. Based on a combination of the Six Sigma methodology and Lean Thinking, Lean Six Sigma focuses on continuously increasing quality (Six Sigma) while continuously reducing waste (Lean Thinking). 



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UNLEASH THE POWER OF THE BUSINESS MODEL CANVAS

Posted on March 21, 2013 at 12:32am 0 Comments

Use the Business Model Canvas as a Universal Problem Solving (UPS) Tool

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“The Proficiency Pyramid for the Business Model Canvas has Bronze, Silver, and Gold Levels: respectively Business Model Innovation Level, Supply Chain Management Level, and Universal Problem Solving Level. Ninety-nine percent of practitioners including consultants remain at the Bronze (Business Model Innovation) Level. Why?” 



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At 4:05am on November 22, 2012, Leticia Mendonca said…

Hi Rod,

Thanks for connecting. Have a great day ahead!

Regards,

Leticia

At 3:35pm on September 30, 2009, Lukas Feuerstein said…
Hi Rid !I'm currently writing my Master thesis on "data centric business models" and conducting a short 5-10 minutes online survey http://bit.ly/b27gF . I would be thrilled if you are able to participate
Thanks a lot
At 12:20pm on March 6, 2009, Jonas Lindelöf said…
Thanks for your message. Looking forward to hear about your model.

/Jonas
At 7:59am on February 20, 2009, Alex Osterwalder said…
Rod, good to have you on the Hub. Looking forward to hearing more about your ideas!
 
 
 

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