Blue Ocean Strategy creation with Gabor George Burt: TED Talks—We listen and watch. In the coming weeks, we will feature a selection of inspiring videos from past and present TED talks.
This week we select the video “The surprising science of motivation” featuring Dan Pink. Do you have a favorite TED talk which you think should be featured on Creating Blue Oceans? Let us know via the 'email me' tab in the upper left-hand corner. About Dan Pink: Daniel H. Pink is the author of several provocative, bestselling books about the changing world of work. [Video via TED.] Human-Centered Product Development and Design – IDEO, Process, Innovation, Plan, Toolkit. As quoted from the project website and the various guides. The toolkit (signup/login required), can be found at Introduction This toolkit is the result of a project funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. The BMGF brought together four organizations — IDEO, International Development Enterprises (IDE), Heifer International, and the International Center for Research on Women (ICRW)—to partner in the creation of a method for guiding innovation and design for social enterprises and NGOs.
These successes are the outcome of an extraordinary collaboration of partnerships on three continents—and the individuals that went above and beyond to prototype and field test these methods. Human-Centered Design is a process used for decades to create new solutions for companies and organizations. The reason this process is called “human-centered” is because it starts with the people we are designing for. It is the lens through which we view the world through the entire design process. Scenarios. Formulation Lecture Slides. Value Proposition Design Template. By: Alexander Osterwalder In some of our consulting work we were asked to help describe in a more structured way a company’s value proposition.
To do this we came up with a template as illustrated in the image accompanying this blog. Alternatively, you can also download the “value proposition design template” as a word template from our website. The template forces business executives to think of their value proposition in a more structured way and across its life cycle. The template or canvas helps a company identify and describe where it creates value for the customer, starting from the moment a potential customer evaluates a value proposition all the way to the moment a customer stops using/needing the company’s products and services.
The template describes 8 phases of value creation: Evaluation Process: A company can create value by making the product/service evaluation process as easy as possible. In our work the value proposition design template has three functions. Strategic Planning Models & Tools Help You To Win More Profit. Academics and consultants have developed a lot of strategic planning tools and strategic planning models to help business owners and managers to develop better strategies that win in the marketplace.
As my differentiation blog develops, I will be introducing more and more of these strategy models but the purpose of these page is to provide a an overview of the strategy tools and to give you easy access to more detailed information. Why Strategic Planning Models & Tools Are So Useful Strategy models provide a common focus point for discussion. The best strategies come of from the insight of applying the strategy tools and the discussions that happen within the management team and not as a direct result of using the planning model..Strategy models provide a common reference point. As you work through the strategy models, you are looking for insight on how you can improve and leverage the Six Step Profit Formula. Popular Strategic Planning Models Tools Michael Porter’s Five Forces PEST Analysis.