Yves Pigneur

Masterclass on ’Business Model Design and Innovation’, for the new Master of Advanced Studies in “Business Analysis & IT Governance” (web) at the University of Namur.

The master class aims at (a) learning about and applying the Business Model Canvas, a practical visual language to describe, challenge, and design business models, (b) appreciating powerful examples of business model innovation, ranging from start-ups to Fortune 500 companies, and (c) exploring and prototyping business models using design thinking and customer development to boost future growth. The two days will be a mix between presentation, q&a, buzz groups, and hands on practice.

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PROGRAMME BREAKDOWN

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Visit and talk at the University of Twente, Industrial Engineering and Business Information Systems (IEBIS), invited by Jos van Hillegersberg

The keynote aims at illustrating the Business Model Canvas, the BM mechanics and the BM layers for sketching out business models or visualising existing business. The talk visited different paradigms for applying design thinking technics. Best practices and frequently committed mistakes have been presented and illustrated with practical exercises.

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mini-workshop on BMGEN and change management for Givaudan, invited by Adrien Gonckel, CIO

The mini-workshop aims at presenting and illustrating the Business Model Canvas. Design thinking attitude will also be emphasized for exploring and prototyping business models. Finally, the synergy between the business model canvas and customer development will be briefly presented for testing business models.

interesting meeting with a skyguide team brainstorming about business model innovation, improve Vs invent attitude, intrapreneurship and business design.

mini-workshop for architects and interior designers at Provencher Roy (web) and Moureaux Hauspy (web) invited by Alain Moureaux

Since 1983, Provencher Roy + Associés Architectes, a dominant presence in urban architecture in Canada, has provided architecture and urban design services to its national and international clientele (more).

Founded in 1974, Moureaux Hauspy + Associés designers, has built a reputation for excellence in interior design and has carried out projects all over the world (more).

The mini-workshop aims at presenting and illustrating the Business Model Canvas. Design thinking attitude and the “Managing as Designing” paradigm, inspired by the architecture, will also be emphasized for exploring and prototyping business models.

Talk at the fantastic Summer School on Management of Creativity in an Innovation Society (web), Montreal-Barcelona, July 9-24, organised by Patrick Cohendet, Laurent Simon & Lucy Stojak.

The Summer School on Management of Creativity offers an unparalleled two-week immersion in two creative capitals, Montreal and Barcelona. Courses, visits, conferences, meetings and creative experiences stud the program schedule. The intense pace promises constant discoveries, in a friendly atmosphere (more)

Nice visits at Bombardier Aeronautics, Cirque du Soleil, Ubisoft …

The mini-workshop illustrated the Business Model Canvas, the BM mechanics and the BM layers for sketching out business models or visualising existing business. The talk visited different paradigms for applying design thinking technics. Best practices and frequently committed mistakes have been presented and illustrated with practical exercises.

mini-workshop at Desjardins (web), invited by Henri Dolino, Senior Director Corporate Strategy

Desjardins is the largest cooperative financial group in Canada, with four business activities: Life and Health Insurance and Wealth Management, Property and Casualty Insurance, Personal Services and Business Services (more)

The mini-workshop aims at presenting and illustrating the Business Model Canvas. Design thinking attitude will also be emphasized for exploring and prototyping business models. Finally, the synergy between the business model canvas and customer development will be briefly presented for testing business models.

Master class on “Disruptive Business Models and Design”, for the joint EMBA (web) bearing the seals of both HEC Montréal and McGill University (more). The master class on BM design belongs to the “The Catalytic Mindset” module.

The master class aims at (a) learning about and applying the Business Model Canvas, a practical visual language to describe, challenge, and design business models, (b) appreciating powerful examples of business model innovation, ranging from start-ups to Fortune 500 companies, and (c) exploring and prototyping business models using design thinking and customer development to boost future growth. The half-day will be a mix between presentation, q&a, buzz groups, and hands on practice.

PROGRAMME BREAKDOWN

Intro to business model thinking

- Understanding and exploring the Business Model Canvas
- How innovative business models can transform industries.
- Using the Business Model Canvas with introductory examples

Design thinking for business model innovation

- Coming up with innotive business models with a design mindset
- Customer centricity as a starting point for BM innovation
- Prototyping business models

Testing business models

- Introduction to testing business models
- The Customer Development process
- Examples of significant business model ’pivots’

References

Teece, D. (2010). Business models, business strategy and innovation. Long Range Planning, 43, 172-194.
Blank, S. (2013) Why the Lean Start-Up Changes Everything. Harvard Business Review, May 2013, 65-72.
Osterwalder A., Pigneur, Y. (2010) Business Model Generation. Wiley (extract)

Visit and talk at the MIT Sloan School, Center for IS Research (web), invited by Peter Weill (web); nice meetings and interesting discussions on business models, digitalisation, business complexity & collective intelligence, with Peter, Jeanne Ross, Thomas Malone and their colleagues.

“The MIT Center for Information Systems Research (CISR) conducts field-based research on issues related to the management and use of information technology (IT) in complex organizations. Established at the MIT Sloan School of Management … (more)

Be fascinated by the building for computer science designed by Frank Gehry …

Tom Malone also presented his new project Climate-Colab (web). “The goal of the Climate CoLab is to harness the collective intelligence of thousands of people from all around the world to address global climate change. Inspired by systems like Wikipedia and Linux, the MIT Center for Collective Intelligence has developed this on-line forum where citizens create, analyze, and select detailed proposals for what to do about climate change. … (more)

The talk aims at presenting advanced topics related to the Business Model Canvas, such as business model mechanics, economics and layering, illustrated with case studies such as Nespresso, airBnB and Amazon AWS.

Conférence au 5@8 Créatif de Mosaic (web) à HEC Montréal

“MOSAIC est une plateforme d’échanges et de partage de connaissances en management de la création (more)

Les objectifs de cette presentation sont de (a) découvrir un langage visuel pour décrire, remettre en question et esquisser des Business Models, (b) mieux comprendre certains exemples marquants d’innovation par les business models, (c) explorer le paradigme “Managing as designing” et caractériser le design thinking appliqué à la conception de business models.

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