Yves Pigneur

workshop on business models at TU Vienna, invited by Prof. Hannes Werthner, Director Vienna PhD School of Informatics, and Birgit Hofreiter, head of the Informatics Innovation Center (i²c)

The workshop aims at (a) learning about and applying 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 social entrepreneurship ventures, and (c) exploring and prototyping business models using design thinking and customer development to boost future growth. The day will be a mix between presentation, q&a, buzz groups, and hands on practice.

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talk “Designing, prototyping and testing business models” (web) at TU Vienna, invited by Prof. Hannes Werthner and supported by the Austrian national newspaper ’Der Standard’.

This hands-on and interactive talk aims at presenting the Business Model Canvas for designing, assessing and challenging business models. Design thinking attitude will also be emphasized for exploring and prototyping business models. Finally, the synergy between the business model canvas, lean startup and customer development will be briefly presented for testing value propositions and business models. The tools and methods are based on the book “Business Model Generation” Yves and Alex co-authored, which sold over 600,000 copies around the world and has been translated into over 27 languages.

last talk at Singapore before our departure, at Nestlé Singapore (web), invited by Valerio Nannini, Managing Director, and Catia Monteiro Pimentade Sousa, head of the Business Innovation team

Innovation = product development ?

Innovation is more than new products ’ it is a mindset and behavior influenced by our beliefs, value, culture and vision. Innovation in business is about finding new ways to create future value for our consumers. It challenges the status quo to design products and solutions that meet unsatisfied, new or hidden consumer needs. (more) – Valerio Nannini, Managing Director for Nestlé Singapore

BMGEN

The talk aims at presenting the Business Model Canvas for designing, assessing and challenging business models. Business model innovation will be illustrated with examples. Design thinking attitude will also be emphasized for exploring and prototyping business models. Finally, the synergy between the business model canvas, lean startup and customer development will be briefly presented for testing value propositions and business models.

last talk on BMGEN at Singapore, invited by Suzanne Hraba-Renevey, head of swissnex Singapore, at UBS Auditorium, One Raffles Quay

The talk will present and illustrate the Business Model Canvas. Design thinking attitude will be briefly illustrated for prototyping and testing business models. Business model innovation, design and testing will be illustrated with the story of the BMGEN book and software, with Alex, Alan & co.

talk on social business models at The Hub (web), Singapore, with Prof. Wong Poh Kam, head of NEC (web), for social entrepreneurs

’HUB Singapore is a home for people who want to use entrepreneurial ideas to create sustainable impact, as curator of spaces, community and content for inspiration, action and collaboration. (more)

With BMGEN and related design thinking techniques, we offer social entrepreneurs a guide to designing, prototyping and testing innovative business models that can help them profitably improve the firm’s social and environmental footprint. We illustrate this process through the examples of Grameen Phone, Eight19 and Peepoople.

lecture for NUS bschool undergraduate students, invited by Prof. Thompson Teo (web) in his course “Strategic Information Systems”.

“In this module, the strategic roles of information systems and technology (including the Internet) in business organizations are examined. Frameworks for analysing the strategic impact of information technology on organizational and industry structures are introduced. Information systems that support or shape an organization’s competitive strategy, as well as information systems that are used to re-engineer business processes in organizations are discussed.”.

The lecture aims at presenting the Business Model Canvas for designing, assessing and challenging business models. Business model innovation will be illustrated with examples. Design thinking attitude will also be emphasized for exploring and prototyping business models. Finally, the synergy between the business model canvas, lean startup and customer development will be briefly presented for testing value propositions and business models.

A workshop on Design, Business Model and Innovation for more than 100 entrepreneurs at Kuala Lumpur, with Teddy Zmrhal (web), IDEO Singapore, invited by Andrew Tan and CRADLE (web).

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What are human-centered design and design thinking? And how can they be used to influence and develop new products and services? And how can a people-centered strategy for change transform private and public sector organizations? The first part of the workshop, by Teddy, will give attendees the opportunity to learn about IDEO’s own culture of innovation and how it has brought to life some of the firm’s most notable work. Case studies will bring to life how the methods and tools of design can help organizations tackle their hairiest challenges. Finally, the group will look at how the business model canvas can be integrated into the design process.

The second part aims at presenting the Business Model Canvas for designing, assessing and challenging business models. Business model innovation will be illustrated with examples. Design thinking attitude will also be emphasized for exploring and prototyping business models. Finally, the synergy between the business model canvas, lean startup and customer development will be briefly presented for testing value propositions and business models.

GENOVASI

On Monday February 2nd, the new Genovasi school of design (web) will open its door to the first students …

“Genovasi is a unique institution with programmes focused on the cultivation of innovation competencies. Genovasi offers a human-centred learning experience to Malaysians to learn and use innovation for social inclusion, active citizenship and personal development, and to be equipped with future transferable skills to face challenges in life (more)

Business model design and innovation workshop for 100 executives of International Enterprise (IE) Singapore (web)

The workshop aims at (a) learning about and applying 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 social entrepreneurship ventures, and (c) exploring and prototyping business models using design thinking and customer development to boost future growth. The day will be a mix between presentation, q&a, buzz groups, and hands on practice.

PROGRAMME BREAKDOWN

Intro to business model thinking as a strategy tool

- Understanding what business models are and why they are important today
- Exploring the Business Model Canvas, a systematic approach to working with business models
- Situating the business model concept in the enterprise

Business model innovation cases and buzz groups

- Understanding how innovative business models can transform industries.
- Using the Business Model Canvas with introductory examples
- Ground rules and pitfalls of the Business Model Canvas.

Design thinking for business model innovation

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

Intro to testing business models with the “Customer Development” and “Lean Startup” process

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

After this workshop, participants will have dived deep into a series of case studies across industries, got coaching and advice on business model topics, and shared knowledge and experience among participants.

Talk at SMU for C-level executives, invited by Desai Narasimhalu, Director of the Institute of Innovation and Entrepreneurship

The talk aims at presenting BMGEN for designing and assessing business models. Business model innovation will be illustrated with examples. Design thinking attitude and customer centricity will also be emphasized for exploring, prototyping and testing business models.

meeting at The Hub (web) with the participants to the Social Innovation Camp Asia, in Singapore for 10 days from Malaysia, organised and coached by Andrew Tan

Teams presented highly interesting and promising projects: (a) ThatApp is a means of education for teens on sex health, it uses gamification as an aspect to penetrate knowledge into the minds of teens via mobile devices, (b) Rare Genomics Asia empowers patient communities to accelerate research by helping fund and create personalized research projects for individuals with rare diseases, (c) The Blood Donors Network is a web and geo-targeted mobile app that its primary purpose is to have immediate access to database of people who are regular blood donors in case that somebody asks for blood, and (d) Find Art is a mobile app that helps you find, keep and share art. Find Art engages the local art ecosystem (artists, art lovers, students, curators, schools, galleries, museums, festivals, events) in the real world.

The teams used the Business Model Canvas. With BMGEN and related design thinking techniques, we offer social entrepreneurs a guide to designing, prototyping and testing innovative business models that can help them profitably improve the firm’s social and environmental footprint. We illustrate this process through the examples of Grameen Phone, Eight19 and Peepoople.