Yves Pigneur

12th CTO Forum on Business Model Innovation and Design, organised by NUS and CTO network (web)

The Institution of Engineers Singapore (IES) and National University of Singapore’s Division of Engineering & Technology Management (D-ETM) have jointly established the ’Chief Technology Officer Network’ (CTO Network) in 2007. Besides bringing together technology leaders to share ideas and interact with their contemporaries, the CTO Network also aims to advance the management of technology through various initiatives and activities … (more)

The talk aims at presenting the Business Model Canvas, a practical visual language for designing and assessing business models. Business model innovation and industry changes will be illustrated with powerful examples. Design thinking attitude and customer centricity will also be emphasized for exploring, prototyping and testing business models.

“Business Model Workshop for the innovators, movers & shakers” in Tokyo, with ’?’?’?’? Takashi Tsutsumi, the translator of Steve Blank’s books in Japanese. The workshop was organized by ’?’? ’? Shin Yamamoto, ’?’?’?’? Tobby Munenori Tobisawa, and their colleagues; I met them in my previous visit (see previous post). The event was supported by CoachingBank (web) and the translation done by ’?’?’?’? Shinobu Sheena Urita (spirit195).

Shin Yamamoto and Yasuhiro Watanabe have launched a dynamic BMGEN community (web) in Japan. They give workshops on business models on a regular basis in Japan (web). Yasuhiro is also the founder of the Word Alliance Reading Magazines (WARM).

The workshop aims at presenting the Business Model Canvas for designing, assessing and challenging business models. Business model innovation will be illustrated with examples. In a second part, design thinking attitude will also be emphasized for exploring and prototyping business models. The new Value Proposition Canvas will be illustrated. In the third part, the synergy between the business model canvas, Eric Ries’s lean startup and Steve Blank’s customer development will be proposed for testing value propositions and business models.

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a keynote for MICimpact (web) at M square, for (more than 200) entrepreneurs, consultants, students and BMGEN fans. Fantastic evening with Mike Han (the founder of MICimpact) and his team Mi Young Hong, Alex, Soowan, John (the translator) and many others.

“It was a fantastic time. Thank you for your passion toward entrepreneurship and young people again.”

Mike and his MCI impact team

“I really appreciate that you made a great speech with us. Most of people there are so moved by your lecture. You are so passionate, energetic and insightful. You became not only good teacher but also great role model of us.”

In “Hankuk Economy” (23rd January, 2013)

Headline: “You might fail if you insist believing your own first idea.”

The article presents the lecture. In addition to a short presentation of the BMGEN canvas and the Nespresso case study by the participants, the talk also proposed a couple of suggestions for entrepreneurs: using design thinking techniques, as architects, for prototyping theirs business models and testing their business models “out of the building”.

mini-workshop and discussion at Samsung OpenTide (web) and Samsung SDS (web)

The talk aims at presenting the Business Model Canvas for designing, assessing and challenging business models. In a second part, design thinking attitude will be emphasized for exploring and prototyping business models. In the third part, the synergy between the business model canvas, Eric Ries’s lean startup and Steve Blank’s customer development will be proposed for testing value propositions and business models.

seminar at Yonsei Business School, invited by Prof. Kil-Soo Suh (web) and Jai-Yeol Son (colleagues of mine when I was visiting prof. at UBC, Vancouver in 2004). The Yonsei MIS department (ISatYonsei) is ranked # 1 in Korea, # 44 worlwide in UTD ranking.

The talk will present a visual language for designing, assessing and challenging business models. Business model innovation and industry changes will be illustrated with examples. Design thinking attitude and customer centricity will also be emphasized for exploring, prototyping and testing business models. Three research areas and artifacts have been explored. The first one concerns the formalization and visualization of the core constructs related to business models. The second area corresponds to the exploration of how design techniques might contribute to improving the generation and evaluation of multiple business models. The third one is the research of computer-aided design assisting in the process of designing strategic objects such as business models.

workshop on “Business Model and Service Innovation” for ESSEC Asia (web) in its “Executive Workshop series”, with Xavier Pavie, invited by Prof. Hervé Mathe, head of ESSEC Asia.

This interactive workshop aims to provide participants with knowledge of innovative business models. The program will explain how to apply design thinking and explore innovative business models through concept discussions and in-depth analysis (more).

The first day, by Xavier, will present (a) the notions of ’Service’ and ’Innovation’, (b) service innovation as a means of breaking through and reinventing Business Models, (c) repositioning a brand through innovation strategy in a service firm and innovation as a way to disrupt conventional Systems, and (d) responsible Innovation as a key challenge for the company.

The second day aims at presenting the Business Model Canvas for designing, assessing and challenging business models. Business model innovation will be illustrated with examples. In a second part, design thinking attitude will also be emphasized for exploring and prototyping business models. The new Value Proposition Canvas will be illustrated. In the third part, the synergy between the business model canvas, Eric Ries’s lean startup and Steve Blank’s customer development will be proposed for testing value propositions and business models.

meeting, discussion and video shooting of a short BMGEN presentation, with Dr Krishnan and Kris Quek. Together they organise the PlugFest IPC competition (web) at Fusiopolis

PlugFest International Programming Competition (IPC), created and spearheaded by GDG (Google Developer Group) Singapore and IEEE Computer Society Singapore, is endorsed under the National Infocomm Competition (NIC) framework of IDA (Infocomm Development Authority) of Singapore. PlugFest IPC aims to be an open and international platform for both (tertiary) students and professionals to build professional applications using the current state-of-the-art technologies. This year, our focus is on using cloud and mobile technologies (more)

mini-workshop for NUS EMBA students, invited by Prof. Neo Kok Beng in his course “Technology Transfer and Commercialisation”. Kok Beng is also in charge of the course “Design Thinking & Business Innovations” (1st semester).

“This course focuses on the successful transfer of technologies from a research environment for commercialization as successful & sustainable products or services to the global market, via a knowledge-based entrepreneurial wealth-creation process. Technology commercialization capabilities are essential for an increasingly competitive environment where existing markets undergo creative destruction and new markets emerge based on new knowledge and developments in the research laboratories”.

The mini-workshop 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.

1-day workshop on business model design for the start-up design week (web), invited by Khairu Rejal, program leader. Together with Khairu, Teddy Zmrhal from IDEO SIngapore will introduce the design thinking techniques and other deep dive tools.

The venue is the *SCAPE building at Orchad Link. *SCAPE is a non-profit organisation with its mission and vision rooted in support of youth, talent and leadership development. The organisation aims to facilitate youth-oriented programmes and support within various communities of youth interest. (more)

The Monday session aims at providing (very) young entrepreneurs with the Business Model Canvas for designing, prototyping and testing business models. Business model innovation and industry changes will be illustrated with examples such as Nespresso, Circus of the Sun, Apple, Amazon, Nintendo, SunEdisson, Eight19, and AirBnB. Design thinking attitude and customer centricity will also be emphasised with practical exercises. The new Value Proposition Designer will be illustrated and practiced.

Keynote at the “Cross-Border Innovation and Entrepreneurship Symposium”, organised by the SMU Institute of Innovation & Entrepreneurship (IIE) and ESSEC business school, Singapore, 4th December 2012.

Nice talks by Robin Speculand and Xavier Pavie.

Robin is the author of the book “Bricks to Bridges” (web) and the CEO of Bridges Business in SIngapore (video). He presented his interesting “implementation compass”, a 8-point framework to guide organisations in implementation.

Xavier, director of ISIS (web) at ESSEC, presented a nice talk on “Responsible innovation”, based on his works and large experience in this area (video). He authored the book “Innovation-responsable : Stratégie et levier de croissance pour les organisations” (web).

My talk presented the Business Model Canvas for designing, prototyping and testing business models. The concepts has been illustrated by examples of business model innovation, some of them with a positive environmental impact (SunEdison)