business model innovation design we're on a road to nowhere // on a quest to analyze and explore the design of business model innovations, i.e. 'hideous and hidden things' like organizational structures and capabilities, corporate strategies and all things related // on a yellow brick road with a girl, a lion and a straw-man wasting our time // …

Patterns, Components, and Code, Oh My! By Erin Malone (check out the excellent series on working with patterns and the equally interesting book)

Hence, you need to know the old, you need to know it damned well in fact – without that you cannot position your new product or business model. You need to know all about building houses before you can create a better one. via blog.thingamy.com Quick note of a post by my friend Sig Rinde. […]

Executive Summary: When and why should an entrant adopt a new business model when the innovation could be imitated by an incumbent? In this paper, HBS professor Ramon Casadesus-Masanell and University of Southern California professor Feng Zhu examine the desirability, or lack thereof, of business model innovations when they cannot be protected, opening the door […]

via tomscott.com Funny how I bump into this – on the second day of a four-week trial subscription of my (uber-)local newspaper. So far I could have used a bunch of them warning labels, yes. BTW, I am back from holidays and slowly getting into blogging and lifestreaming mood again. Don’t fear me wasting too […]

Yep, mein Soundtrack des Tages …

1000 Robota – Fahr Weg from MT on Vimeo. via PolkaRobot – danke für den Soundtrack zur Fahrt ans Meer. Bald mehr Meer.

Can companies have both cultures at once, and be both entitlement-driven and mission-driven? Absolutely! And a culture where people believe in what they do and enjoy safety, security, and quality of life is the best kind, right? Let me be controversial: I don’t think that is true. When it comes to creating high-performing organizations, I […]