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 // …

Well, folks, it’s sunday and I thought it’s time to blog about a business maverick and uncommon thinker (yes, even business structures and rules and all): Yvon Chouinard of Patagonia. Here’s an old (2006) conversation (mp3) with him from Social Innovation Conversations. Patagonia Inc. founder Yvon Chouinard characterizes himself as a reluctant business man. […] […]

Komplexitätsorientiertes Innovationsmanagement kann eine zu enge Sicht von Innovation vermeiden. Nicht allein das „infusing [of] products [with] irresistible functionality or, better yet, creating products that customers need but have not yet even imagined“ steht im Fokus. Gelegentlich ist eben auch die Entwicklung von komplett Neuem notwendig, d.h. bevor die Nutzer erfassen können welche Bedürfnisse dadurch […]