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Did you know that terms like “Fortnight” and “Ounce” indicate units of time? Furthermore, did you know that seemingly ambiguous terms like “Moment” have actual measurable, concrete definitions? Did you also know that finding arcane facts…
The news that two major technology companies are summoning their teleworkers back to the office revealed people hold strong opinions about where employees should work and why. I’m hearing a lot of all or nothing thinking behind the telework talk. Some contend that corralling employees into one location is critical to create a culture that breeds innovation. It’s why some companies invest millions of dollars in fostering “fun” work environments that cater to the professional […]
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How do we make sense of an enterprise? Is analysis the best or only way to do it? That now long-running LinkedIn thread about capability, function, service and process that I referenced in a couple of recent posts just keeps rolling…
<p style=”line-height: 18.99147605895996px;”><span style=”font-size: 11px; line-height: 19px;”>As BPM, BA or EA professional, you help to optimize implementation of change and operations. Your focus is: </span><strong style=”font-size: 11px; line-height: 19px;”>Doing the things right!”.</strong></p><p style=”line-height: 18.99147605895996px;”>Today we see clients struggle with the question: “<strong><a title=”Blog: Business Models: Do the right thing” href=”http://www.bizzdesign.com/blog/business-models-do-the-right-thing/”>Are we doing the right things</a>?” </strong>Your customers, partners and competition demand that flexibility is the standard. Innovation of who you are, what markets you are in and how you make money in these markets become relevant issues! It is time to reinvent your business model! Relate your communication and implementation work to a common view of your current and future business models.</p><p style=”line-height: 18.99147605895996px;”>In this energetic <a title=”Blog: Business Models: Do the right thing” href=”http://www.bizzdesign.com/about-bizzdesign/events/business-model-innovation”>one hour webinar</a> we present the following topics:</p><ul><li>Business Model Canvas</li><li>Innovation</li><li>Relations to Enterprise Architecture, BPM and Business Analysis</li></ul><div><div class=”captionImage left” style=”width: 411px;”><img class=”left” src=”http://www.bizzdesign.com/assets/BlogDocuments-2/Doing-the-right-things-vs-doing-the-things-right.png” alt=”Doing the things right vs doing the things right” title=”Is it time to reinvent your business model?” width=”411″ height=”309″/><p class=”caption”>Business Model innovation webinar</p></div></div><p style=”line-height: 18.99147605895996px;”><span style=”font-size: 11px; line-height: 19px;”>This webinar about Business Model Innovation will take place at the 19th of march at 17:00 (CET) and is set-up by BiZZdesign North America, but can be attended by people worldwide. </span><span style=”font-size: 11px; line-height: 19px;”>For more details about this webinar and registration, please send an email to <a title=”E-mail Ericka” href=”mailto:e.aguilera@bizzdesign.com”>Ericka Aguilera</a></span><a style=”margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-size: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; text-decoration: none;” title=”BiZZdesign North America” href=”mailto:e.aguilera@bizzdesign.com” target=”_blank”>, </a><a title=”BiZZdesign office North-America” href=”http://www.bizzdesign.com/contact/north-america/#BiZZdesign North-America”>BiZZdesign North-America</a></p><p style=”line-height: 18.99147605895996px;”>More <a title=”Blogs by Remco Blom and Tim Vehof” href=”http://www.bizzdesign.com/blog/serviceline/business-model-management”>blogs about Business Model Management</a> can be found here!</p>
Businesses often require, as part of a solution, to acquire a new software package to enable the businesses functionality of a business initiative. In selecting the software there are many considerations that need to be made to ensure that the … Continue reading →
@dougnewdick points out the risk of a company becoming over-dependent on Google. His particular example is prompted by Google’s announcement that Google Reader will be discontinued.I have previously commented on the subject of Creeping Business Depende…
It is on rare occasions that we get to see such a strong recollection of the history of an entire industry. Any architect with some experience and insight can learn a lot more by studying this movie than reading books about enterprise architecture.
Many businesses, for better or worse, decide on a single policy such as ‘Buy before Build’ when looking at implementing new business capability. The rationale behind such a policy is sound in that the design and development work to implement supporting business … Continue reading →
Could companies go to jail? An odd-seeming question, I know, but I’ve been musing somewhat on the deeper implications of that strange legal fiction of ‘corporate person’… What started this off was that I went to the local HMV video-store,…
This post is the fourth in a series of ten about real life experiences of using business model thinking as a foundation for planning and delivering change. Writing this post I’ve had the help of a true friend and admirable colleague (Eva Kammerfors) whom I’ve shared many of the referred to business model experiences with. […]
In these challenging times it is more than ever crucial to separate the real trends from fads and fashions and to be able to identify the big issues, business agendas and threats and opportunities shaping business in 2013 and beyond … Continue reading →