Is the Business Model Canvas a useful tool in an Enterprise Architect’s toolbox?

Frank is Director of Strategic Planning at an insurance company and he is very stressed. The company has had significant challenges recently with implementing strategic initiatives effectively and the C-suite has set an aggressive customer service transformation target. Frank knows he is on the hook for a robust implementation plan that will span multiple service

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Strategic use of business models: case study

Strategic use of business models: case studyThis is the last posting of this blog series which includes the case study. The case study helps portray the theoretical concepts that have been covered in the previous blog posts: the strategy, the canvas, …

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Strategic use of business models: implementation

This is the fourth posting in my series on the strategic use of business models. This is the last posting on the theory side before presenting an example in the next and final post of the series. So far I have discussed the way I see strategy work and…

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Strategic use of business models: the business model canvas

This is the third posting in my series on strategic use of business models. I will pick up where I left off in the previous posting, where I discussed the notion of strategic issues and the need to reconcile them in order to define ones strategy. In t…

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Strategic use of business models: strategic management

The term strategy is perhaps one of the most misused, and misunderstood concepts in business literature. On the one hand it is referred to with a connotation of long term planning (i.e., strategy tactics operations) and on the other it may refer to …

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Transformation Business Model in Minutes?

For the past few months I have been busy helping Retail, Financial Services and Public Sector on their Digital, Multi-Channel and E-Commerce Transformation programs. Very early on in such transformation challenge, defining the business case for change …

Strategic use of business models: introduction

Times are tough: many businesses are struggling to stay afloat in the wild economic currents. Many organizations attempt to find a blue ocean of uncontested space, but lets face it: most of us are stuck in a red ocean with a lot of competition, growin…

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Business Model Canvas beyond startups – Part 3: Back-end

How can we use Business Model Canvas beyond its initial intended context of commercial startups? In particular, how best can we use it to explore the ‘back-end’ of the business-models – the internal and supplier-facing parts – for non-profit organisations and government,