Maybe I’m taking on more than I can chew here but I’m going to attempt to explain why innovation can be so complex and requires an adaptive system. I apologise if it does not work for you, or you simply just give up on this but I am going to try to explain innovation as … Continue reading “A recognition that innovation is a complex adaptive system”
Designing the Business Ecosystem Approach I have been looking at different ways to pitch Business Ecosystems recently for some evolving and hopefully sustaining work. You can “pitch” to clients in several different ways. Some know their problems, while others don’t recognize them until they are prompted or confronted. If you have a tried and tested … Continue reading “Pitching Business Ecosystems opens up the possibility of real change.”
Why should “we” step into the realm of ecosystem collaborations? What does one organization give away and has to overcome in constraints and organizational barriers that form part of those lingering concerns regarding embracing Business Ecosystems? The question always starts with “do I not give away more than I have as an individual entity?” What … Continue reading “Should we step into the realm of Business Ecosystem Collaborations?”
When looking at radically different thinking and design in business, where Ecosystems become central, you need to ask yourself what industries would benefit from such an alternative design and thinking due to the changing complexities and challenges they are facing. Are these pressures in their known and emerging markets posing future threats for businesses and … Continue reading “New Business Designs can be delivered through a Business Ecosystem Approach.”
So, the value of establishing this hierarchy of business ecosystem in its needs requires understanding why it is depicted as interconnected layers. Is this establishing a new sustaining excellence for businesses? They are when combined, collective in significance and impact and provide a higher level of radicality to present and offer as an alternative to … Continue reading “The value of interconnecting layers within the Hierarchy of Business Ecosystem Needs.”
Several vital considerations come into play in developing a blueprint to thrive and find solutions that provide growth and fresh impact to a business amidst growing complexity and uncertainty. One that argues for a different business approach, with Ecosystem thinking and design being central. When I was pulling together my view of the needs and … Continue reading “Emerging Blueprint for Thinking Through the Hierarchy of Business Ecosystem Need”
Being explicit about ecosystems in the context of organizational strategies provides several distinct advantages compared to traditional approaches. We increasingly need to consider ecosystems in our thinking and design to support the growth and sustainability that collaborations can contribute to and provide different options and pathways to value creation. I have begun to outline the … Continue reading “Why Ecosystems? Let’s get explicit on why they are important to us today.”
Building Resilient Business Ecosystems As I begin my outline of the Hierarchy of Business Ecosystem needs, I believe it is essential to place this appropriately into the context of why. Business Ecosystems have emerged as powerful catalysts for driving transformative change and fostering collaborative solutions in today’s complex and interconnected business landscape. As organizations open … Continue reading “A Profound Shift towards a Hierarchy of Business Ecosystems?”
I believe dynamic ecosystems require a richer understanding of the characteristics, environmental factors, and critical differences that can shape the dynamism of the business system. This post highlights the essence of Dynamic Ecosystems and how they differ or provide active support for other ecosystem models, as they do have different roles to play in Ecosystem … Continue reading “The critical differences in understanding Dynamic Ecosystems.”
Innovation’s power lies in the ability to adapt, evolve, and collaborate, and our need is to make this as much of a dynamic ecosystem as possible to tackle the growing complexity and challenges we are facing today and in the future. In recent weeks, I have been deepening my thinking on innovation ecosystems and the … Continue reading “Embracing the power of dynamic ecosystems.”
