Ecosytem Fresh Thinking

Building a Robust Business Ecosystem model for todays collaborative world.

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Recognizing a new design for Business Ecosystems

In approaching the Integrated Interconnected Business Ecosystem (IIBE), what has emerged in my work over the past two years through focusing on Ecosystems has been the growing recognition that what was needed for Business to successfully move forward, was a robust unifying framework in how it undertakes new business value creation in greater collaborative ways.

This framework needed a far more robust, step-by-step building of the arguments and proposal to take this forward so going forward I have designed a new integrated model of how to undertake Business Ecosystems.

Before delving into the new model in some detail I needed to first step back with this post to link useful past posts to the “way forward”.

To arrive at a “unifying document” it was the combination of many past insights and exploration in my posts that formed the valuable but separated ideas that combined is providing a very rich narrative synthesis to take this “blueprint” forward, for future publicization, arguing our need for a new business paradigm.

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Are you Boundary-Spanning Ecosystems at the required human C-Level Imperative?

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Paradigm shifts within a Business built through Ecosystem Thinking

As I was building out the Integrated Interconnected Business Ecosystem (IIBE) solution there was always this consistant need to relate back always wthin the work to the human element. Without addressing the mindset and culture of an organization or its leadership mindset, all other technical and structural frameworks will fail to gain the necessary traction needed to turn those Ecosystems into winning, scalable solution.

Within my building out the IIBE we always need to recognize these solutions are far more than a technical framework, it is a human and organizational evolution. Becoming an ecosystem leader is fundamentally a leadership journey that requires a radical mindset shift.

The need is to always address this human dimenstion. It often overlooked or downplayed as we so often caught up in the technology and stakeholder challenges Ecosystems bring

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Recognizing The Dual Value of Dynamic Ecosystems

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The “dual” nature of Dynamic Ecosystems

Dynamic Ecosystems offer the “dual” nature of having an inward and outward perspective providing a powerful, thriving dynamism to this Ecosystem layer – the essential balance and energy between an outward-looking perspective and an inward focus on driving dynamism within any Ecosystem.

This duality is key to its effectiveness in fostering continuous evolution and aligning with the organization’s vision and mission and driving internal transformation.

This is the fourth and final post in a short series of four posts on different aspects of Dynamic Ecosystems in their value and importance. This post discusses its “dual” role

The Dynamic Ecosystem layer, therefore, acts as a crucial bridge between the external environment and the internal workings of the organization. It gathers intelligence from the outside and translates it into actionable insights and drivers for internal transformation, all while keeping the organization aligned with its overarching vision and mission. They become the beating heart, the core of Ecosystem thinking and design.

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