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The value of interconnecting layers within the Hierarchy of Business Ecosystem Needs.

Interconnecting Layers for the Hierarchy of Ecosystem Needs

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 today’s business and economic growth approach.

Why? Well, today, businesses are facing growing complexity and more demanding challenges. To gain growth and find new value, they must look far more toward managing collaborative ecosystems to co-create and build a sustainable platform to grow.

When I was thinking through this Hierarchy of Business Ecosystem Needs, I asked myself a series of reality checks to keep me on this path of discovery and validation.

What are the Barriers when Implementing Business Ecosystem-designed approaches

Implementing and Building Ecosystem Designs

While ecosystem-based approaches offer numerous advantages, there are also challenges and potential barriers that organizations may face.

As I was building out the Hierarchy of Business Ecosystem Needs, you have to consider many of the (current) issues and challenges being faced by advancing Ecosystem thinking and design. The business case adds more value and needs to think more about the impact of ecosystems in highly connected ways.

I believe in building the foundation layer, the Innovation Ecosystem pushes the “grey cells” and gives the best platform for integrating a comprehensive Ecosystem framework in my proposal, which comprises an Innovation Ecosystem, a Business Ecosystem, a Dynamic Ecosystem and the Enterprise Ecosystem.

The question of barriers and issues must be addressed to comprehensively understand the values of synergies, interdependencies and the exponential value created when these Business Ecosystem layers I am proposing in my Hierarchy framework are interconnected. Constructing an interconnected business ecosystem framework is undoubtedly “no walk in the park”; it is hard work.

Emerging Blueprint for Thinking Through the Hierarchy of Business Ecosystem Need

The Hierarchy Of Business Ecosystem Needs- A Blueprint View

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 contributions Ecosystems can provide businesses, I recognized an identification of aspects as essential to consider, this blueprint consideration and then addressed what was necessary to provide a comprehensive solution for offering a Hierarchy of Business Ecosystem Needs as a viable alternative to the current way we undertake business.

Let’s explore these considerations to ensure a comprehensive approach to addressing the challenges at hand when building an ecosystem hierarchy for future growth and prosperity.

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 leverage more significant insights, extract knowledge and build on collaborative experiences and diversity of views.

Why Ecosystems? Let’s get explicit on why they are important to us today.

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 initial case for a new framework of ecosystem hierarchy within cooperation needed in business environments as they offer the potential for the transformative power of a collaborative and collective set of ecosystems coming together to offer new impact, value and growth, needed in today’s current business environment.

In a series of posts over on my dedicated Ecosystems site, I provide this initially connected narrative, “Navigating the New: Introduction to the Hierarchy of Ecosystem Need“, and flowing on from this, I will offer separate explanations of each of the individual ecosystem layer posts covering innovation, business, dynamics and enterprise-building ecosystems.

This Ecosystem hierarchy has a clear message of being interconnected as each layer contributes to the whole, and I trust it provides an introductory but comprehensive understanding of the values of synergies, interdependencies and the exponential value created when these layers are interconnected (read).

The result of each Ecosystem layer, even as a standalone layer, can drive innovation, resilience and prosperity within individual organizations. Yet the real potential when each layer is strategically integrated brings a more interconnected vision and value, building the impact and effect of Ecosystem design for collaboration and co-creation.