Perhaps why innovation feels somewhat flat (well for me) is our organizations and societies are utterly failing to allow us all to step up in innovation to tackle those huge societal issues, those massive, growing problems that are swirling all around us. We need to shake out of our lethargy and really begin to attempt … Continue reading “We are not facing up to the big Societal challenges of today?”
Last year I provided a guest post to Patrick Stähler’s Business Model Innovation blog and wanted to add this to my own site as I think it does place the focus on finding value within any business model design. I think Patrick’s business model lends itself to this constant focus on value. Patrick runs fluidminds, … Continue reading “Knowing the Value within your Business Model is Vital”
Forget the flowery words; there is a time to deliver. I am trying to take a cold hard look at what and how we report in our organizations and use the business model. Does it give us the level of detailed understanding to feel confident? Let me outline some different thoughts, coming from some detailed … Continue reading “Seeing a business model through whose eyes?”
Don’t let anyone tell you it is easy to run your own business, it is far from that. I thought I’d write about what and where it has meaning for me in this “finding our true purpose”. Here are some of my thoughts, some a little raw, others well-baked, even some half-baked!. Running your own … Continue reading “Finding our true purpose”
So we all know a standard company balance sheet has three parts: assets, liabilities and ownership equity. The accounting equation states assets and liabilities are known as equity or net worth and this net worth must equal assets minus liabilities. The balance sheet summarises the present position or last audited position. Well in the Business … Continue reading “The Understated Back-End of the Business Model Canvas.”
Business models both in new designs and it management have become centre stage in many of our existing organizations’ thinking. The need is not just too simply find new growth through new business models but to ‘react and adapt’ those existing business model designs that are in place, to catch-all the emerging possibilities that are … Continue reading “The (Re)birth of the Architect for the Business Model Design”
We can often be asked “what is the ROI on this particular innovation or alternatively, on our innovating activity?” This questioning increases particularly when there grows even more uncertainties in marketplaces, when you are forced into making tougher investment decisions, in allocating resources, in adjusting a strategy to meet changing circumstances. Then you get the … Continue reading “What is the missing cost of not innovating?”
I’d just finished a workshop on Business Model Canvas about gaining clarity in large organizations, when suddenly the flood gates seem to have opened up a day or so later, for me to see beyond and piece more of it together in my mind. After swirling around in this maelstrom of articles, tweets, new publishing, … Continue reading “A Business Model Canvas Set to Explode”
Recently I was going through my files and was amazed how the use of seven came up to form some sort of magic seven frameworks. I’m not sure if we can blame this all on the “seven wonders of the world” but ‘seven’ has some magic perhaps when it also comes to listing. Is it … Continue reading “Everything seemingly comes in seven or does it?”
My name is Paul Hobcraft. I see myself as an innovation journeyman. I simply enjoy innovation in all its forms. I got ‘hooked’ twenty plus years ago and since then have increasingly focused on innovation until it is 100% of my business thinking and activities today across different social, business and institutional needs. I work … Continue reading “About Paul”
