business model innovation design we're on a road to nowhere // on a quest to analyze and explore the design of business model innovations, i.e. 'hideous and hidden things' like organizational structures and capabilities, corporate strategies and all things related // on a yellow brick road with a girl, a lion and a straw-man wasting our time // …

SpOn zu “Mäzenatentum” und innovativem Funding von Musikproduktionen (“Musik-Fans, bezahlt mich!”), allerdings: Doch je mehr Musiker diese Quelle anzapfen, desto weniger Geld dürften sie einnehmen. Auch Kevin Kelly hat dazu eine Meinung: The Reality of Depending on True Fans I have been researching new business models for artists working in the low end of the [...]

James Todhunter collects critical success factors of corporate innovation management, i.e. the things that make a difference, Peter-Anthony Glick added another one in the comments: – Executive Leadership – Skill Development – Innovation Infrastructure – Network for Innovation Mentoring & Facilitation – Internal Promotion – Recognition & Reward for innovation Nice list but let me [...]

Updating my last (german language) post on media industry let me add this podcast (mp3) with Tim O’Reilly, from the 2007 O’Reilly Tools of Change for Publishing Conference, where: [he] turns his attention to how Web 2.0 trends are creating new challenges for the publishing industry

Schöner Titel, stammt aber nicht von mir, sondern von Michael Ringier, gefallen in einem Interview in der FAZ mit dem Titel „In der digitalen Welt stochern wir alle im Nebel“. Ringier glaubt nicht, dass irgendein Zeitungs- oder Zeitschriftenkonzern schon den Königsweg gefunden hat. „Mit unserem Unwissen bewegen wir uns im großen Tross aller Medienhäuser. Alle [...]

Here’s a 7 minute clip on complexity in organizations (from a presentation by Holger Nauheimer at the International Association of Facilitators conference, Atlanta, GA, April 12, 2008): An introduction into why complexity matters for 21st century organizations; some aspects of how we can deal with issues of complexity in organizational change: The embedded slides can’t [...]

In a recent BusinessWeek – Innovation of the Week podcast Jeneanne Rae of Peer Insight gives “practical advice on how to redesign common business models using examples of transformations in companies from Amazon to IBM and Boeing”. Download the mp3.

McKinsey and SandHill surveyed the software landscape (Enterprise software customer survey 2008, pdf) and finds benefit in the SaaS-model. Nicholas Carr analyzes that Software’s new battle lines are becoming visible, citing from the report: These trends – the growing acceptance of SaaS and SaaS platforms – are likely to create a tremendous battle between the [...]