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 // …

via kk.org Earmarked as a hint (pssst, …) Posted via web from stirring the frogpond

Read a Googler’s view on open standards, open source, and open information – important because it’s Jonathan Rosenberg, Senior Vice President of Product Management. Extremely interesting in terms of strategy definition, open communication (and admitting that Google isn’t there yet): There are two components to our definition of open: open technology and open information. Open [...]

via designmind.frogdesign.com Snip and earmark: “Design, once narrowly defined as a marginal activity concerned with aesthetic appeal of a limited range of consumer goods, can now be seen to be at the core of all our conceptions and plans [...] Posted via web from stirring the frogpond

As I was writing the blog, my personal experiences at IBM kept flashing through my mind, both our own near-death experience back in the early 1990s, and what we learned a few years later as we embraced the Internet and came up with the e-business market strategy, which played such a key role in helping [...]

via johanneskleske.com Funny how big Walt is sitting above it all, a bit god-like, showing the direction the way with fat red arrows Posted via web from stirring the frogpond

I am not sure if I can make it then – but the mission sounds just right: The motto for the next conference is Game Changers. Game Changers break rules and redefine business models. They are innovative and take risks, free from the burdens of mass marketing and mainstream. Companies that change the game bet [...]

via images.businessweek.com Wishlisted … “Emily Pilloton is the founder and executive director of Project H Design, a nonprofit that aims to change the world through the power of design. Her recent book, Design Revolution: 100 Products That Empower People, is available now from Metropolis Books.” Posted via web from stirring the frogpond