Archive for February, 2008

Feb 20, 2008

Podcast with Dave Gray on Visual Business Communications & Workshop in Geneva

Alexander Osterwalder

I’m a strong proponent of using visual techniques and tools in business communications. This starts with sound Power Point Presentations and culminates in the clear and visual communication of corporate strategies (including business models). Therefore I’m a big fan of XPLANE, the global market leader in visual thinking and visual techniques that helps companies solve business problems and improve business communications through visuals. They’ve worked with a large number of global companies, including Credit Suisse, Nokia, Apple, IBM, Bank of America and many more.

I’ve talked to XPLANE’s Founder and CEO, Dave Gray, about using visual techniques in business in today’s podcast. We also talked about the workshop Dave will be giving at our premises at Arvetica in Geneva, Switzerland, on the 18th of March (there are still a few seats available, if you are interested).

Enjoy the podcast:

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In the podcast Dave explains the value of visual techniques for businesses and private banks and outlines what we will be doing during the workshop in March. He particularly stresses that mediocre communications lead to misalignment in management and hence result in poor implementation. Dave invites entire management and project teams to participate in the workshop so that they can directly work on concrete business problems. That’s quite an opportunity to be able to benefit from individual coaching by one of the leading thinkers in visual business communications.

If you are interested in participating in the workshop download the flyer (pdf) and send us the registration form.

dave gray ceo xplane

Feb 9, 2008

Business Model Innovation Workshop in Amsterdam at ULURU Innovation Theatre

Alexander Osterwalder

I’ll be giving a full day workshop on business model innovation at the ULURU innovation theatre in Amsterdam, Netherlands, on 3. April 2008.

The invitation (image left) shows that ULURU is a company that does things differently. They have a strong network among Dutch multinationals (including Heineken, TomTom, ING , KPN and many others).

Workshop Take Away: After this workshop you will know and understand innovative business models from various industries and be able to apply the business modelling methodology to your own company. You will also be able to use a pragmatic framework to innovate within your own business model.

Content: Help (senior) management foster business model innovation at large; Give (senior) managers a broad overview of innovatieve (disruptive) business models in various industries; We will show examples from various industries (including in wealth management, private banking, telecom (Skype)); The participants will learn how to apply a simple and pragmatic approach to achieve and implement business model innovation.

If you’re interested in participating click on the invitation image and contact them directly. Of the 25 available seats, only 10 are left after 4 days of workshop announcement. I’m sure it will be a great experience.

See you in Amsterdam!

Feb 5, 2008

Ad-hoc Business Model Stage Fight (LIFT'08 Geneva)

Alexander Osterwalder

Arvetica is organizing an Ad-hoc Business Model Stage Fight at LIFT’08 in Geneva, Switzerland. Just like last year we thought we would contribute to the workshop program of the conference…

In this half day workshop participants will learn about a method to rapidly prototype business models. Then they will form ad-hoc teams that compete against each other. Each team will come up with an innovative business model based on a given scenario. The attendees will jointly vote the winner by evaluating creativity, realism and story.

Images and take-aways will be available on this blog soon. I’m curious to see how participants will perform with “rapid business model prototyping” (RaBMoPro ;-)

For the attendees: Here the plan to get from Unimail (venue of other LIFT’08 workshops) to Arvetica, where the workshop “Ad-hoc Business Model Stage Fight” is taking place…

Directions to Arvetica (stage fight) from Unimail (other LIFT’08 workshops):

  • walk out of the main entrance of the Unimail building
  • turn right
  • walk straight (along the tram line)
  • cross the bridge
  • continue approx. 600m (street = route des Acacias)
  • Arvetica is just across the street from the Shell station
  • Address: route des Acacias 24
  • go inside the building and take the elevator to the 6th floor
  • WELCOME!