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Business Model Generation : Blog | Executive Coaching | CO2 Partners

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The Empathy Map looks like this: In this chapter the authors walk you through processes to arrive a enhanced design like Customer Insights, ideation, providing an introduction to the value of visual thinking, how to use prototyping, story telling, and Scenario Planning. They look at 9 Building Blocks that form the business canvas.

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The Olympics as a Story of Risk Management

Harvard Business Review

In the run-up to the London 2012 Olympics, for example, the global financial crisis caused private developers for the Olympic Village project to withdraw, requiring a refinancing package backed by government. Ensuring readiness for Games-time (in Olympic-speak) now involves strategic pre-emption through stress-testing and scenario planning.

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Living in a Radical State of Uncertainty

Harvard Business Review

Nowhere is this best expressed than in a IBM global CEO survey in 2010, Capitalizing on Complexity , which noted "events, threats and opportunities aren't just coming at us faster or with less predictability; they are converging and influencing each other to create entirely new situations.

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China’s Slowdown: The First Stage of the Bullwhip Effect

Harvard Business Review

Since 2000, the Chinese economy has been growing at an increasing rate — from 6% per year in 2000 to 12% per year in 2010. For example , U.S. This is exactly what happened during 2010 and 2011 as the global economy was bouncing back.) retail sales (representing consumer demand) declined by 12%; yet U.S.

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Get Ready for the New Era of Global Manufacturing

Harvard Business Review

According to recent McKinsey research (see " The $30 Trillion Decathlon "), consumption by developing economies could rise from $12 trillion annually in 2010 to $30 trillion in 2025, by which time these markets could account for nearly 70% of global demand for manufactured goods. Innovations Are Changing The Way We Design Products.