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Business Model Generation : Blog | Executive Coaching | CO2 Partners

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B usiness Model Generation caught my eye in a book store in December – It is rare I find myself in book stores anymore given how many books are sent to me as a blogger and my preference in reading on Kindle or IPad. I could see there was something new about this book and how the authors thought about business models.

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Dan Pontefract : Part 2 of an interview by Bob Morris

First Friday Book Synopsis

Life Itself” “The Participative Leader Framework” Bill Breen Bill Gates Brilliant Mistakes Brooke Manville Chariots of Fire Collaboration Technologies Collaborative Leader Action Model (CLAM) Dan Pink Dan Pontefract: An interview by Bob Morris Flat Army: Creating a Connected and Engaged Organization TELUS the TELUS Leadership Philosophy and the Learning (..)

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How to “Relax the Axe”

First Friday Book Synopsis

Here’s an excerpt from a recent article from the Drucker Exchange (the Dx), an online resource that hosts an ongoing conversation about bettering society through effective management and responsible leadership.

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What Is a Business Model?

Harvard Business Review

In The New, New Thing , Michael Lewis refers to the phrase business model as “a term of art.” Lewis himself echoes many people’s impression of how Peter Drucker defined the term — “assumptions about what a company gets paid for” — which is part of Drucker’s “theory of the business.”

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How Chinese Companies Disrupt Through Business Model Innovation

Harvard Business Review

Drucker Forum 2016: The Entrepreneurial Society. This post is one in a series of perspectives by presenters and participants in the 8th Global Drucker Forum. The second will be disruptive business model innovation occasionally appearing in less-familiar sectors of the Chinese economy, powered by emerging entrepreneurs.

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Kill Your Business Model Before It Kills You

Harvard Business Review

This vignette raises a key leadership question: Why do leaders wait too long to modify or abandon their business models? Even a company as sophisticated as GE waited too long to reorient its lighting business away from incandescent bulbs. The most dangerous trap that any manager can fall into is complacency.

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Kill Your Business Model Before It Kills You

Harvard Business Review

This vignette raises a key leadership question: Why do leaders wait too long to modify or abandon their business models? Even a company as sophisticated as GE waited too long to reorient its lighting business away from incandescent bulbs. The most dangerous trap that any manager can fall into is complacency.