A link to the Flare Innovation Impact Matrix was shared by fellow friend Fenno Verdaasdonk. In this article I will describe the Flare Innovation Impact Matrix and try to look at connections with business model generation and corporate effectuation. What or who is Flare Innovation? Flare Innovation is a "collective of experienced innovators and specialists operating in the wider field of innovation and new product development". … [Read more...]
What is a Business Model ?
In this article I will try to answer the question "What is a business model?". I will use a formal definition from Alexander Osterwalder and dive into tools and concepts that might be of use when you start playing around with innovating your (company's) business model. … [Read more...]
What is Open Innovation ?
What is Open Innovation? Professor Henry Chesbrough shook up the business world with his book Open Innovation: The New Imperative for Creating and Profiting from Technology back in 2003. In 2006 professor Chesbrough released another book Open Business Models: How to Thrive in the New Innovation Landscape and in 2011 Open Services Innovation: Rethinking Your Business to Grow and Compete in a New Era. This illustrates that the open innovation field has innovated itself, and therefore I would … [Read more...]
Steve van Wyk, CIO ING Bank – Building the preferred bank (with technology) !
Stress, the University of Twente’s largest study association, organized an awesome guest-lecture with Steve van Wyk, CIO @ ING Bank. The theme of the lecture is "Challenges @ ING" and one of the topics is the merger of the Postbank and ING, the challenges that came with it and how they were overcome. In this article I will provide some of the interesting topics from the lecture, and for those who haven't attended this lecture you really missed a great opportunity to have a detailed look at the … [Read more...]
Google – More than just a search engine, but not the only motor of economic growth
A few days ago my attention was caught by a message communicated via the verified Google Twitter account, that introduces the role of Google as an engine of economic growth: "We're not just a search engine, we're an engine of economic growth. Our U.S. economic impact in 2009 was $54 billion" Introduction On the official Google Blog you can read a related article, posted by Claire Hughes Johnson, Vice President, Global Online Sales @ Google. "This week is National Small … [Read more...]
Android Experience 2010 – Layar Business Models and the Android Ecosystem
I was fortunate being invited to attend the highly succesful first edition of the Android Experience, an event that adresses the Android ecosystem from different perspectives. In this article I will briefly summarize some of the highlights of Android Experience 2010 @ the Amsterdam Convention Factory. On the MobilityMinded website I have written an extensive event report, inline with the following structure: The importance of openness for innovation - Vincent Everts, trendwatcher; The … [Read more...]
Microsoft, Yahoo! – Will the Search Landscape really change ??
Perhaps some of your remember the acquisition propositions of Microsoft to Yahoo! earlier this year, which in the end didn't result in Microsoft buying Yahoo!. However yesterday the news spread very fast on the web that both companies announced a long-term agreement in the Web Search segment. "Yahoo! and Microsoft announced an agreement that will improve the Web search experience for users and advertisers, and deliver sustained innovation to the industry. In simple terms, Microsoft will now … [Read more...]
Symposium Open Innovation and Creativity in Management and Governance
Because of the 40th anniversary of our faculty School of Management and Governance at the University of Twente, a symposium was organized with two very interesting keynote speakers: Charles Landry Professor Henry Chesbrough Charles Landry - Intercultural cities and Innovation During this first keynote session, Charles Landry provided the attendees with an exciting presentation with lots of interesting visual material, discussing the visionary "creative city"-approach. Not only … [Read more...]
