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Business Model Innovation Basics Series - Part 1: What is a Business Model?

The BMI Lab Blog

Alex Osterwalder defines a business model as “a set of assumptions or hypotheses” and Michael Lewis claims that “all it really meant was how you planned to make money” (Ovans, 2015). According to the degree of innovation, innovations can be divided into evolutionary and disruptive innovations. The object of innovation 2.

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Continuing the Energy Transition Journey

Paul Hobcraft

Technology innovation, suggested new business models, outline proposals for changing policies, processes, and market design all are being “sketched out.” It is evident innovation must be way broader than just technological RD&D. During this past week, I have been working through specific aspects of the energy transition model.

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Moore’s Law Continues To Drive Change

Daniel Burrus

These three technological tenets drive digital disruption and are increasing exponentially every year, and thanks to rapidly advancing technology, will continue to do so. This is due mostly to the complexity of the energy extraction process involved in EUV lithography. What does all of this mean for you and your industry?

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Digital Transformation Combines Customer Experience and Operational Efficiency

Integrative Innovation

In 2015 and 2017, research by Peter Weill and Stephanie L. Each pathway begins in the bottom-left quadrant ( Silos and Complexity ), and each involves significant organizational disruption: Pathway 1: Standardize first – moves enterprises from the Silos and Complexity quadrant to the Industrialized quadrant.

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When Disruption Becomes Destructive: How Can Financial Services Companies Close the Innovation Gap?

Qmarkets

These banks recorded 58% growth between 2011 and 2016, a staggering number – that is until you review the performance of the industry’s newer entrants. billion in 2015. Department of Commerce, the two sectors employed more than 6 million people in 2015. trillion to $1.0 Across the pond, the City A.M. million workers.

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Why GE’s Jeff Immelt Lost His Job – Disruption and Activist Investors

Steve Blank

This article first appeared on the Harvard Business Review blog. He sold off slower-growth, low-tech, and nonindustrial businesses — financial services, media, entertainment, plastics, and appliances. In 2015 Trian Partners, an activist investor, bought $2.5 Jeff Immelt ran GE for 16 years. of the company.

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Generation (I)nnovation: Why Today's Teens Instinctively Understand Disruption

Mills-Scofield

I am honored to host Whitney Johnson's post as part of the launch of her new book, Disrupt Yourself: Putting the Power of Disruptive Innovation to Work. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~. Additionally, she is a frequent contributor to the Harvard Business Review.