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40-years-of-startups-experience
Its 2021 and I reached 40 years of working life .. certainly there have been plenty of ups, relatively few downs, many new friends and so many...
Two attributes of forward-thinking organisations
In our ever-changing world doing strategic planning, SWOT and PEST analysis and then setting 3-year business plans may be enough to survive....
Careers can be like frogs in a pot
Its time to hop out the pot and find some crisp fresh water! ? IT’S TIME TO WORK WHERE I GET MOST JOY! In September, I hang out my shingle yet...
Resources
How investors use startup metrics – Andrew Chen
LINK HERE >> FROM ANDREW CHEN Great read for all businesses looking at their growth plans. It's getting harder to compete and hold a customer...
Designing my next job
I am having fun working for myself, go team Dina! ? If you are considering going out on your own, hopefully my sprinkle ? of motivation can also...
Idea Canvas template
A solution for Intrapreneurs .. changing the lean canvas to IDEA CANVAS. Do passion projects spiral out of control in your organisation using...
Recommended books:
Here are my TOP 10:
These Amazon links are all books in my own reading library:
- Ten Types of Innovation: The Discipline of Building Breakthroughs
- Business Model You: A One-Page Method For Reinventing Your Career
- The Lean Startup– Eric Reis
- Business Model Generation – Alexander Osterwalder and Yves Pigneur
- The Three-Box Solution – Govindarajan, Vijay
- Blue Ocean Strategy – Kim, W. Chan; Renée Mauborgne
- Value Proposition Design: – Strategyzer
- Testing Business Ideas: A Field Guide for Rapid Experimentation
- The Art of War by Sun Tzu
I have all these too:
- Getting to Plan B: Breaking Through to a Better Business Model (Mullins, John; Komisar, Randy; Mullins, John; Komisar, Randy)
- Design a Better Business: New Tools, Skills, and Mindset for Strategy and Innovation (Van Der Pijl, Patrick; Lokitz, Justin; Solomon , Lisa Kay; Van Der Pijl, Patrick; Lokitz, Justin; Solomon , Lisa Kay)
- Lead and Disrupt: How to Solve the Innovator’s Dilemma, Second Edition (O’Reilly, Charles A.; Tushman, Michael L.)
- The Innovator’s Solution: Creating and Sustaining Successful Growth (Clayton; Christensen, Clayton M.; Michael; Raynor, Michael E.)
- Brand Asset Valuation A Complete Guide – 2020 Edition (Blokdyk, Gerardus)
- 11 Rules for Creating Value in the Social Era (Merchant, Nilofer)
- Monetizing Innovation: How Smart Companies Design the Product Around the Price (Ramanujam, Madhavan; Tacke, Georg)
- HBR’s 10 Must Reads on Strategy (including featured article ‘What Is Strategy?’ by Michael E. Porter)
- The Art of Strategy: A Game Theorist’s Guide to Success in Business and Life (Dixit, Avinash K.; Barry J. J. Nalebuff)
- Strategic Storytelling: How to Create Persuasive Business Presentations (McKinsey, Dave)
- Moments of Impact: How to Design Strategic Conversations That Accelerate Change (Ertel, Chris; Solomon, Lisa Kay)