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Design a Better Business: New Tools, Skills, and Mindset for Strategy and Innovation

Patrick van der Pijl

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Design a Better Business: New Tools, Skills, and Mindset for Strategy and Innovation

by Patrick van der Pijl
Design a Better Business: New Tools, Skills, and Mindset for Strategy and Innovation
Design a Better Business: New Tools, Skills, and Mindset for Strategy and Innovation

Practical innovation guide for building better businesses.

If you're itching to kickstart a project or revamp your business strategy, "Design a Better Business" is a treasure trove of insights. Imagine getting a behind-the-scenes tour of how top companies innovate and transform ideas into reality, coupled with hands-on tools to apply directly to your endeavors. This practical approach isn't just theory; it's about actionable steps that have been proven in the field.

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Design a Better Business: New Tools, Skills, and Mindset for Strategy and Innovation

by Patrick van der Pijl
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ISBN: 9781119272113
Author: Patrick van der Pijl
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc
Date of Publication: 2016-09-13
Format: Paperback
Related Collections: Business, Personal Development
Related Topics: Entrepreneurship, Leadership, Business, Personal Development, Management
Goodreads rating: 4.13
(rated by 320 readers)

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Whether you're a business leader, aspiring entrepreneur, corporate innovator, growth investor, social impact change agent or enterprising student, Design a Better Business is the comprehensive guide to the new tools, skills and mindsets required to master ambiguity and create value from uncertainty. Design a Better Business introduces readers to the double loop design process, a practical approach to creating and growing value using collaborative and generative practices that anyone can learn and immediately try with their organizations. You'll learn personal insights from thought leaders such as Steve Blank on innovation, Alex Osterwalder on business models, Nancy Duarte on storytelling, and Rob Fitzpatrick on questioning, among others. With detailed visual guides to over 20 strategic tools and 48 case studies and real life examples from large corporations such as ING Bank, Audi, Autodesk, and Toyota Financial Services, to small startups, incubators, and social impact organizations, Design a Better Business is the most comprehensive and practical guide on how to launch and sustain innovation as a discipline in your organization.
 

Practical innovation guide for building better businesses.

If you're itching to kickstart a project or revamp your business strategy, "Design a Better Business" is a treasure trove of insights. Imagine getting a behind-the-scenes tour of how top companies innovate and transform ideas into reality, coupled with hands-on tools to apply directly to your endeavors. This practical approach isn't just theory; it's about actionable steps that have been proven in the field.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.

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