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Book: “Seizing the White Space” by Mark W. Johnson

An academic review combining the “customer’s job to be done (JTBD)” (also described in “The Customer- Centered Innovation Map” by Lance A. Bettencourt and Anthony W. Ulwick published in Harvard Business Review”) with “customer value proposition (CPV)” to propose a framework for how organizations can create innovative products or business models outside the core of [...]

Books: The Napkin-books by Dan Roam

The visual problem solving framework proposed by Dan Roam in his books The Back of the Napkin: Solving Problems and Selling Ideas with Pictures and Unfolding the Napkin: The Hands-On Method for Solving Complex Problems with Simple Pictures is incredibly useful and inspiring.
The Back of the Napkin introduces the visual problem solving framework and its [...]

A Different Approach to Layoffs

Lots of companies are downsizing and laying off substantial parts of their work forces - even among the most “secure” and “respected” companies, things are changing very rapidly.
Recently I learned about a 2.500 people company having to cut 10%. This was achieved by going through each division, department, section, and team and picking out 10% [...]