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

Author: Patrick van der Pijl, Justin Lokitz, Lisa Kay Solomon

Narrator: William Sarris

Unabridged: 6 hr 27 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Ascent Audio

Published: 08/27/2024

Includes: Bonus Material Bonus Material Included


Synopsis

This book stitches together a complete design journey from beginning to end, guiding listeners (you) step-by-step in a practical way from the initial spark of an idea all the way to scaling it into a better business. Design a Better Business includes a comprehensive set of tools (over twenty total!) and skills that will help you harness opportunity from uncertainty by building the right team(s) and balancing your point of view against new findings from the outside world.

This book also features over fifty 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, providing a behind the scenes look at the best practices and pitfalls to avoid. Also included are 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.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Pete on November 18, 2016

An interesting expansion on business model generation and value prop design. Wiley has done a great job creating a visual artifact with these style books. I say five stars because all designers should read this but honestly this was more much "refresher info" from many other books I've read. Kudos t......more

Goodreads review by Maciek on December 11, 2018

Hard to digest at the very beginning; however, later provides useful concepts on prototyping and delivering the right business model. If you're into design thinking, Google-like sprints and generally innovations, I think it might be useful for you. It's an excellent extension of Business Model Canvas......more

Goodreads review by Jaan on October 15, 2019

Probably much better in paperback format - pretty hopeless for audio.........more

Goodreads review by Melissa on June 16, 2021

Quote op pagina 246: “Voor mensen uit executie lijkt het innovatieproces vaag”. Daar val ik blijkbaar onder.. Dit boek was verplichte literatuur in het kader van mijn opleiding FinTech. Het zet op sommige punten wel aan het denken, maar over het algemeen genomen vond ik het boek te abstract en vaag.......more

Goodreads review by Mihai on February 27, 2020

Really good book on how to start from scratch and how to adapt to everything out there. However, a heed of warning for entrepreneurs and people with just an idea: that's not all. No single book nor any design framework will ever replace the thousands of hours of work and the due diligence necessary......more