Just found this masterpiece of visual explanation by Dan Roam in the Internet. The key is the demonstration of the power of the visual explanation. Personally, working in and with many global teams I spend a lot of time in teleconferences and…
99 reasons to buy
Cleaning up my desk I came across a flyer from the Bachler-Team, a training and consulting company from Austria. The flyer lists “99 Reasons to decide for the Bachler-Team”. Picking up the flyer when we had an off-site session at…
Theater in the Internet Age
Over the weekend I heard a radio interview with famous german theater actor Rolf Boysen. He will turn 90 the next days and had some great insights to share. However, the main point that struck me was not so much…
Smart-Grid Business Model
Oracle just released a study on challenges for utility companies when moving to smart grids, i.e. implementing some intelligence in monitoring customer energy consumption and providing consumption based differentiated tariff options. There is a general hype about the possibilities of…
The Butterfly-Effect in Social Media
Last night I saw an interview with Miriam Meckel, professor for Corporate Communication, on TV. It was mainly about her new book reflecting her experiences with burnout. The interesting part for me, however, were her comments on the effects of…
Why can’t trains be operated like planes ?
I spent the weekend going back and forth through Germany by train and this triggered the question above. The journey started with issues and ended with issues. Germany’s Deutsche Bahn has some problems at the moment with their high-speed trains so…
Free: Think about your Business Model
What happens to your business model if limitations are removed or flexibility added ? Listening to the now freely available audio version of Chris Andersons book “Free” I realized that this is not about whether you charge for your product…
Location: Designing a Business Model
Business models for Location-based services and advertising have been discussed for the last decade and the “standard” example is: someone walking in the city and getting messages, ads, promotions from shops, bars or restaurants or information about friends close by.…