{"product_id":"design-a-better-business-new-tools-skills-and-mindset-for-strategy-and-innovation-paperback","title":"Design a Better Business: New Tools, Skills, and Mindset for Strategy and Innovation - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003ePatrick Van Der Pijl\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eJustin Lokitz\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eLisa Kay Solomon\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book stitches together a complete design journey from beginning to end in a way that you've likely never seen before, guiding readers (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 20 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book also features over 50 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhether you're a business leader, aspiring entrepreneur, corporate innovator, growth investor, social impact change agent or enterprising student, \u003ci\u003eDesign a Better Business\u003c\/i\u003e is the comprehensive guide to the new tools, skills and mindsets required to master ambiguity and create value from uncertainty. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eDesign a Better Business\u003c\/i\u003e 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith 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, \u003ci\u003eDesign a Better Business\u003c\/i\u003e is the most comprehensive and practical guide on how to launch and sustain innovation as a discipline in your organization. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ewww.designabetterbusiness.com \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFILLED WITH PERSONAL STORIES AND EXPERIENCES FROM 30 DESIGN PRACTITIONERS AND THOUGHT LEADERS \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e8\u003c\/b\u003e CHAPTERS \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e48\u003c\/b\u003e CASE STUDIES \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e20\u003c\/b\u003e TOOLS \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e24\u003c\/b\u003e DOWNLOADS \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e7\u003c\/b\u003e CORE SKILLS \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e30\u003c\/b\u003e DESIGNERS \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e36\u003c\/b\u003e HACKS \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u0026gt;\u003cb\u003e150\u003c\/b\u003e VISUALS\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePatrick van der Pijl\u003c\/b\u003e is CEO of Business Models Inc. and producer of the worldwide best seller Business Model Generation. He is passionate about helping entrepreneurs, leaders, rebels and corporate companies to innovate their business model and design a future strategy.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJustin Lokitz\u003c\/b\u003e is the co-author of Design A Better Business: New Tools, Skills, and Mindset for Strategy and Innovation, a strategy blogger and frequent contributing author, as well as an experienced strategy designer and managing director of the Business Models Inc. offices in San Francisco and Silicon Valley, CA USA. 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