Our latest sponsor is the employer and trade organisation for the service sector : Almega. Almega spearhead development for their member companies in all matters regarding employer-staff relations as well as in public policy issues. As such Almega is one of the most important policy and strategy players within the service sector in Sweden.
Welcome and thank you Almega!
For years, many organizations had a sound and healthy business model. Nowadays, as a result of drastic changes, organizations find out that their current business model does not work anymore. The financial crisis, changing consumer behavior, the Internet and (free) access to information and knowledge changed the rules of doing business. Traditional business models become outdated and create the urge for new and innovative business models.
Thinking about business models is more important than ever. 15 years ago, many industries were dominated by one single business model. Now different models are intertwined. Market opportunities are enormous if pictured properly and played into correctly. Examples like Apple, Google and Skype illustrate that the scale and the speed with which innovative business models change the industrial landscape are greater than ever.
How can we systematically invent, design and implement powerful new business models? How can we question, challenge and transform old and outmoded business models? How can we turn visionary ideas into game-changing business models that challenge the establishment?
Patrick van der Pijl and Camilla van den Boom from Business Models Inc. explain how you can systematically understand, design and implement (new) business models. They take you on a journey through the landscape of business models. They show what business modeling is all about and what it could do for your business.
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For more information: wwww.businessmodelsinc.com
Our latest sponsor is a company which should delight our twittering visitors: Twingly. Linköping-based Twingly is providing access to their great tools for keeping track of tweets regarding the conference.
We will be running Twingly Live publicly during the conference so you can keep track of #servdes-tweets without having to use your computer or phone. It is already up and running, so you can have a look at: http://live.twingly.com/servdes.
And for those of you who like nice visualisations, the Liveboard (which has been up and running for the last two weeks) provides great statistics over what’s happening at #servdes and related hash-tags. Check it out at http://liveboard.twingly.com/servdes!
Welcome and thank you Twingly!
Daniela Sangiorgi, Simon Clatworhty, Tuuli Mattelmäki, strategy paradoxes, networked innovation, social innovation, financial services.This is some of the content of the programme of ServDes.2010. All confirmed presenters and titles can be found at the papers page.
If you have a topic you’re interested in discussing during the unconference day on December 1st, you can host one of the rooms at the campus venue. This is an opportunity to have a whole day dedicated to your special interest and to share that with others.
As a host you will get the opportunity to guestblog about your topic before the unconference, to get the discussion going already before you arrive. You are also in charge of documenting and making sure that there is some output from the room. After the conference, another blog post summarising the insights and results is posted to communicate, and hopefully spread the shared knowledge.
If you are interested in hosting a room, contact info [at] servdes.org. And do join in on the discussion over at the ServDes-group at Wenovski.
We are happy to announce something we have been working on in the background for some time. The newest book on service design, This is Service Design Thinking, will have its release party at ServDes!
The book release of This is Service Design Thinking will be held on the first evening of the conference, December 1st. The books will be delivered to Linköping straight from the printers, and the book release evening will be the first chance to get your hands on the book. And as it should be, you probably won’t get a better deal on the book anywhere else!
E-mail: info [at] servdes DOT org
Twitter: @ServDes
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