What can Business Model Innovation projects learn from Film making

I came across an interesting approach to business model innovation being promoted by the folks @ Board of Innovation. They use the analogy of making a film to a business model innovation project. I really like this analogy.    The advantage of considering your business model innovation project as producing a film helps the project in the following ways: Makes the entire process more fun and exciting. Provides us a process to follow when the team falters. As with producing a film, you need a team of people with a diverse sets of skills to come together and work to […]

Wisdom to Start

I have searched for a teacher far and wide read countless books and listened to countless men Talk about starting a business! But I am yet to meet a man Who’s done it all Ran some successfully Sold some successfully, Lost money in some And willing to share his wisdom! Introduction One day, a friend of mine told me about an old man Who had started a number of businesses Some highly successful & some barely so Some utterly failing & some marginally so Some he sold for a killing & some to stay afloat He was open and willing […]

Gaming & social concepts applied to make test drives fun

I bought a car last month (Skoda Fabia). The entireexperience of buying the car was less than satisfactory on many counts. I wasonly able to take a short test drive (2Kms) around the showroom. This was thesame case with all the dealerships. When I asked that I would like to take a longertest drive and in different road conditions, I was always indicated that itwould be difficult to manage & turned down. The sales folks went on ranting about the car technology, engine capacity and all the other features of the car not bother to even understand my needs. For […]

11 things you could do to beat the stress due to traffic jam

Build a playlist of your favorite music, one thatpumps you up and listen to it when stuck in a traffic jam. Use the record voice mode on your phone (most phoneshave it) to record your thoughts on any topic. You could even record your to dolist for the day on the phone. You could also record a love note for your hubby(or loved one’s) and send it to them as a voice message or play it to them onceyou reach home. Keep a book handy (for all you book-lovers). Read wheneverstuck in a jam where the traffic does not move […]