BUSINESS MODEL CHEMISTRY 1.0: A New Way to Improve Our Creativity, Performance, and Innovation

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BUSINESS MODEL CHEMISTRY 1.0: A New Way to Improve Our Creativity, Performance, and Innovation. *** Many efforts and initiatives to improve our outputs in creativity, performance, and innovation projects end up in abject failure. Many initiatives do not deliver on their initial promise. Business Model Chemistry 1.0 introduces a fun tool for simply and radically improving our creativity, performance, and innovation. A unique advantage of Business Model Chemistry 1.0 is that we can first design our tools and then apply them to improve our creativity, performance, and innovation skills. http://goo.gl/mqNh2o

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Lean
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Value
Chain,
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SIPOC
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Diagram

#BMYacht.
Dr.
Rod
King.
rodkuhnhking@gmail.com
&
hKp://businessmodels.ning.com
&
hKp://twiKer.com/RodKuhnKing

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Periodic
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Elements:
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QuesHons
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Designing
and
Using
Tools
Such
as

Brainstorming,
Experiment
Board,
Business
Model
Canvas,
Lean
Canvas,
Value
Chain,
and
SIPOC
Process
Diagram

#BMYacht.
Dr.
Rod
King.
rodkuhnhking@gmail.com
&
hKp://businessmodels.ning.com
&
hKp://twiKer.com/RodKuhnKing

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Periodic
Table
(EPT)
of
Business
Model
Elements:
10
QuesHons
For
Visually
Designing
and
Using
Tools
Such
as

Brainstorming,
Experiment
Board,
Business
Model
Canvas,
Lean
Canvas,
Value
Chain,
and
SIPOC
Process
Diagram

#BMYacht.
Dr.
Rod
King.
rodkuhnhking@gmail.com
&
hKp://businessmodels.ning.com
&
hKp://twiKer.com/RodKuhnKing

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Rod King, Ph.D.

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