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2. Prototype Version September 2013
Ville Keränen &
Monkey and Banana Coop
Lifestyle Company
Presentation

3. Our mission is to make
the world more fun
and yellow.

4. We started back in 2006
with following questions:

5. We started back in 2006
with following questions:
• How might the futures of Leadership
look like?

6. We started back in 2006
with following questions:
• How might the futures of Leadership
look like?
• How might the Organizations of the
futures look like?

7. We started back in 2006
with following questions:
• How might the futures of Leadership
look like?
• How might the Organizations of the
futures look like?
• How might the Learning in the
futures happen?

8. Over the 7 years and
throughout hundreds of
projects in the field of
organizational development in
more than 20 countries we
are still not sure about the
answers.

9. But we have found out
the following about
ourselves.

10. Our Way of Working

11. Our Way of Working
• We do not have solutions, no right or wrong ones. If we did, then the problem would be
the “not invented here” -problem. We believe that the answer is people and in people.
People can come up with right solutions if they are supported with time, permission
and space to do that. And we believe it is best if people who are the ones to implement
the new ideas also come up with them.

12. Our Way of Working
• We do not have solutions, no right or wrong ones. If we did, then the problem would be
the “not invented here” -problem. We believe that the answer is people and in people.
People can come up with right solutions if they are supported with time, permission
and space to do that. And we believe it is best if people who are the ones to implement
the new ideas also come up with them.
• So what does Monkey do if not offer solutions? We help by creating the time, space and
permission for dialogue and experiments. And through those experiments and dialogue
we start to find solutions. Together.

13. Our Way of Working
• We do not have solutions, no right or wrong ones. If we did, then the problem would be
the “not invented here” -problem. We believe that the answer is people and in people.
People can come up with right solutions if they are supported with time, permission
and space to do that. And we believe it is best if people who are the ones to implement
the new ideas also come up with them.
• So what does Monkey do if not offer solutions? We help by creating the time, space and
permission for dialogue and experiments. And through those experiments and dialogue
we start to find solutions. Together.
• Monkey challenges you to think. Monkey challenges you to search for better questions
which help to think better. Better thinking leads to potential solutions, which we
support to experiment in practice.

14. Our Way of Working
• We do not have solutions, no right or wrong ones. If we did, then the problem would be
the “not invented here” -problem. We believe that the answer is people and in people.
People can come up with right solutions if they are supported with time, permission
and space to do that. And we believe it is best if people who are the ones to implement
the new ideas also come up with them.
• So what does Monkey do if not offer solutions? We help by creating the time, space and
permission for dialogue and experiments. And through those experiments and dialogue
we start to find solutions. Together.
• Monkey challenges you to think. Monkey challenges you to search for better questions
which help to think better. Better thinking leads to potential solutions, which we
support to experiment in practice.
• Monkey helps and encourages to try something new and to build prototypes. By doing
we concretize ideas and thoughts. Does this work or not? Let’s try!

15. Our Way of Working
• We do not have solutions, no right or wrong ones. If we did, then the problem would be
the “not invented here” -problem. We believe that the answer is people and in people.
People can come up with right solutions if they are supported with time, permission
and space to do that. And we believe it is best if people who are the ones to implement
the new ideas also come up with them.
• So what does Monkey do if not offer solutions? We help by creating the time, space and
permission for dialogue and experiments. And through those experiments and dialogue
we start to find solutions. Together.
• Monkey challenges you to think. Monkey challenges you to search for better questions
which help to think better. Better thinking leads to potential solutions, which we
support to experiment in practice.
• Monkey helps and encourages to try something new and to build prototypes. By doing
we concretize ideas and thoughts. Does this work or not? Let’s try!
• We believe that the only mistake is that if we do not learn anything. The knowledge
grows by sharing it with others.

16. Blue Ocean Strategy

17. Blue Ocean Strategy

18. Blue Ocean Strategy

19. Blue Ocean Strategy
Yellow

20. Blue Ocean Strategy
Yellow

21. Blue Ocean Strategy
Yellow

22. Blue Ocean Strategy
Yellow

23. Blue Ocean Strategy
Yellow

24. Yellow Ocean Strategy
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25. Yellow Ocean Strategy
We have eliminated
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26. Yellow Ocean Strategy
We have eliminated
Formality, difficult words
and the idea of being
always right.
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27. Yellow Ocean Strategy
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28. Yellow Ocean Strategy
We have reduced
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29. Yellow Ocean Strategy
We have reduced
planning just for the sake
of planning and for creating
an illusion of certainty. We
do not practice robotic
repetition of formalities and
do not play business
games.
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30. Yellow Ocean Strategy
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31. Yellow Ocean Strategy
We raise
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32. Yellow Ocean Strategy
We raise
Feelings and speaking from
the heart a.k.a. dialogue:
honesty for oneself as well
as to the others, self-
management, making
things visible and learning
together.
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33. Yellow Ocean Strategy
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34. Yellow Ocean Strategy
We create our value
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35. Yellow Ocean Strategy
We create our value
through fun, weirdness
and by helping to
implement new ideas in
practice.
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36. We Create Value via Fun
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37. We Create Value via Fun
FUN?
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38. We Create Value via Fun
FUN?
• Learning is fun. Exciting. Motivating.
Rewarding. Learning is changing behavior.
Learning is always connected to feelings.
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39. We Create Value via Fun
FUN?
• Learning is fun. Exciting. Motivating.
Rewarding. Learning is changing behavior.
Learning is always connected to feelings.
• We ALWAYS design and create our coaching
sessions to be fun.
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40. We Create Value via Fun
FUN?
• Learning is fun. Exciting. Motivating.
Rewarding. Learning is changing behavior.
Learning is always connected to feelings.
• We ALWAYS design and create our coaching
sessions to be fun.
• We have a magical touch to create
environments where people can experiment
and reflect.
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41. We Create Value via
WEIRDNESS
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42. We Create Value via
WEIRDNESS
WEIRDNESS?
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43. We Create Value via
WEIRDNESS
WEIRDNESS?
• We are truly and really different with our actions,
not just with our marketing promises.
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44. We Create Value via
WEIRDNESS
WEIRDNESS?
• We are truly and really different with our actions,
not just with our marketing promises.
• It starts from the way we dress. We are not trying
to rise above the participants by telling some
success stories from our past.
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45. We Create Value via
WEIRDNESS
WEIRDNESS?
• We are truly and really different with our actions,
not just with our marketing promises.
• It starts from the way we dress. We are not trying
to rise above the participants by telling some
success stories from our past.
• We don’t have ready to go / fixed answers, and
that we tell right away.
More info at: http://banana.fi/wp/en/luukku-12-keltaisen-meren-strategia/

46. We Create Value via
WEIRDNESS
WEIRDNESS?
• We are truly and really different with our actions,
not just with our marketing promises.
• It starts from the way we dress. We are not trying
to rise above the participants by telling some
success stories from our past.
• We don’t have ready to go / fixed answers, and
that we tell right away.
• We do have out-of-this-universe talent to assist
people to find the answers themselves.
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47. We Create Value via
Experiments
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48. We Create Value via
Experiments
EXPERIMENTS?
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49. We Create Value via
Experiments
EXPERIMENTS?
• Only actions change the world and create new.
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50. We Create Value via
Experiments
EXPERIMENTS?
• Only actions change the world and create new.
• Being perfect and complete equals slow death.
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51. We Create Value via
Experiments
EXPERIMENTS?
• Only actions change the world and create new.
• Being perfect and complete equals slow death.
• Right after the first coaching session we start
trying new things in practice.
More info at: http://banana.fi/wp/en/luukku-12-keltaisen-meren-strategia/

52. We Create Value via
Experiments
EXPERIMENTS?
• Only actions change the world and create new.
• Being perfect and complete equals slow death.
• Right after the first coaching session we start
trying new things in practice.
• The only failure if if we don’t learn anything
new.
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53. We Create Value via
Experiments
EXPERIMENTS?
• Only actions change the world and create new.
• Being perfect and complete equals slow death.
• Right after the first coaching session we start
trying new things in practice.
• The only failure if if we don’t learn anything
new.
• Knowledge is created through practice.
More info at: http://banana.fi/wp/en/luukku-12-keltaisen-meren-strategia/

54. It’s still a mystery to many
what Monkey Business does.

55. “Whatever you can do or
dream you can, begin it.
Boldness has genius, power
and magic in it.”
W. H. Murray in The Scottish Himalaya
Expedition, 1951

56. We dream and do the
following...

58. Revolution of speaking
from the heart &
taking care in work life

59. Revolution of speaking
from the heart &
taking care in work life
Good quality design &
entrepreneurship available
to everyone in the world

60. We operate in the
following fields.

62. Organizations in need of
participatory change
processes

63. Organizations in need of
participatory change
processes
Youth
unemployment
& educational
sector

64. Organizations in need of
participatory change
processes
Youth
unemployment
& educational
sector
We create
more impact
via scalable
“technologies”

65. Organizations in need of
participatory change
processes
Youth
unemployment
& educational
sector
We share our
knowledge in digital
world & social
networks
We create
more impact
via scalable
“technologies”

66. Participatory Change
Processes
• Participatory Leadership Programs
• Participatory Change / Learning
Processes
• Participatory Value Processes
• Learning Journeys

67. Youth Unemployment &
Educational Sector
• The Pop Up Company -partnership
• Summer School of Entrepreneurship
• Entrepreneurship Education &
Coaching for students and teachers
• Hackathons, Camps and Jams
• Creativity & Design Thinking
Education for Students & Teachers

68. More Impact via
Scalable Technologies
• Mental Models Game
• Do The Never -club
• Rural Design & Entrepreneurship
School

69. Monkey 2.0 aka
Social Media
• Monkey Blog - www.banana.fi
• facebook.com/wearemonkeybusiness
• LinkedIn
• Twitter
• www.slideshare.net/bananadotfi

70. "Never underestimate the power of
a small group of committed people
to change the world. In fact, it is
the only thing that ever has."
-Margaret Wheatley-

71. More Information
Ville Keränen
+358 40 731 2084
ville@banana.fi
twitter.com/VilleMonkey
http://labs.banana.fi
www.banana.fi