This presentation shows a sneak peak at the ‘new shoes today business & operating model’. Feel free to copy, use, paint over, change and update! Just do us a favor and mention you got it from new shoes today. new shoes today is a growing number of soulmates in business and the arts who give support to people and organisations on their road to creation, innovation and change. We organise meetings, deliver keynotes, develop courses, give workshops, create art, train experts, spread knowledge, share experiences, provide platforms, give advice, write articles, build bridges and connect people. Together with clients we take on 21st century challenges. Our values: real - open - drive - fun - care - today www.newshoestoday.com

1. the new shoes today model
the concept…
a short deep dive…
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2. This presentation shows a sneak peak at the
‘new shoes today business & operating model’.!
!
Feel free to copy, use, paint over, change and
update!!
!
Just do us a favor and mention you got it
from new shoes today.!
!
!
www.newshoestoday.com

4. new shoes today
new shoes today is a growing number of
soulmates in business and the arts who
give support to people and organisations
on their road to creation, innovation and
change.
www.newshoestoday.com

5. We organise meetings, deliver keynotes,
develop courses, give workshops, create art,
train experts, spread knowledge, share
experiences, provide platforms, give advice,
write articles, build bridges and connect
people.
Together with clients we take on 21st century
challenges.
Our values:
real - open - drive - fun - care - today

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7. new shoes today model
benefits
offerings/clients/markets
challenges
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8. the
new
shoes
today
model

9. inspiration
experimentation
co-creation
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10. crew

11. crew today: 23 people, half male, half female, half Dutch, half Belgium, backgrounds in
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economics, the arts, psychology, business management, … youngest is 28, oldest is 65, …

12. crew
commitment

13. creation, innovation & change as working field
common starting point, common not end point
soul connection, trust and responsibility as basis
entrepreneurial (self supporting as base)
actively share knowledge
support the collective
37 months commitment

14. turnover (mainly / 100%) via new shoes today
€ 3561,27 entrance fee
(to be paid in € / alternatives / terms / … whatever)
intention to be(come) full time crew
5% + 5% rule
share the values:
real - open - drive - fun - care – today
contribution in diversity
keep on dreaming
* = Everything with possible exceptions and wild cards!

15. setup

16. one legal entity (under Dutch law)
management agreement
profit sharing per project (not centrally)
no staff, no building
5%+5% rule
debit chasing by individual crew
3 internal roles
(finance, magneting, operations)

17. meritocracy
easycracy (smart organisation)
WonderWalks
complemantary solutions
for (internal) payments
2 x a year development weeks
no veto for joining, 3 crew recommendation
room for nearlings

18. magneting
(no marketing)

19. BENEFITS
individual vs open source network
up- & cross-selling
introduction
building bridges
expanding realities

20. Toegepaste creativiteit:
3 vormen van innovatie
levels of innovation

21. products & services
process
culture
(how we innovate)

22. products & services
process
new shoes today
focus
culture
(how we innovate)

23. a few examples
of new shoes today
products/services where
the network ‘works’
(to position, develop, give support…)

24. Visual Harvesting

25. Poetry: The Edge of Things

28. Challenges
internal organisation:
we have no staff, so everything(!)
comes down to the crew member’s
own responsibility
focus:
many crew members are ‘content’
focussed, yet business development
needs investments (in focus) also!

29. our way of
dealing with
experiments:
success or…

30. nearling ?

31. nearling
“ A nearling is a positive word for something
that you did with the right intentions,
which has not (yet) led to the right result. ”
The reasons for nearlings not to succeed can be diverse:
• the circumstances have changed
• a better option has been chosen
• you made an error
• faith decided differently
• suddenly there were other priorities
• ...
Until the nearling there was no right English word for this phenomenum. There is the word
'failure', yet that sounds negative. An attempt, of an initiative.
You only recognize a nearling when you look back. You can always learn from a nearling.
The nearling fills a gap in the international innovation language.

32. Be proud!
You can be proud of nearlings because:
1. You started an initiave
2. You may have moved others
3. Maybe it led you to something that was successful
4. You need many nearlings, for a few successes
5. You learned from it
6. ...
We want to contribute to increase the international innovative culture and
entrepreneurship by introducing this word.
The nearling emphasizes that initiatives are almost ALWAYS valuable, even if
they don’t lead to the right result (directly).
Share your nearlings at: www.nearling.com

33. innovation
=
letting go!

34. The ability to let go is just as
important as being able to generate
new ideas.
Letting go!

35. letting go
=
trust!

36. our book: Creativity Today
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www.creativitytoday.net

37. Thank you - Danke - Merci
Ramon Vullings
new shoes today
ramon@newshoestoday.com