Art of Opportunity

Marc Sniukas (Luxembourg; www.doujak.eu, www.businessmodelgallery.com, www.sniukas.com) is a partner at Doujak Corporate Development, a global consulting company that partners with CEOs, executive teams and owners of Fortune 500s and Hidden Champions to resolve the global strategic and organizational challenges they face; and co-founder of Business Model Gallery, the world's largest business model database. Marc partners with leadership teams and their organizations to discover opportunities for new growth and develop breakthrough strategies and innovative business models to transform their organizations. He has worked with major corporations across a wide range of industries in Europe, the US, Canada, Latin America, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, the UAE, Turkey, China and South Africa.Besides his corporate work, Marc is currently an adjunct professor at CEDIM, where he teaches Innovation and Business Model Innovation within the Master of Business Innovation program, and is researching business model innovation as part of Manchester Business School’s DBA program. He is on the faculty at Thnk School for Creative Leadership with campuses in Amsterdam, Vancouver and Lisbon, and teaches business model innovation to about 100 international students per year.Parker Lee (Portland, OR; www.xplane.com) currently serves as president and EVP of business development at XPLANE, a business design consultancy firm based in Portland, OR and Amsterdam that helps large organizations clarify, communicate, and achieve their goals.Lee leads workshops, facilitates events, and provides consulting services on strategic business design to dozens of global clients, including Cisco, Microsoft, BP, Shell, Intel, Nike, Intercontinental Hotel Group (IHG), Autodesk, PayPal, Bank of America, The Economist, UNICEF, The World Bank, Genentech, AT&T, and Michelin. He has presented at numerous industry events, most recently the Association of Change Management Professionals annual conferences, and the Apple CEO Conference on The Future of Media.Lee holds a bachelor’s degree in organization development and long range planning from the University of California, Davis. He is currently chairman of Portland’s Business for Culture and the Arts.Matt Morasky (Portland, OR; www.xplane.com) is a lead consultant at XPLANE, and an award-winning creative director, visual thinker, and educator. A fifteen-year veteran of the design and communications world, Morasky is an active advocate of Visual Thinking who combines his design thinking background with facilitation and visual problem solving practices to bring clarity to complex problems for clients including: American Express, British Telecom, Coca-Cola, Cox Enterprises, Elsevier, Hewlett Packard, Intel, Intercontinental Hotels Group, Microsoft, The North Face, Proctor & Gamble, Red Bull, SwissCom, Vans, and Wrangler/Lee.Morasky is currently based in XPLANE's Portland studio. Prior to that, he helped open XPLANE’s Amsterdam office, where he lead creative efforts—building and collaborating with teams of consultants, project managers and design professionals—to help European clients navigate sticky changes. Morasky also established the Amsterdam Visual Thinking School (VTS), planning, promoting and delivering monthly VTS workshops for the creative and business communities. Most recently Matt developed and launched XPLANE's Designer Training Program, a multi-week, open-source course that introduces Visual Thinking (and design thinking) methodologies to senior level designers and problem-solvers.A natural teacher, Morasky has taught and regularly guest lectures in many Northwest design schools. He has conducted workshops on Visual Thinking throughout Europe and the United States as well as spoken on the topic for audiences at the Frontiers of Interaction conference, Rome; University of Michigan Ross School of Business, and the Oregon Market Research Association.

• 1 ARTFUL INNOVATIONx Forewordxii Acknowledgmentsxv Introductionxvi Reader’s Journey4 WHAT IS STRATEGIC INNOVATION?5 Traditional Strategic Management6 Strategic Innovation8 Where to Play: Find Your Opportunity8 How to Play: Craft Your Strategy9 How to Win: Create Value10 WHAT IS BUSINESS DESIGN THINKING?10 The Five Principles of Business Design Thinking12 Getting Started2 DISCOVER YOUR NEW GROWTH OPPORTUNITY18 UNDERSTAND YOUR CUSTOMER AND NONCUSTOMER20 Customer and Noncustomer24 Understand Customer Needs, Expectations, and Choice29 Identify Barriers to Consumption and Hurdles to Satisfaction32 Inspiration: Cardinal Health33 Inspiration: Klinik Hirslanden34 How to Understand Your Customer and Noncustomer34 Gather Information35 Make Observations and Create Themes35 Transform Findings into Insights36 Inspiration: Ripple Effect Group38 Activity: Persona Mapping40 Activity: Create an Interview Guide42 Activity: Customer Journey Mapping44 Activity: Reveal Observation Headlines46 UNDERSTAND YOUR FIRM48 Resources and Capabilities50 Inspiration: Caesars Palace52 Resource Sparks: The Four Dimensions for Mapping and Assessing Resources54 Methods to Understand Your Firm56 Activity: Map Your Resources58 Activity: Map Your Ecosystem60 FRAME YOUR GROWTH INITIATIVE62 Art of Opportunity Growth Types62 Evolutionary Growth63 Adjacent Growth64 Breakthrough Growth65 The Breakthrough Question66 FRAME YOUR GROWTH OPPORTUNITY66 Decision Making67 Kinds of Decision-Making Strategies68 Decision-Making Process70 Activity: Create Your Growth Initiative Brief72 Activity: Explore Your Opportunity Insights74 Activity: Select Your Opportunity76 VISUALIZE YOUR OPPORTUNITY78 Employ Storytelling and Visual Frameworks82 Activity: Visualize Your Opportunity3 CRAFT YOUR STRATEGY88 THE ELEMENTS OF YOUR STRATEGY90 Design Your Offering90 Products91 Services91 Customer Experiences92 Inspiration: Hilti94 Offering Sparks: 10 Ways to Design a New Offering106 Activity: Offering Brainstorm108 Activity: Design Your Offering111 Shape Your Business Model112 The Static Perspective112 The Dynamic Perspective113 The Strategic Perspective113 The Operational Perspective113 Our Definition of a Business Model114 Business Model Components114 Activities116 Resources117 Sequence118 Roles120 Business Model in Practice122 Inspiration: Eden McCallum124 Inspiration: Klinik Hirslanden126 Business Model Sparks: 8 Ways to Design a New Business Model136 Activity: Visualize Your Current Business Model138 Activity: Design Your New Business Model140 Activity: Flip Your Business Model Assumptions143 Structure Your Revenue Model144 Revenue Streams146 Pricing Mechanisms148 Payment Mechanisms150 Inspiration: ProSiebenSat.1152 Inspiration: Fahrenheit 212153 Inspiration: 826 Valencia154 Revenue Model Sparks to Consider156 Activity: Revenue Model Card Sort158 SET YOUR STRATEGY: CREATING VALUE161 Creating Value162 Customer Value164 Firm Value166 Ecosystem Value168 Inspiration Summary: Value Propositions by Company170 Activity: Set Your Strategy172 VISUALIZE YOUR STRATEGY173 Final Note on Crafting Your Strategy174 Activity: Visualize Your Strategy4 LAUNCH YOUR NEW GROWTH BUSINESS182 THE THREE PHASES OF A NEW GROWTH BUSINESS185 The Inception Phase: Validating Your Opportunity And Piloting Your Strategy186 Three Steps for Validation and Piloting192 How to Validate Your Pilot192 Activities for Presenting Your Validation Data192 In-House Observations192 Field Observations193 Simulation193 Interviews194 Research194 Small-Scale Experimentation194 Additional Resources to Explore196 Activity: What to Test198 Activity: How to Test200 Learning from Your Pilot200 Achieving Success201 Encountering Challenges201 Gaining Insights202 The Evolution Phase: Adapting Your Strategy204 Inspiration: ProSiebenSat.1206 Inspiration: Fahrenheit 212210 Activity: Start, Stop, Change, Continue212 Activity: Design Next Steps214 Visualize Your Growth Plan216 Activity: Visualize Your Growth Plan218 The Diffusion Phase: Scaling Up Your Business220 Operational Challenges222 Establish Clear Roles and Responsibilities222 Build an Organizational Culture of Sharing, Listening, Collaboration, Experimentation, and Support223 Take a Holistic, Systems Approach to Planning and Executing the Scaling-up Process223 Build a Plan and Employ a Process of Regular and Rigorous Review and Adjustment223 Create a Clear and Simple Way to Track and Measure Your Progress5 MASTERING THE ART: BUSINESS DESIGN THINKING228 WHAT IS BUSINESS DESIGN THINKING?229 Foundation of Business Design Thinking230 Process and Methodology232 PRINCIPLES OF BUSINESS DESIGN THINKING232 1. Keep a Human-Centered Focus234 2. Think Visually and Tell Stories235 3. Work and Co-Create Collaboratively236 4. Evolve through Active Iteration237 5. Maintain a Holistic Perspective238 Inspiration: Oracle240 Inspiration: ExactTarget242 A NEW WAY OF WORKING244 Inspiration: Microsoft254 Notes256 About the Authors259 Index

The Art of Opportunity is all about creatively discovering new growth opportunities for your company and crafting a collaborative strategy that will get you there. Not only is the content powerful, the design is stimulating for the eyes as well as the mind. Read this book and start innovating!Ken Blanchard, coauthor of The New One Minute Manager® and Collaboration Begins with YouThe Art of Opportunity will help trigger strategic renewal inside your organization. Creative, inspiring, fresh, and empirically grounded, this playbook to growth is bound to be an executive reference for many years to come.Deryck J van Rensburg, President Coca-Cola Global VenturesFrom the coffee table to the conference table --The Art of Opportunity challenges our traditional business models and mindsets while providing a path and approach to success.Paul Snyder, Vice President Corporate Responsibility, InterContinental Hotels GroupThe Art of Opportunity is not just another book on strategy with some new strategy! Sniukas, Lee and Morasky created a practical tool - a process to design future businesses. It is easy to read and use and spiced with brainstorming sessions you can run with your team. By using the book, I’m willing to bet companies can save fortunes on consultancy. Every business that wants to grow should go through this process.Domenico Traverso, President Work Function Division at Danfoss Power SolutionsVisually beautiful, The Art of Opportunity is a fresh, new take on design thinking that offers practical tools for strategic innovation.Mark Polson, Vice President Creativity & Strategic Capability Building | Estée Lauder Companies Clear, artful, and inspiring. A highly readable, practical, step-by-step guide for anyone who wants to identify, design and launch strategic growth initiatives.Dave Gray, Founder, XPLANEThis book will dramatically alter both your business and personal life as you experience the very useful approach to innovation and strategy. Get on board and enjoy this inspirational journey.Dr. Bob Lorber, CEO - The Lorber Kamai Consulting GroupCo-Author:  “Putting The One Minute Manager to Work” and Co-Author: “Doing What Matters”Refreshingly pragmatic advice for business growth and development. This visualization approach was successful in aligning resources to solve my complex business issue.David Lary, Vice President Commercial Channel Partner Development and Programs, Print and Personal Systems, Hewlett-PackardThe Art of Opportunity is a concise, richly detailed primer for organizations seeking growth through innovation and change through disruption.Jay Samit, Bestselling author of Disrupt You! Master Personal Transformation, Seize Opportunity and Thrive in the Era of Endless InnovationThe Art of Opportunity is not your typical strategy book.  It offers a fresh approach to designing growth strategy with methods that are equally valuable to leaders of established businesses and new ventures.Jeff Wright, Vice President Strategy & Marketing, AutodeskThe Art of Opportunity is not just a book, but a road map helping to guide companies as they venture down the innovation path in search of new growth opportunities. It offers readers an actionable lens that includes the vital components of storytelling and what it means to take a user-centered approach in the new world of business model design thinking. Saul Kaplan, Founder and Chief Catalyst Business Innovation Factory, Author The Business Model Innovation FactoryI love this book. Whether you’re pushing an idea inside a large corporation, or creating your next big deal, this book gives you the framework, the tools and the right questions to ask – not just to get you started, but to keep you going. In short, this book tells you how to organize your thinking with clarity, vision, precision and vigor.Richard Black, Chief Data Architect, Deutsche Bank; former Chief Technology Officer, Bank of EnglandStrategy made fun! An innovative way of making strategic innovation come alive. This book will bring out the best of both the right and left half of your brain. Great for novice strategists and old hands alike.Ron Meyer, Professor of Corporate Strategy at Tias Business School, Tilburg UniversityOpportunities abound. We confront them every day, but they rarely appear as opportunities and do not come with labels to identify them as opportunities.  As a blind person myself, I’m excited that the authors of this book use visualization as a tool to bring opportunities into our businesses and lives.  Read, learn, and imagine.Jim Stovall, bestselling author of The Ultimate GiftThe Art of Opportunity presents a clear field guide for creating new value for organizations. The methods and stories affirm that the most valuable parts of business are more art than science. Ignore at your own risk.Michael Graber, Managing Partner of Southern Growth StudioThe Art of Opportunity humanizes business innovation in its approach and accessible, visual presentation. A must-read for entrepreneurs who aim to disrupt industries.Chip Joyce, CEO & Co-Founder Allied Talent, LLCThe Art of Opportunity is a beautifully crafted piece of work, so richly illustrated that at times I felt like I was reading a graphic novel. It is packed with fresh and varied case studies, most of which I hadn’t come across before. But more importantly, this book is really useful. Whether you’re an entrepreneur in the first throes of wrestling with a business idea, or a seasoned strategist at a large organization looking for new paths toward new opportunities, this is one of those rare “how to” guides that actually over-delivers on the how tos. My own copy will be well thumbed, for sure.Mark Barden, co-author of A Beautiful ConstraintThe Art of Opportunity is an innovation cocktail with a nice twist of visual thinking that will inspire application and growth.Jim Wallace, Global Head of Agency Strategy & Management, HPInnovation-obsessed visual thinkers, unite! This book may be your bible.Sunni Brown, Chief Human Potentialist, Best-Selling Author of Gamestorming and The Doodle RevolutionA wonderful new tool for those feeling “stuck” with old approaches and business processes that are no longer effective.Max Thelen, former CEO, FilterProven strategies from market innovators? Check. Step-by-step guides to structure your exploration? Check. Innovative visual explanations to engage and inspire? Triple-Check. If you’re a market-maker, don’t miss this book.Kevin Tate, Co-Founder, StepChange GroupIn today’s complex business environment where staying ahead of marketplace changes is critical to survival, the authors have compiled an in-depth exploration of business design thinking and its practical applications to business growth. A book for anyone in business.  It is provocative and challenging.Michael Graham, Managing Partner Greysage, LLCHow to make something challenging and complex easier to understand, easier to do by breaking it down into manageable and clear tasks. This book gives you very practical steps and advice on building new initiatives.Stuart Curley, Vice President Enterprise Architecture at Northgate ISWhat a bold and compelling book! It offers a thought-provoking new perspective on strategy and some important food for thought on how to discover and seize new opportunities. The strengths of The Art of Opportunity lie in its practical approach to validate strategies. It does not just claim that experimentation is important but shows how you can actually validate a strategy through experimentation. Bravo!Anja Förster & Peter Kreuz, Bestselling Authors, Entrepreneurs and Angel InvestorsIn my job I am expected to know this information, but this book presents all necessary information so clearly, it’s a piece of art!  I am convinced that The Art of Opportunity will help thousands of managers gain knowledge much quicker than they could ever have done so in their working life. Well done, and thank you so much for the effort!Silvester de Keijzer, Board Member Swiss Made Im.For anyone trying to navigate the complexities of value creation, The Art of Opportunity gets to the heart of how to operationalize entrepreneurship and innovation as the real engines behind strategic growth.Wayne A. Simmons & Keary L. Crawford, Authors: "GrowthThinking: Building the New Growth Enterprise”Growing a business is all about identifying and leveraging opportunities. But where to start? How to know where to look? This book not only makes you change your thinking, it gets you moving, too, with novel and practical exercises that provide managers with a customizable pathway to growth.Professor Helen Perks, University of Nottingham, UKThe Art of Opportunity provides a refreshing view on how to grow performance in an increasingly visual and collaborative world. It is compelling and simple and just what the business landscape needs. Worthy read.Crystal Fernando, Head of Global Commercial Delivery, InterContinental Hotels GroupA fantastic and beautiful design thinking manifesto for the visual learner in all of us.Matt Moog, CEO of PowerReviewsSniukas, Lee, and Morasky have crafted a beautiful, full-color journey to innovation that takes you from beginning to end. The engaging visuals draw you in to understand the approach, while the simple step-by-step instructions get the thoughts out of your head and ready to execute. A must read for anyone looking to tackle an opportunity they have spotted.C. Todd Lombardo, Chief Design Strategist, Fresh Tilled SoilThe Art of Opportunity is a key innovation masterpiece that is going to help me with our work with intrapreneurs at the largest entertainment media companies in the world.John Huffman IV, Founder, HUFFMAN CO Step by step, The Art of the Opportunity encourages a fresh, visual look at how to deliver new value to customers.Doug Van Aman, Principal, Van Aman CommunicationsThe Art of Opportunity blazes a welcome trail to successful business growth.Kevin O’Keefe, business leader and bestselling author of The Average AmericanImpactful and practical. An excellent guide for strategic reflection and action.Omar Baig, Head of Digital, Knowledge and Information Service. OECDThe Art Of Opportunity presents compelling evidence, based on extensive experience, for the application of business design thinking by combining strategic innovation with inspiration from others. Their pragmatic approach offers existing businesses a framework to innovate or adapt in complex changing environments. Loved it!Anne Bartlett-Bragg, PhD, Managing Director, Ripple Effect GroupBeing, Knowing and Doing are must-have disciplines for any team to succeed.This book helps guide teams with crisp insights and methodologies to rapidly frame innovation projects.Ed Soo Hoo, Industry Fellow At UC Berkeley Center for Entrepreneurship and TechnologyIn working with over 150 SMEs in the last 12 months, I have found they want business support that is practical, visual, and guides them to make the right decisions by inspiration and example. The Art of Opportunity does this brilliantly. It brings key visual tools into one place and shows you how to use and implement them at every stage for your business’ success. Excellent book, a must buy.Mark Copsey, Director RedKite Innovations, growth coach and lecturer Leeds Beckett UniversityA clear and practical approach to uncovering growth opportunities hidden within your business and how to make them a reality and driving the top line.Robert McKinnon, Former SVP and Head of PMO, InterContinental Hotels GroupRead this book with a marker pen in hand, because you'll want to start creating your next strategic innovation straight away. This practical guidebook to business design thinking will help you make the most of your customer opportunities.Simon Terry, Chairman, Change Agents WorldwideWhilst managing Apple Education in EMEA, we discovered the power and resilience of visual communications, giving us the ability to translate complex digital engagement into simple, informative and meaningful illustrations and graphics. Today, The Art of Opportunity helps move this work forward another important stage.Alan Greenberg, former Apple Director Education EMEA, then Asia. Currently Advisory Board of 8GT FundSniukas, Lee, and Morasky have artfully made complicated strategic design principles accessible to anyone looking to grow or build a business. The Art of Opportunity is a visually engaging guidebook that helps businesses of any size tap into their creativity to develop effective business strategies.Catherine Palmer, Senior Industry Marketing Manager, Autodesk, Inc.The Art of Opportunity clearly details how to achieve success through proven strategic innovation and visual thinking methodologies. The authors expertly plot a path along the journey based on years of experience in helping companies realize significant growth. Let great things happen to you by reading this book.K.C. Teis, Vice President of Experience Design, RackspaceIt’s not often a series of artful lateral choices are presented so elegantly that they can be pragmatically implemented like science. A must read for leaders looking to innovate with their existing teams to create new value.Shayne Smart – Founder Geneva Conventions in PicturesIn a new era you can't stop to innovate.Andres Pacheco, Head of Training, Ripley Enterprises ChilePractical. Transformative. Actionable. Leaders should equip their staff with this innovative guide. Follow the instructions. Your business will grow.Michael Neil, Chief Marketing Officer, Asset-MapAn easy-to-follow blueprint for customer-centric innovation to drive business growth.  Had I had this book 10 years ago, I'd have saved tons on agency fees!Heinz Waelchli, Chief Customer Officer at SnapAVA guidebook for strategic innovation: where to play, how to play and how to win.Lars Crama, Chief Commercial Officer, InnoLeapsSniukas, Lee and Morasky provide a powerful framework that encourages and empowers readers to apply their own creativity to developing their growth strategyRobert Shepherd, Chief Development Officer and SVP Development, Design & Openings - Europe, InterContinental Hotels GroupMove over Michael Porter - The Art of Opportunity presents an innovative new approach for strategic business thinking, and how to master the art of business design.Jed Singer - President, Socialight Media A fresh approach to business design thinking that is engaging to read and easy to apply.Claire Francois, Technology Marketing Advisor, ShellThe Art of Opportunity combines great insight, industry best practice, and practical exercises in a way that’s constantly engaging and frequently surprising.Mark Baker“The Art of Opportunity” sheds a long overdue light on areas of business that are indeed more art than science. Each page offers practical insights needed to seize opportunities and bring ideas to fruition.Louis Patler, President, The B.I.T. Group, Author, Make Your Own Waves / The Surfer’s Rules for Innovators and EntrepreneursIn the world powered by innovation, “The Art of Opportunity” provides a pragmatic approach to focus your team and turn their thoughts and ideas into achievable business success. The approach presented in the book, supported by great exercises makes it a hugely helpful tool to deliver the opportunity that is always within the reach of your organisation, but sometimes feels too far away. We all strive to be successful; “The Art of Opportunity” helps us to truly become successful.Rafal Tomczyk, General Aviation Transformation Manager - Strategy ImplementationBased on what we learned in “The Art of Opportunity,” our agency has changed our entire approach for attracting new clients. We find more opportunities by focusing on the needs of the customer—we’re human centered now, that sets us apart and we’re confident we’ll win more often now.Jeff Chesebro, President, Princeton PartnersOne of the most comprehensive looks at the powerful integration of innovation strategy and business design to uncover new opportunities and commercialize existing ones.Soon Yu, Global Vice President of Innovation, VF CorporationThe Art of Opportunity is stunning, insightful, practical and takes the powerful concepts behind design thinking and explains them with tools, case studies, and real-world examples.  The future of business requires that we all embrace art and analytics, information and intuition, planning and empathy – The Art of Opportunity shows us the way.   David Howitt, Founder & CEO of Meriwether Group, Author of "Heed Your Call"