Tag: strategy

Strategy, Architecture & Problem-Solving

ERRC as an 8 box model

Blue Ocean Strategy includes a concept of an ERRC diagram to cover the following strategic decisions: Eliminate Reduce Raise Create Graph? It’s usually depicted as a linear graph where the authors of each ERRC decide which of the features of their product (or indeed which products) should fall into which section of the graph. The…
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Could gyms adopt a GCP pricing model?

We’re at that time of year where the gyms are full of resolutioneers. I have no problem with that. It’s well-known that the influx is short-lived. But it’s a messy business model and I’ve written before about possible changes to the business models of gyms based on features and quality. There are a few reasons for…
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Humber Bridge at night

Splitting in two

I’m going to start splitting this site into two 1. Strategic/Enterprise Architecture consultancy That’s been my career across a number of clients and industry sectors, including writing one book and several others in formation. 2. Photography I’m investing more of my time and effort in photography, fitting sessions around consultancy clients. You can see my…
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Customer vs Enterprise Perspective

Here’s a quick exercise on perspective, scope and how we view problems.  How big is your enterprise? Follow that question with these two questions: How big is it compared to the size of your organisation? How big is it compared to the size of your team? That’s the internal focus.  Now let’s try a different…
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Gibson Guitar

Gibson, where is the strategy?

As news increases of looming bankruptcy for Gibson, the guitar manufacture, I’m left to wonder what happened. How did such an iconic brand end up in such a situation. Gibson is iconic. Ask anyone to name a brand of guitar and it’ll be the answer roughly 50% of the time. I’m reminded of Harley Davidson…
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Any car

Surrendering Market Space

There was a radio commercial the other day with the following line: “We’ll beat your quote from a well known car buyer” So that’s one company referring to a second company but without mentioning to that second company by  name.  At what point did they realise that the other brand was so strong, they didn’t actually…
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Direction of Travel for Gym Business Models

New Year, New Gym, New Business Model

The business of gyms is an odd one. It’s full of business principles from the 1970s with a thin veneer of customer service from the 1990s. What’s the modern approach? Let’s look at the typical issues with modern gym memberships. If you search on a few review sites or social media, you’ll commonly see a…
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Business Architecture and Service Design

How Might We Apply Service Design to the Enterprise?

I simplistically take the view that Service Design is the concepts and methods of Design Thinking applied to making services work better for their customers. It’s a definition that works in the circles I most commonly move in, i.e. directors, programme directors, etc. It allows me to set the stage in which service design and…
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Enterprise Architecture and Business Architecture as Peers

The Maturing of Business Architecture

In Black Sheep or Shepherd, I introduced the idea that Business Architecture isn’t aligned with Enterprise Architecture as well as we may expect from looking at traditional structures for Enterprise Architecture. I’ve had several conversations about that topic since, all raised by the person I was talking with, rather than me asking them. And we’re…
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The Taco of Business Architecture – What’s the Purpose of Business Architecture?

As a profession, Business Architects are in danger of becoming defined by just one of the products that they create. Unfortunately, it reduces the value that the profession can provide to organisations and limits expectations of prospects and clients. What went wrong? Imagine a fine-dining chef who makes tacos once at the request of a…
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