Innovation, Strategy and a little fun for your business delivering results
1 Jun, 2012
Why is Business Model Innovation so important? Most companies have teams dedicated to product innovation and corporate development. Few recognise that the vast majority of new wealth comes from new business models, rather than...
12 May, 2012
Business Model Innovation Organisation challenges and business realities, organisations recognise that need change or need to address these challenges. To drive B.M.I. you need to enable your business to change the way it operates,...
28 Apr, 2012
A mind map is a diagram used to represent words, ideas, tasks or other items linked to and arranged radially around a central key word or idea. It is used to generate, visualise, structure...
25 Apr, 2012
Many moons ago, our agricultural sector operated in a co-operative manner, the local organisation that bought and sold the local farmers produce, milk, beef, grain & arable were owned by the farmers themselves. This...
10 Apr, 2012
A business model is the story of how an organisation creates, delivers and captures value. Storytelling is how we create emotional connections to any business model idea and a critical capability for all innovators....
10 Mar, 2012
Jump start you into a new direction There are times where we are content in our lives, work & relationships. For those that wake up with the dread of work in the morning,...
14 Nov, 2011
Brainstorming Brainstorming is an effective method to generate many ideas on a specific topic. Depending on the method chosen these ideas can be relevant to the topic and or have an alternative view of...
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Brian Andrews & Grainne Cleare, The Business Planners
The Ballymun Business Academy (BBA) provides training to entrepreneurs to enable them to stress test their strategic vision and reassess the company’s strategic direction. Brian and Grainne were contracted by the Ballymun Whitehall Area Partnership in November 2012 to deliver a training module within BBA. In many entrepreneurship courses the focus is predominately on administering tools to aid entrepreneurs, however, Brian and Grianne’s … Read more
Both Brian and Grainne have been working with eight Famers Markets in County Meath since January 2012, and have provided a focused analysis of the “state of the art” in terms of the markets current situation, potential for development and clear pathways for investment both in terms of capital and skills enhancement requirements.
As dedicated partitioners in the field.. they bring first hand knowledge and a pragmatic approach to this project taliered to their clients needs. It is apparent that th… Read more
Brian joined us at Snap as part of his DCU Business Innovation Program. Our project at Snap was to introduce 6 new commercial products to Snap, over 6 months. Brian acted as Project Manager for the exercise. Working with Group Office, he completed the commercial negotiations and planned the rollout of the new products. A clear, precise and practically implementable method for rolloing out the products was developed by Brian and Grainne from DCU, with Snap’s group office team. The methodology inc… Read more
I cannot praise Brian enough, he is a brilliant technical resource with excellent customer handling skills and a real pleasure to work with.
Mark Duffy, Service Delivery Manager, Ireland, Esp.co.uk
2012/11/01
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