D as Diagramming: Strategic Value Proposition
An Example of Diagramming as Thinking
Diagramming is one of the strategic ways of my Knowledge Curation activities. I have written about diagrams and diagramming about theoretical building and development here. This time, I’d like to share a mini Knowledge Curation work with diagramming.
Last week I read Joan Magretta’s 2012 book:
Understanding Michael Porter: The Essential Guide to Competition and Strategy
It’s an amazing re-engagement with a classic strategic approach. I read Porter’s books many years ago. The author uses a diagram (see comment) for describing Porter’s ideas on value proposition. Inspired by the diagram and the writings, I use a meta-diagram I developed two years ago to run a mini Knowledge Curation work.
Porter defines the value proposition as the answer to three fundamental questions:
1. Which customers are you going to serve?
2. Which needs are you going to meet?
3. What relative price will provide acceptable value for customers and acceptable profitability for the company?
This is a great starting point. I expand this framework with my meta-diagram.
