What’s the difference between a product and a project?

Project and product sound similar and the two concepts are often confused with each other. However in practice they are very different and require different skills, governance and mindsets.

How to describe and create a business model

Breaking a business model into customer value proposition…

Porter’s five forces industry analysis for Krispy Kreme

What is Porter’s Five Forces? Well I doubt there is any need to explain one of the most famous strategic tools around but just in case, it is a tool to analyse the external industry to find the root causes of profitability.

The Executive Kanban Experiment — how to focus on the most important work

Blue ocean strategy and value innovation

Competing in over crowded industries is no way to sustain competitive advantage. The real opportunity is to create blue oceans of uncontested market space that makes the competition irrelevant.

What are red and blue oceans?