Alex Osterwalder🇨🇭
@AlexOsterwalder
Founder http://Strategyzer.com. Author. Becoming who I want to be a bit more every day. Passionate about guiding people to discover stuff. ❤️🏔⛷🇨🇭
Up your leadership and thinking game - I just finished flipping through «Transforming While Performing», a visual book by @KBraekeleire & @ovandu. Packed with real-world stories, actionable tips, and stunning visuals, it's all about being a more effective leader and thinker in…
People don’t show their struggle behind their success enough!
4+ years ago 😊
Business Model Canvas for kids - prototype by @HolgerNilsPohl & team Thoughts?
I'm proud I was able to contribute a tiny bit to the Family Office Navigator by Peter Vogel of IMD - congrats on this piece of work! In particular, entrepreneurs with one or more exits under their belt should have a look (while you consider investing in @strategyzer ... psst...…
Working out what a family office should look like and how to run it is a source of confusion and overwhelm. Check out Peter Vogel and Mario Marconi's book The Family Office Navigator, a practical guidebook to help family businesses navigate the journey: bit.ly/47IvkLl
Our @strategyzer journey from boutique consultancy to scaling platform business. strategyzer.com/library/theshi…
The amount of public company CEOs who are unable to describe their company in a compelling way in 1 minute or less is truly shocking. Comms teams, this should be your #1 priority.
At most 15% of S&P 500 CEOs have a useful definition/understanding of strategy. So they are not capable of getting good strategy help - whether by hiring strategy staff or 'strategy consultants.'
The seemingly lack of interest for strategy really struck me when I started looking for an in-house strategy role (I'm a bit tired of consulting). I'm amazed by the number of CSO/strategy directors in the financial services that have zero experience in strategy. Still puzzles me
Had to learn this 😊
“Founders are better when their company is not their identity, because it’s not about you. Our most successful moments were when we were a little detached & can see the bigger picture.” @seanrad 👆 Love your thoughts on this @willahmed @kevinhartz
Women founders have been reaching out to me over the past 24 hours about how they don’t have permission to run their companies in Founder Mode the same way men can. This needs to change
OpenAI is the generational defining company of our time. Today we sit down with @OpenAI's newest board member @zicokolter to discuss: ⚠️ The biggest dangers to AI safety 💥 Why nuclear weapons is not a good analogy 🏭 The bottlenecks to foundation model performance My 6 🔥…
Vinod Khosla says that major innovations almost never come from experts, they come from disruptors originating outside the field
Check out the latest article in my newsletter: Kill the Business Plan. Adapt and refine your Minimum Viable Business Plan. linkedin.com/pulse/kill-bus… via @LinkedIn
Actions speak louder than words… learning my lesson these days… on the receiving end 😂
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‘Business Model Generation’ by @AlexOsterwalder & @ypigneur joins our #Thinkers50 2024 Management Classics Booklist. As @bill_fischer affirms, it's a game-changer in business thinking and innovation. thinkers50.com/booklists/#man…
Back together to create a disturbance in the force #entrepreneurship #startup #customerdevelopment #leanstartup
Excited to join @danolsen next week in Mountain View at @LeanProdMeetup! RSVP at ticketleap.events/tickets/dan-ol…
My fave collab with my friend & colleague @tendayiviki
Check out our free playbook that teaches you how to assess and improve your company’s ecosystem to drive world class innovation - buff.ly/3wmg0Wi