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Unfinished Business Lecture Series - Welcome to the Business Model Generation with Alexander Osterwalder

Thursday, April 15, 2010 from 5:45 PM to 7:30 PM (ET)

Toronto, Ontario

Unfinished Lecture Series - Welcome to the Business...

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ABOUT UNFINISHED BUSINESS

The Unfinished Lecture is a monthly event hosted by the Strategic Innovation Lab at OCAD and sponsored by Torch Partnership. Part of the Unfinished Business initiative, the lectures are intended to generate an open conversation about strategic innovation in the business and design of commercial enterprises and public organizations.

 

Welcome to the Business Model Generation - How Communities Can Use Design to Change How Business is Done

In his talk Alex will tell the story of how he and his team broke every rule in the publishing industry to create a bestselling management book. Business Model Generation - A Handbook for Visionaries, Game Changers and Challengers was co-created by 470 people from 45 countries, was financed through an online community and pre-sales, was self-published and distributed through Amazon globally, and features a highly visual design throughout the book, which was delivered by Toronto design company The Movement. This is how business books will be created in the future. Alex will also reveal his newest project, "The Value of Profits", a book and toolbox for entrepreneurs who want to go beyond "mere" profits to have a substantial impact in the world in terms of sustainability, social impact and poverty alleviation.


ABOUT THE SPEAKER


Dr. Alexander Osterwalder, Ph.D.

Alex Osterwalder is the author of the bestselling book Business Model Generation together with Yves Pigneur. He is a sought-after speaker, workshop facilitator and adviser on the topic of business model design and innovation. Alex has established himself as a global thought leader in this area, based on a systematic and practical methodology to achieve business model innovation. Executives and entrepreneurs all over the world apply his approach to strengthen their business model and achieve a competitive advantage through business model innovation.

Alex's newest project focuses on Business Models that have a substantial positive environmental, social or economic impact without compromising profitability (http://www.businessmodelsbeyondprofit.com).

Previously, Alex helped build and sell Arvetica, a Switzerland-based consulting boutique advising private banking and wealth management executives. Throughout his career he has worked in and for various industries, including the technology, media, telecom, health and retail sectors. He has also helped build and operate a global nonprofit organization with headquarters in Thailand that brings private sector knowledge management methods to the field of HIV/AIDs and malaria.

 

http://alexosterwalder.com/

http://www.businessmodelgeneration.com/

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OCADU
100 McCaul Street
CENTRAL HALL
Toronto, Ontario M5T 1W1
Canada

Thursday, April 15, 2010 from 5:45 PM to 7:30 PM (ET)


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At Torch Innovation we think differently about how and what people learn.  We offer a series of lectures, workshop, and community events that focus and provide a different perspective on creativity, design, and innovation and provide attendees with practical skill that they can use in their teams and organizations.