For help when forming a team of collaborators, cultivating innovation capability, and in doing innovation work
A growing collection of resources and tools to use and stimulate thinking: made by the people at Quello, and others whom we recommend.
Made by us
Business Design and Planning
Value-based approach for enterprise strategy – an article on Value Exchange concept for enterprise/organisational/business context
Value Exchange Cards: Business Owner Version – a tool for exploring value elements and the Value Exchange method for Business/Enterprise Owner perspective
Exploring customer perspectives of value exchange – an article on Value Exchange concept for customer perspectives
Value Exchange Cards: Customer Version – a tool for exploring value elements and the Value Exchange method for Customer perspective
Business Strategic Planning Architecture (PDF) – a diagram of key planning/design elements
Business Motivation Model for SME Business – a how-to guide for creating a simplified version of BMM (original method is from the Object Management Group)
Extended Business Model Canvas – an explanation about extending the Business Model Canvas by Strategyzer to incorporate value from Business/Enterprise Owner perspective
Design Facilitation and Praxis
Critique Circle – a how-to guide for conducting a Critique Circle to refine your concept/idea
Innovation Capability and Praxis
Innovation Sensibilities – an article about the core dispositions and attitudes (aka sensibilities) for doing innovation work
Collaboration and Calibration
To collaborate or not to collaborate – an article on the particular nature of collaboration as a way of working together
Made by others
Business Design and Planning
The Design of Business – a book by Roger Martin
Intersection: Enterprise Design Framework – a book by Milan Guenther
Business Model Canvas – a method/tool by Strategyzer for outlining key details of an existing or proposed business
Value Proposition Canvas – a method/tool by Strategyzer for outlining details how services/products connect to the gains, pains and job-to-be-done of a customer
Business Portfolio Map – a method/tool by Strategyzer
Wardley Maps – a method/tool by Simon Warley using topographical intelligence in visualising and exploring business strategy
The Art of the Start – a book by Guy Kawasaki
Culture Map – a method/tool by XPlane for mapping cultural knowledge (the map is a simple document that describes the current and desired outcomes, behaviors, enablers and blockers for a particular group; the output of a group session)
Design Facilitation and Praxis
Universal Methods of Design – a reference book by Bella Martin and Bruce M. Hanington
Universal Principles of Design – a reference book by William Lidwell, Kritina Holden and Jill Butler
Seeing what Others Don’t – a book by Gary Klien
The Human Factor – a book by Kim Vicente
Things that Make us Smart – a book by Don Norman
The Design Way: Intentional Change in an Unpredictable World – a book by Harold G. Nelson and Erik Stolterman
Observing the User Experience: A practitioners guide to user research – a reference book by Mike Kuniavsky
Innovation Capability and Praxis
The Ten Faces of Innovation – a book by Tim Brown
Why Design Thinking Works – an article in HBR by Jeanne Liedtka
Creativity: Flow and the Psychology of Discovery and Invention – a book by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
The Medici Effect – a book by Frans Johansson
The Innovator’s Way: Essential Practices for Successful Innovation – a book by Peter J Denning and Robert Dunham
How to Think Like Leonardo Da Vinci: Seven Steps to Genius Every Day – a book by Michael Gelb
Social Change
UN Sustainable Development Goals – a blueprint for better future by United Nations
Inspiring Stories on Innovation
Green Matters – news and topics across sustainability and innovation
BBC Futures #innovation – latest stories on news and topics about innovation