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The Art of Opportunity: How to Build Growth and Ventures Through Strategic Innovation and Visual Thinking
Marc Sniukas
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Innovate your way toward growth using practical, research-backed frameworks The Art of Opportunity offers a path toward new growth, providing the perspective and methods you need to make innovation happen. Written by a team of experts with both academic and industry experience and a client roster composed of some of the world s leading companies this book provides you with the necessary tools to help you capture growth instead of chasing it. The visual frameworks and research-based methodology presented in The Art of Opportunity merge business design thinking and strategic innovation to help you change your growth paradigm. ... Read moreYou ll learn creative and practical methods for exploring growth opportunities and employ a new approach for identifying what opportunity looks like in the first place. Put aside the old school way of focusing on new products and new markets, to instead applying value creation to find your new opportunity, craft your offering, design your strategy and build new growth ventures. The changing business ecosystem is increasingly pushing traditional thinking out to pasture. New consumers and the new marketplace are demanding a profound adjustment to the way companies plan and execute growth strategies. This book gives you the tools to create your roadmap toward the new state of growth, and gain invaluable insight into a new way of thinking. The Art of Opportunity will help you to: * Start looking at business growth from a new perspective * Create value for the customers, company and ecosystem * Innovate strategically and design new business models * Develop a new active business design thinking approach to innovation Your company s goal is to grow, and to turn non-customers into customers. The old ways are becoming less tenable and less cost-effective. The Art of Opportunity outlines the new growth paradigm and gives you a solid framework for putting new ideas into practice. Show Less
Innovate your way toward growth using practical, research-backed frameworks The Art of Opportunity offers a path toward new growth, providing the perspective and methods you need to make innovation happen. Written by a team of experts with both academic and industry experience and a client roster composed of some of the world s leading companies this book provides you with the necessary tools to help you capture growth instead of chasing it. The visual frameworks and research-based methodology presented in The Art of Opportunity merge business design thinking and strategic innovation to help you change your growth paradigm. ... Read moreYou ll learn creative and practical methods for exploring growth opportunities and employ a new approach for identifying what opportunity looks like in the first place. Put aside the old school way of focusing on new products and new markets, to instead applying value creation to find your new opportunity, craft your offering, design your strategy and build new growth ventures. The changing business ecosystem is increasingly pushing traditional thinking out to pasture. New consumers and the new marketplace are demanding a profound adjustment to the way companies plan and execute growth strategies. This book gives you the tools to create your roadmap toward the new state of growth, and gain invaluable insight into a new way of thinking. The Art of Opportunity will help you to: * Start looking at business growth from a new perspective * Create value for the customers, company and ecosystem * Innovate strategically and design new business models * Develop a new active business design thinking approach to innovation Your company s goal is to grow, and to turn non-customers into customers. The old ways are becoming less tenable and less cost-effective. The Art of Opportunity outlines the new growth paradigm and gives you a solid framework for putting new ideas into practice. Show Less
Product Details
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons Inc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9781119151586
SKU
V9781119151586
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About Marc Sniukas
Marc Sniukas (Luxembourg; www.doujak.eu, www.businessmodelgallery.com, www.sniukas.com) is a partner at Doujak Corporate Development, a global consulting company that partners with CEOs, executive teams and owners of Fortune 500s and Hidden Champions to resolve the global strategic and organizational challenges they face; and co-founder of Business Model Gallery, the world's largest business model database. Marc partners with leadership teams and their ... Read moreorganizations to discover opportunities for new growth and develop breakthrough strategies and innovative business models to transform their organizations. He has worked with major corporations across a wide range of industries in Europe, the US, Canada, Latin America, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, the UAE, Turkey, China and South Africa. Besides his corporate work, Marc is currently an adjunct professor at CEDIM, where he teaches Innovation and Business Model Innovation within the Master of Business Innovation program, and is researching business model innovation as part of Manchester Business School's DBA program. He is on the faculty at Thnk School for Creative Leadership with campuses in Amsterdam, Vancouver and Lisbon, and teaches business model innovation to about 100 international students per year. Parker Lee (Portland, OR; www.xplane.com) currently serves as president and EVP of business development at XPLANE, a business design consultancy firm based in Portland, OR and Amsterdam that helps large organizations clarify, communicate, and achieve their goals. Lee leads workshops, facilitates events, and provides consulting services on strategic business design to dozens of global clients, including Cisco, Microsoft, BP, Shell, Intel, Nike, Intercontinental Hotel Group (IHG), Autodesk, PayPal, Bank of America, The Economist, UNICEF, The World Bank, Genentech, AT&T, and Michelin. He has presented at numerous industry events, most recently the Association of Change Management Professionals annual conferences, and the Apple CEO Conference on The Future of Media. Lee holds a bachelor's degree in organization development and long range planning from the University of California, Davis. He is currently chairman of Portland's Business for Culture and the Arts. Matt Morasky (Portland, OR; www.xplane.com) is a lead consultant at XPLANE, and an award-winning creative director, visual thinker, and educator. A fifteen-year veteran of the design and communications world, Morasky is an active advocate of Visual Thinking who combines his design thinking background with facilitation and visual problem solving practices to bring clarity to complex problems for clients including: American Express, British Telecom, Coca-Cola, Cox Enterprises, Elsevier, Hewlett Packard, Intel, Intercontinental Hotels Group, Microsoft, The North Face, Proctor & Gamble, Red Bull, SwissCom, Vans, and Wrangler/Lee. Morasky is currently based in XPLANE's Portland studio. Prior to that, he helped open XPLANE's Amsterdam office, where he lead creative efforts-building and collaborating with teams of consultants, project managers and design professionals-to help European clients navigate sticky changes. Morasky also established the Amsterdam Visual Thinking School (VTS), planning, promoting and delivering monthly VTS workshops for the creative and business communities. Most recently Matt developed and launched XPLANE's Designer Training Program, a multi-week, open-source course that introduces Visual Thinking (and design thinking) methodologies to senior level designers and problem-solvers. A natural teacher, Morasky has taught and regularly guest lectures in many Northwest design schools. He has conducted workshops on Visual Thinking throughout Europe and the United States as well as spoken on the topic for audiences at the Frontiers of Interaction conference, Rome; University of Michigan Ross School of Business, and the Oregon Market Research Association. Show Less
Reviews for The Art of Opportunity: How to Build Growth and Ventures Through Strategic Innovation and Visual Thinking
The Art of Opportunity is all about creatively discovering new growth opportunities for your company and crafting a collaborative strategy that will get you there. Not only is the content powerful, the design is stimulating for the eyes as well as the mind. Read this book and start innovating! Ken Blanchard, coauthor of The New One Minute Manager(R) and Collaboration ... Read moreBegins with You The Art of Opportunity will help trigger strategic renewal inside your organization. Creative, inspiring, fresh, and empirically grounded, this playbook to growth is bound to be an executive reference for many years to come. Deryck J van Rensburg, President Coca-Cola Global Ventures From the coffee table to the conference table
The Art of Opportunity challenges our traditional business models and mindsets while providing a path and approach to success. Paul Snyder, Vice President Corporate Responsibility, InterContinental Hotels Group The Art of Opportunity is not just another book on strategy with some new strategy! Sniukas, Lee and Morasky created a practical tool - a process to design future businesses. It is easy to read and use and spiced with brainstorming sessions you can run with your team. By using the book, I m willing to bet companies can save fortunes on consultancy. Every business that wants to grow should go through this process. Domenico Traverso, President Work Function Division at Danfoss Power Solutions Visually beautiful, The Art of Opportunity is a fresh, new take on design thinking that offers practical tools for strategic innovation. Mark Polson, Vice President Creativity & Strategic Capability Building | Estee Lauder Companies Clear, artful, and inspiring. A highly readable, practical, step-by-step guide for anyone who wants to identify, design and launch strategic growth initiatives. Dave Gray, Founder, XPLANE This book will dramatically alter both your business and personal life as you experience the very useful approach to innovation and strategy. Get on board and enjoy this inspirational journey. Dr. Bob Lorber, CEO - The Lorber Kamai Consulting Group Co-Author: Putting The One Minute Manager to Work and Co-Author: Doing What Matters Refreshingly pragmatic advice for business growth and development. This visualization approach was successful in aligning resources to solve my complex business issue. David Lary, Vice President Commercial Channel Partner Development and Programs, Print and Personal Systems, Hewlett-Packard The Art of Opportunity is a concise, richly detailed primer for organizations seeking growth through innovation and change through disruption. Jay Samit, Bestselling author of Disrupt You! Master Personal Transformation, Seize Opportunity and Thrive in the Era of Endless Innovation The Art of Opportunity is not your typical strategy book. It offers a fresh approach to designing growth strategy with methods that are equally valuable to leaders of established businesses and new ventures. Jeff Wright, Vice President Strategy & Marketing, Autodesk The Art of Opportunity is not just a book, but a road map helping to guide companies as they venture down the innovation path in search of new growth opportunities. It offers readers an actionable lens that includes the vital components of storytelling and what it means to take a user-centered approach in the new world of business model design thinking. Saul Kaplan, Founder and Chief Catalyst Business Innovation Factory, Author The Business Model Innovation Factory I love this book. Whether you re pushing an idea inside a large corporation, or creating your next big deal, this book gives you the framework, the tools and the right questions to ask not just to get you started, but to keep you going. In short, this book tells you how to organize your thinking with clarity, vision, precision and vigor. Richard Black, Chief Data Architect, Deutsche Bank; former Chief Technology Officer, Bank of England Strategy made fun! An innovative way of making strategic innovation come alive. This book will bring out the best of both the right and left half of your brain. Great for novice strategists and old hands alike. Ron Meyer, Professor of Corporate Strategy at Tias Business School, Tilburg University Opportunities abound. We confront them every day, but they rarely appear as opportunities and do not come with labels to identify them as opportunities. As a blind person myself, I m excited that the authors of this book use visualization as a tool to bring opportunities into our businesses and lives. Read, learn, and imagine. Jim Stovall, bestselling author of The Ultimate Gift The Art of Opportunity presents a clear field guide for creating new value for organizations. The methods and stories affirm that the most valuable parts of business are more art than science. Ignore at your own risk. Michael Graber, Managing Partner of Southern Growth Studio The Art of Opportunity humanizes business innovation in its approach and accessible, visual presentation. A must-read for entrepreneurs who aim to disrupt industries. Chip Joyce, CEO & Co-Founder Allied Talent, LLC The Art of Opportunity is a beautifully crafted piece of work, so richly illustrated that at times I felt like I was reading a graphic novel. It is packed with fresh and varied case studies, most of which I hadn t come across before. But more importantly, this book is really useful. Whether you re an entrepreneur in the first throes of wrestling with a business idea, or a seasoned strategist at a large organization looking for new paths toward new opportunities, this is one of those rare how to guides that actually over-delivers on the how tos. My own copy will be well thumbed, for sure. Mark Barden, co-author of A Beautiful Constraint The Art of Opportunity is an innovation cocktail with a nice twist of visual thinking that will inspire application and growth. Jim Wallace, Global Head of Agency Strategy & Management, HP Innovation-obsessed visual thinkers, unite! This book may be your bible. Sunni Brown, Chief Human Potentialist, Best-Selling Author of Gamestorming and The Doodle Revolution A wonderful new tool for those feeling stuck with old approaches and business processes that are no longer effective. Max Thelen, former CEO, Filter Proven strategies from market innovators? Check. Step-by-step guides to structure your exploration? Check. Innovative visual explanations to engage and inspire? Triple-Check. If you re a market-maker, don t miss this book. Kevin Tate, Co-Founder, StepChange Group In today s complex business environment where staying ahead of marketplace changes is critical to survival, the authors have compiled an in-depth exploration of business design thinking and its practical applications to business growth. A book for anyone in business. It is provocative and challenging. Michael Graham, Managing Partner Greysage, LLC How to make something challenging and complex easier to understand, easier to do by breaking it down into manageable and clear tasks. This book gives you very practical steps and advice on building new initiatives. Stuart Curley, Vice President Enterprise Architecture at Northgate IS What a bold and compelling book! It offers a thought-provoking new perspective on strategy and some important food for thought on how to discover and seize new opportunities. The strengths of The Art of Opportunity lie in its practical approach to validate strategies. It does not just claim that experimentation is important but shows how you can actually validate a strategy through experimentation. Bravo! Anja Forster & Peter Kreuz, Bestselling Authors, Entrepreneurs and Angel Investors In my job I am expected to know this information, but this book presents all necessary information so clearly, it s a piece of art! I am convinced that The Art of Opportunity will help thousands of managers gain knowledge much quicker than they could ever have done so in their working life. Well done, and thank you so much for the effort! Silvester de Keijzer, Board Member Swiss Made Im. For anyone trying to navigate the complexities of value creation, The Art of Opportunity gets to the heart of how to operationalize entrepreneurship and innovation as the real engines behind strategic growth. Wayne A. Simmons & Keary L. Crawford, Authors: GrowthThinking: Building the New Growth Enterprise Growing a business is all about identifying and leveraging opportunities. But where to start? How to know where to look? This book not only makes you change your thinking, it gets you moving, too, with novel and practical exercises that provide managers with a customizable pathway to growth. Professor Helen Perks, University of Nottingham, UK The Art of Opportunity provides a refreshing view on how to grow performance in an increasingly visual and collaborative world. It is compelling and simple and just what the business landscape needs. Worthy read. Crystal Fernando, Head of Global Commercial Delivery, InterContinental Hotels Group A fantastic and beautiful design thinking manifesto for the visual learner in all of us. Matt Moog, CEO of PowerReviews Sniukas, Lee, and Morasky have crafted a beautiful, full-color journey to innovation that takes you from beginning to end. The engaging visuals draw you in to understand the approach, while the simple step-by-step instructions get the thoughts out of your head and ready to execute. A must read for anyone looking to tackle an opportunity they have spotted. C. Todd Lombardo, Chief Design Strategist, Fresh Tilled Soil The Art of Opportunity is a key innovation masterpiece that is going to help me with our work with intrapreneurs at the largest entertainment media companies in the world. John Huffman IV, Founder, HUFFMAN CO Step by step, The Art of the Opportunity encourages a fresh, visual look at how to deliver new value to customers. Doug Van Aman, Principal, Van Aman Communications The Art of Opportunity blazes a welcome trail to successful business growth. Kevin O Keefe, business leader and bestselling author of The Average American Impactful and practical. An excellent guide for strategic reflection and action. Omar Baig, Head of Digital, Knowledge and Information Service. OECD The Art Of Opportunity presents compelling evidence, based on extensive experience, for the application of business design thinking by combining strategic innovation with inspiration from others. Their pragmatic approach offers existing businesses a framework to innovate or adapt in complex changing environments. Loved it! Anne Bartlett-Bragg, PhD, Managing Director, Ripple Effect Group Being, Knowing and Doing are must-have disciplines for any team to succeed.This book helps guide teams with crisp insights and methodologies to rapidly frame innovation projects. Ed Soo Hoo, Industry Fellow At UC Berkeley Center for Entrepreneurship and Technology In working with over 150 SMEs in the last 12 months, I have found they want business support that is practical, visual, and guides them to make the right decisions by inspiration and example. The Art of Opportunity does this brilliantly. It brings key visual tools into one place and shows you how to use and implement them at every stage for your business success. Excellent book, a must buy. Mark Copsey, Director RedKite Innovations, growth coach and lecturer Leeds Beckett University A clear and practical approach to uncovering growth opportunities hidden within your business and how to make them a reality and driving the top line. Robert McKinnon, Former SVP and Head of PMO, InterContinental Hotels Group Read this book with a marker pen in hand, because you'll want to start creating your next strategic innovation straight away. This practical guidebook to business design thinking will help you make the most of your customer opportunities. Simon Terry, Chairman, Change Agents Worldwide Whilst managing Apple Education in EMEA, we discovered the power and resilience of visual communications, giving us the ability to translate complex digital engagement into simple, informative and meaningful illustrations and graphics. Today, The Art of Opportunity helps move this work forward another important stage. Alan Greenberg, former Apple Director Education EMEA, then Asia. Currently Advisory Board of 8GT Fund Sniukas, Lee, and Morasky have artfully made complicated strategic design principles accessible to anyone looking to grow or build a business. The Art of Opportunity is a visually engaging guidebook that helps businesses of any size tap into their creativity to develop effective business strategies. Catherine Palmer, Senior Industry Marketing Manager, Autodesk, Inc. The Art of Opportunity clearly details how to achieve success through proven strategic innovation and visual thinking methodologies. The authors expertly plot a path along the journey based on years of experience in helping companies realize significant growth. Let great things happen to you by reading this book. K.C. Teis, Vice President of Experience Design, Rackspace It s not often a series of artful lateral choices are presented so elegantly that they can be pragmatically implemented like science. A must read for leaders looking to innovate with their existing teams to create new value. Shayne Smart Founder Geneva Conventions in Pictures In a new era you can't stop to innovate. Andres Pacheco, Head of Training, Ripley Enterprises Chile Practical. Transformative. Actionable. Leaders should equip their staff with this innovative guide. Follow the instructions. Your business will grow. Michael Neil, Chief Marketing Officer, Asset-Map An easy-to-follow blueprint for customer-centric innovation to drive business growth. Had I had this book 10 years ago, I'd have saved tons on agency fees! Heinz Waelchli, Chief Customer Officer at SnapAV A guidebook for strategic innovation: where to play, how to play and how to win. Lars Crama, Chief Commercial Officer, InnoLeaps Sniukas, Lee and Morasky provide a powerful framework that encourages and empowers readers to apply their own creativity to developing their growth strategy Robert Shepherd, Chief Development Officer and SVP Development, Design & Openings - Europe, InterContinental Hotels Group Move over Michael Porter - The Art of Opportunity presents an innovative new approach for strategic business thinking, and how to master the art of business design. Jed Singer - President, Socialight Media A fresh approach to business design thinking that is engaging to read and easy to apply. Claire Francois, Technology Marketing Advisor, Shell The Art of Opportunity combines great insight, industry best practice, and practical exercises in a way that s constantly engaging and frequently surprising. Mark Baker The Art of Opportunity sheds a long overdue light on areas of business that are indeed more art than science. Each page offers practical insights needed to seize opportunities and bring ideas to fruition. Louis Patler, President, The B.I.T. Group, Author, Make Your Own Waves / The Surfer s Rules for Innovators and Entrepreneurs In the world powered by innovation, The Art of Opportunity provides a pragmatic approach to focus your team and turn their thoughts and ideas into achievable business success. The approach presented in the book, supported by great exercises makes it a hugely helpful tool to deliver the opportunity that is always within the reach of your organisation, but sometimes feels too far away. We all strive to be successful; The Art of Opportunity helps us to truly become successful. Rafal Tomczyk, General Aviation Transformation Manager - Strategy Implementation Based on what we learned in The Art of Opportunity, our agency has changed our entire approach for attracting new clients. We find more opportunities by focusing on the needs of the customer we re human centered now, that sets us apart and we re confident we ll win more often now. Jeff Chesebro, President, Princeton Partners One of the most comprehensive looks at the powerful integration of innovation strategy and business design to uncover new opportunities and commercialize existing ones. Soon Yu, Global Vice President of Innovation, VF Corporation The Art of Opportunity is stunning, insightful, practical and takes the powerful concepts behind design thinking and explains them with tools, case studies, and real-world examples. The future of business requires that we all embrace art and analytics, information and intuition, planning and empathy The Art of Opportunity shows us the way. David Howitt, Founder & CEO of Meriwether Group, Author of Heed Your Call Show Less
The Art of Opportunity challenges our traditional business models and mindsets while providing a path and approach to success. Paul Snyder, Vice President Corporate Responsibility, InterContinental Hotels Group The Art of Opportunity is not just another book on strategy with some new strategy! Sniukas, Lee and Morasky created a practical tool - a process to design future businesses. It is easy to read and use and spiced with brainstorming sessions you can run with your team. By using the book, I m willing to bet companies can save fortunes on consultancy. Every business that wants to grow should go through this process. Domenico Traverso, President Work Function Division at Danfoss Power Solutions Visually beautiful, The Art of Opportunity is a fresh, new take on design thinking that offers practical tools for strategic innovation. Mark Polson, Vice President Creativity & Strategic Capability Building | Estee Lauder Companies Clear, artful, and inspiring. A highly readable, practical, step-by-step guide for anyone who wants to identify, design and launch strategic growth initiatives. Dave Gray, Founder, XPLANE This book will dramatically alter both your business and personal life as you experience the very useful approach to innovation and strategy. Get on board and enjoy this inspirational journey. Dr. Bob Lorber, CEO - The Lorber Kamai Consulting Group Co-Author: Putting The One Minute Manager to Work and Co-Author: Doing What Matters Refreshingly pragmatic advice for business growth and development. This visualization approach was successful in aligning resources to solve my complex business issue. David Lary, Vice President Commercial Channel Partner Development and Programs, Print and Personal Systems, Hewlett-Packard The Art of Opportunity is a concise, richly detailed primer for organizations seeking growth through innovation and change through disruption. Jay Samit, Bestselling author of Disrupt You! Master Personal Transformation, Seize Opportunity and Thrive in the Era of Endless Innovation The Art of Opportunity is not your typical strategy book. It offers a fresh approach to designing growth strategy with methods that are equally valuable to leaders of established businesses and new ventures. Jeff Wright, Vice President Strategy & Marketing, Autodesk The Art of Opportunity is not just a book, but a road map helping to guide companies as they venture down the innovation path in search of new growth opportunities. It offers readers an actionable lens that includes the vital components of storytelling and what it means to take a user-centered approach in the new world of business model design thinking. Saul Kaplan, Founder and Chief Catalyst Business Innovation Factory, Author The Business Model Innovation Factory I love this book. Whether you re pushing an idea inside a large corporation, or creating your next big deal, this book gives you the framework, the tools and the right questions to ask not just to get you started, but to keep you going. In short, this book tells you how to organize your thinking with clarity, vision, precision and vigor. Richard Black, Chief Data Architect, Deutsche Bank; former Chief Technology Officer, Bank of England Strategy made fun! An innovative way of making strategic innovation come alive. This book will bring out the best of both the right and left half of your brain. Great for novice strategists and old hands alike. Ron Meyer, Professor of Corporate Strategy at Tias Business School, Tilburg University Opportunities abound. We confront them every day, but they rarely appear as opportunities and do not come with labels to identify them as opportunities. As a blind person myself, I m excited that the authors of this book use visualization as a tool to bring opportunities into our businesses and lives. Read, learn, and imagine. Jim Stovall, bestselling author of The Ultimate Gift The Art of Opportunity presents a clear field guide for creating new value for organizations. The methods and stories affirm that the most valuable parts of business are more art than science. Ignore at your own risk. Michael Graber, Managing Partner of Southern Growth Studio The Art of Opportunity humanizes business innovation in its approach and accessible, visual presentation. A must-read for entrepreneurs who aim to disrupt industries. Chip Joyce, CEO & Co-Founder Allied Talent, LLC The Art of Opportunity is a beautifully crafted piece of work, so richly illustrated that at times I felt like I was reading a graphic novel. It is packed with fresh and varied case studies, most of which I hadn t come across before. But more importantly, this book is really useful. Whether you re an entrepreneur in the first throes of wrestling with a business idea, or a seasoned strategist at a large organization looking for new paths toward new opportunities, this is one of those rare how to guides that actually over-delivers on the how tos. My own copy will be well thumbed, for sure. Mark Barden, co-author of A Beautiful Constraint The Art of Opportunity is an innovation cocktail with a nice twist of visual thinking that will inspire application and growth. Jim Wallace, Global Head of Agency Strategy & Management, HP Innovation-obsessed visual thinkers, unite! This book may be your bible. Sunni Brown, Chief Human Potentialist, Best-Selling Author of Gamestorming and The Doodle Revolution A wonderful new tool for those feeling stuck with old approaches and business processes that are no longer effective. Max Thelen, former CEO, Filter Proven strategies from market innovators? Check. Step-by-step guides to structure your exploration? Check. Innovative visual explanations to engage and inspire? Triple-Check. If you re a market-maker, don t miss this book. Kevin Tate, Co-Founder, StepChange Group In today s complex business environment where staying ahead of marketplace changes is critical to survival, the authors have compiled an in-depth exploration of business design thinking and its practical applications to business growth. A book for anyone in business. It is provocative and challenging. Michael Graham, Managing Partner Greysage, LLC How to make something challenging and complex easier to understand, easier to do by breaking it down into manageable and clear tasks. This book gives you very practical steps and advice on building new initiatives. Stuart Curley, Vice President Enterprise Architecture at Northgate IS What a bold and compelling book! It offers a thought-provoking new perspective on strategy and some important food for thought on how to discover and seize new opportunities. The strengths of The Art of Opportunity lie in its practical approach to validate strategies. It does not just claim that experimentation is important but shows how you can actually validate a strategy through experimentation. Bravo! Anja Forster & Peter Kreuz, Bestselling Authors, Entrepreneurs and Angel Investors In my job I am expected to know this information, but this book presents all necessary information so clearly, it s a piece of art! I am convinced that The Art of Opportunity will help thousands of managers gain knowledge much quicker than they could ever have done so in their working life. Well done, and thank you so much for the effort! Silvester de Keijzer, Board Member Swiss Made Im. For anyone trying to navigate the complexities of value creation, The Art of Opportunity gets to the heart of how to operationalize entrepreneurship and innovation as the real engines behind strategic growth. Wayne A. Simmons & Keary L. Crawford, Authors: GrowthThinking: Building the New Growth Enterprise Growing a business is all about identifying and leveraging opportunities. But where to start? How to know where to look? This book not only makes you change your thinking, it gets you moving, too, with novel and practical exercises that provide managers with a customizable pathway to growth. Professor Helen Perks, University of Nottingham, UK The Art of Opportunity provides a refreshing view on how to grow performance in an increasingly visual and collaborative world. It is compelling and simple and just what the business landscape needs. Worthy read. Crystal Fernando, Head of Global Commercial Delivery, InterContinental Hotels Group A fantastic and beautiful design thinking manifesto for the visual learner in all of us. Matt Moog, CEO of PowerReviews Sniukas, Lee, and Morasky have crafted a beautiful, full-color journey to innovation that takes you from beginning to end. The engaging visuals draw you in to understand the approach, while the simple step-by-step instructions get the thoughts out of your head and ready to execute. A must read for anyone looking to tackle an opportunity they have spotted. C. Todd Lombardo, Chief Design Strategist, Fresh Tilled Soil The Art of Opportunity is a key innovation masterpiece that is going to help me with our work with intrapreneurs at the largest entertainment media companies in the world. John Huffman IV, Founder, HUFFMAN CO Step by step, The Art of the Opportunity encourages a fresh, visual look at how to deliver new value to customers. Doug Van Aman, Principal, Van Aman Communications The Art of Opportunity blazes a welcome trail to successful business growth. Kevin O Keefe, business leader and bestselling author of The Average American Impactful and practical. An excellent guide for strategic reflection and action. Omar Baig, Head of Digital, Knowledge and Information Service. OECD The Art Of Opportunity presents compelling evidence, based on extensive experience, for the application of business design thinking by combining strategic innovation with inspiration from others. Their pragmatic approach offers existing businesses a framework to innovate or adapt in complex changing environments. Loved it! Anne Bartlett-Bragg, PhD, Managing Director, Ripple Effect Group Being, Knowing and Doing are must-have disciplines for any team to succeed.This book helps guide teams with crisp insights and methodologies to rapidly frame innovation projects. Ed Soo Hoo, Industry Fellow At UC Berkeley Center for Entrepreneurship and Technology In working with over 150 SMEs in the last 12 months, I have found they want business support that is practical, visual, and guides them to make the right decisions by inspiration and example. The Art of Opportunity does this brilliantly. It brings key visual tools into one place and shows you how to use and implement them at every stage for your business success. Excellent book, a must buy. Mark Copsey, Director RedKite Innovations, growth coach and lecturer Leeds Beckett University A clear and practical approach to uncovering growth opportunities hidden within your business and how to make them a reality and driving the top line. Robert McKinnon, Former SVP and Head of PMO, InterContinental Hotels Group Read this book with a marker pen in hand, because you'll want to start creating your next strategic innovation straight away. This practical guidebook to business design thinking will help you make the most of your customer opportunities. Simon Terry, Chairman, Change Agents Worldwide Whilst managing Apple Education in EMEA, we discovered the power and resilience of visual communications, giving us the ability to translate complex digital engagement into simple, informative and meaningful illustrations and graphics. Today, The Art of Opportunity helps move this work forward another important stage. Alan Greenberg, former Apple Director Education EMEA, then Asia. Currently Advisory Board of 8GT Fund Sniukas, Lee, and Morasky have artfully made complicated strategic design principles accessible to anyone looking to grow or build a business. The Art of Opportunity is a visually engaging guidebook that helps businesses of any size tap into their creativity to develop effective business strategies. Catherine Palmer, Senior Industry Marketing Manager, Autodesk, Inc. The Art of Opportunity clearly details how to achieve success through proven strategic innovation and visual thinking methodologies. The authors expertly plot a path along the journey based on years of experience in helping companies realize significant growth. Let great things happen to you by reading this book. K.C. Teis, Vice President of Experience Design, Rackspace It s not often a series of artful lateral choices are presented so elegantly that they can be pragmatically implemented like science. A must read for leaders looking to innovate with their existing teams to create new value. Shayne Smart Founder Geneva Conventions in Pictures In a new era you can't stop to innovate. Andres Pacheco, Head of Training, Ripley Enterprises Chile Practical. Transformative. Actionable. Leaders should equip their staff with this innovative guide. Follow the instructions. Your business will grow. Michael Neil, Chief Marketing Officer, Asset-Map An easy-to-follow blueprint for customer-centric innovation to drive business growth. Had I had this book 10 years ago, I'd have saved tons on agency fees! Heinz Waelchli, Chief Customer Officer at SnapAV A guidebook for strategic innovation: where to play, how to play and how to win. Lars Crama, Chief Commercial Officer, InnoLeaps Sniukas, Lee and Morasky provide a powerful framework that encourages and empowers readers to apply their own creativity to developing their growth strategy Robert Shepherd, Chief Development Officer and SVP Development, Design & Openings - Europe, InterContinental Hotels Group Move over Michael Porter - The Art of Opportunity presents an innovative new approach for strategic business thinking, and how to master the art of business design. Jed Singer - President, Socialight Media A fresh approach to business design thinking that is engaging to read and easy to apply. Claire Francois, Technology Marketing Advisor, Shell The Art of Opportunity combines great insight, industry best practice, and practical exercises in a way that s constantly engaging and frequently surprising. Mark Baker The Art of Opportunity sheds a long overdue light on areas of business that are indeed more art than science. Each page offers practical insights needed to seize opportunities and bring ideas to fruition. Louis Patler, President, The B.I.T. Group, Author, Make Your Own Waves / The Surfer s Rules for Innovators and Entrepreneurs In the world powered by innovation, The Art of Opportunity provides a pragmatic approach to focus your team and turn their thoughts and ideas into achievable business success. The approach presented in the book, supported by great exercises makes it a hugely helpful tool to deliver the opportunity that is always within the reach of your organisation, but sometimes feels too far away. We all strive to be successful; The Art of Opportunity helps us to truly become successful. Rafal Tomczyk, General Aviation Transformation Manager - Strategy Implementation Based on what we learned in The Art of Opportunity, our agency has changed our entire approach for attracting new clients. We find more opportunities by focusing on the needs of the customer we re human centered now, that sets us apart and we re confident we ll win more often now. Jeff Chesebro, President, Princeton Partners One of the most comprehensive looks at the powerful integration of innovation strategy and business design to uncover new opportunities and commercialize existing ones. Soon Yu, Global Vice President of Innovation, VF Corporation The Art of Opportunity is stunning, insightful, practical and takes the powerful concepts behind design thinking and explains them with tools, case studies, and real-world examples. The future of business requires that we all embrace art and analytics, information and intuition, planning and empathy The Art of Opportunity shows us the way. David Howitt, Founder & CEO of Meriwether Group, Author of Heed Your Call Show Less