Template for workshops using Osterwalder's Business Model canvas.

I have been evangelising Alex's work on this simple but highly effective technique for over  a year now and so many delegates love this technique. The creative commons license attributed to this work makes it easy to  use distribute and develop; well done Alex. This open model actually works in his favour in my belief and has to be one of the reasons , beyond its excellence , why this model is so wide spread. As a result Alex must gain substantial income from book sales, workshops and speaking which he wouldn't do if this approach hadn't been taken - very forward innovative thinking.

He has launched a new proposition development tool in "partnership" with Steve Blank, another useful character. The two of them with this collaborative approach are far more creative and successful than if they kept their ideas close to the chest.But this is a subject for another post another time!

I do muse about an old chestnut of mine DSDM Atern which does the opposite taking a protective stance, particularly around training; heard of DSDM Atern? well probably not - I wonder why!

Any way back to topic. I have built a simple template for use in Conceptdraw Pro Vision (Conceptdraw Office) as the only application currently available is an IPAD app which apparently is good, but I don't have an IPAD and need to do some on screen canvasses via windows.  Alex offers a Pdf template, on his website,but it is a bit grey and difficult to read with small fonts so I needed something a bit more useful in workshops.

Why choose this package instead of something like MS Visio which to be fair is more common?

The reason for me is the integration between the mind-map tool, diagramming tool and the project management application. You can move material simply from one form to another saving vast amounts of time re-factoring information e.g. from a mind map to a power-point deck to a mind map. Create a mind- map and then the content can be exported automatically to power-point to create all the headings for your slides or word headings for that matter ; saves loads of time and increases consulting productivity. http://www.alexosterwalder.com/