Welcome Leaders!
A leader is one who knows the way, goes the way and shows the way.”
– John Maxwell.
Here’s a set of tools and resources we have consolidated for enriching your knowledge, that can help you create a path for others to follow.
Some books and articles that can provide insights and advice on how to pivot your business.
- The Lean Startup by Eric Ries: This book provides a framework for building and growing successful businesses through a process of continuous innovation and experimentation, including how to pivot effectively.
- The Innovator’s Dilemma by Clayton Christensen: This book explores how successful companies can fail by being too focused on their current business models and not adapting to disruptive technologies and new market trends and provides insights into how to pivot successfully.
- Playing to Win: How Strategy Really Works by A.G. Lafley and Roger L. Martin: This book provides a strategic framework for businesses to develop winning strategies and make strategic pivots as needed.
- Business Model Generation by Alexander Osterwalder and Yves Pigneur: This book provides a visual framework for designing, testing, and implementing business models that can help businesses succeed in today’s competitive landscape, and offers insights into how to pivot effectively when necessary.
- Pivot: The Only Move That Matters is Your Next One by Jenny Blake: This book provides practical advice for individuals and businesses that need to pivot, including how to develop a pivot strategy, evaluate options, and execute a successful pivot.
- 5 Reasons Why Pivots Are Crucial to Today’s Businesses by Zach Cutler. A change in focus can lead to great things by bringing in new customers or providing a much need kick in the pants. Zach Cutler is an entrepreneur and founder and CEO of Cutler PR, a tech PR agency in New York and Tel Aviv.
- Tips on pivoting your business by the CEO of Cherry Blossom Intimates. Like many business owners, Jasmine Jones, the CEO of Cherry Blossom Intimates, was affected by COVID-19 and had to make some serious decisions and pivots in her business for it to be sustained.
Here are some tools that can help you pivot your business effectively:
SWOT analysis
A SWOT analysis is a strategic planning tool that helps businesses identify their Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats. By conducting a SWOT analysis, businesses can gain insights into their internal and external environment and identify potential areas for pivot.
Lean Canvas
A Lean Canvas is a one-page business plan that helps businesses map out their value proposition, customer segments, channels, revenue streams, and cost structure. Using a Lean Canvas can help businesses identify potential areas for pivot and develop a plan for executing the pivot.
Business Model Canvas
Like a Lean Canvas, the Business Model Canvas is a visual tool that helps businesses map out their business model, identify potential areas for pivot, and develop a plan for executing the pivot.
Design Thinking
Design thinking is a problem-solving methodology that helps businesses develop innovative solutions to complex problems. By applying design thinking principles, businesses can identify new opportunities for pivot and develop creative solutions to pivot effectively.
Agile Methodology
Agile methodology is an iterative approach to project management that emphasizes flexibility, collaboration, and customer feedback. By applying agile principles to business pivot, businesses can respond quickly to changing market conditions and refine their pivot strategy based on customer feedback.
Customer Discovery Tools
Customer discovery tools, such as surveys, focus groups, and interviews, can help businesses gather feedback from their customers and identify potential areas for pivot. By understanding their customers’ needs and preferences, businesses can develop more effective pivot strategies.
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