May 2010

Directorship

Cautionary Tales

New works provide insight into the successes and failures of headliners.

By Gretchen Michals

The media frenzy stemming from the downfall of Wall Street has become a boom period for the Fourth Estate as both business leaders and regulators find themselves learning from their mistakes. Now, it seems, everyone from journalists to fraud investigators to would-be presidents are offering up fresh analysis or prescriptions for what ails American capitalism.

Suite 101

Seizing the White Space, New Ideas for Business Models & Strategy

By Martin P. Wilson

“In Seizing the White Space Mark W. Johnson has produced a clear and straightforward case for a new approach to strategic planning and entering new markets. Although the many example case studies are from the business world there is a good case for applying the same techniques in the public or third sector.”

Blog Talk Radio

Author, strategic innovation thought leader, and co-founder and Chairman of Innosight, Mark Johnson provides an in depth look at what it takes to conceive and implement an innovative business model capable fo transforming markets. He also examines some of the leading edge companies who are embracing these strategies. Mark creates a road map for leaping into what he calls the white space of opportunity for companies to transform and renew themselves.

The Independent

The Big ReThink: developing a fresh strategy

New opportunities for growth should be seized.

By Michael Murray

IdeaConnection Interview

Interview with Mark Johnson, Co-author of Innovator's Guide to Growth, and Author of Seizing The White Space: Business Model Innovation for Growth and Renewal

May 22, 2010. By Vern Burkhardt

American Management Association Podcast

Mark Johnson on Finding Consumer Needs.

Turning opportunity into your next big idea.

In his new book, Mark Johnson developed the idea of White Space, a need in the market that your company can meet. Whether it's improving on what you already work on or finding something new to perfect, every company has some White Space just waiting to be filled.

Listen on AMA here

Sourcing Innovation

Use Johnson's Business Model Tips to Get Your New System Approved

A few months ago on the HBR Blogs, Mark W. Johnson published a short piece on A New Framework for Business Models where he reviewed Drucker's definition for a business model which is nothing else than a representation of how an organization makes (or intends to make) money and noted that, in addition to specifying how a company (intends) to make money, it should also specify why a customer would want to buy from you.

International Book Award Winner

Seizing the White Space: Business Model Innovation for Growth and Renewal has won an International Book Award for the best book in the Business: Management & Leadership category!

Seizing the White Space has also been recognized by the International Book Awards as a finalist in the Business General category.

Management Today UK

Featured Interview: Mark W. Johnson

AC: Can you tell us about your background?

Blogger Book Tour: Blogging Innovation

Seizing the White Space Blogger Book Tour - May 7, 2010

Braden Kelley, Blogging Innovation

A few weeks ago I received “Seizing the White Space” by Mark W. Johnson in the mail. “Seizing the White Space” is an approachable 200 pages, and is an easy, and pleasant read.

Mark W. Johnson is chairman of Innosight, a strategic innovation consulting and investing company.

Blogger Book Tour: FASTForward

Seizing the White Space Blogger Book Tour - May 6, 2010

Jim McGee, FASTForward

What is a "business model" and can you create a new one in a systematic and disciplined way? That’s the question that Mark Johnson, chairman of the consulting firm Innosight, sets for himself in Seizing the White Space.

Blogger Book Tour: Innovate on Purpose

Seizing the White Space Blogger Book Tour - May 5, 2010

Jeffrey Phillips, Innovate on Purpose

I was happy to accept the invitation to participate in a book blog tour, especially when the invitation came from my friend Renee Callahan at Innosight. Renee asked me to review the new book from the Innosight team, Seizing the White Space, by Mark Johnson.