Ecosystem Integration and Strategic Evolution- my future focused approach

Changing the Ecosystem Value is a paradigm shift

Ecosystem Integration and My Strategic Approach

Recently I went through a fairly comprehensive audit of my work to date around Business Ecosystems. The recommendations were to reduce the broader scope and provide more quantifiable metrics, emphasis and deepen more dynamic ecosystems in frameworks and the mechanics behind them, build technology into its rightful position as a foundational element into Ecosystem thinking, and give focused services that provide distinctive returns.

Like any good audit, it was detailed, pretty extensive and did force me to rethink. The highlighting of different gaps were suggested as ones able to be closed with a clearer focus, yet suggested this more distinctive shift was needed to place fresh emphasis on outcomes in given offerings. In other words tighten the value propositions (VP).

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The Integrated Business Ecosystem Value Story

Business Ecosystems are interconnected and integrated networks to build unique value and greater resilience

Ecosystems are living adaptive networks: these forms the basis of the integrated Business Ecosystems where Connection, Dynamism, and Evolution Converge.

Central to my thinking in my Business Ecosystem offering is a core concept of multi-dimensional applications that combine the different ecosystem types (Innovation, Entrepreneurial or Start-Up, Business, Dynamic, (solo) Enterprise and Enterprise-to-Enterprise) as interconnected layers with the different dimensions (or building blocks) to explore around Purpose, Relationship, Value Creation, Governance and Enabling Technology. This provides a comprehensive, rigorous way to analyze and build ecosystems.

But firstly in this post let me tell the Integrated Business Value Story.

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