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The Design of Business by Roger Martin reveals how companies can achieve breakthrough innovation by shifting from purely analytical thinking to design thinking. Using the Knowledge Funnel framework, it explains how organizations move from mystery to heuristic to algorithm, driving productivity and competitive advantage. Featuring real-world examples from leading companies, this book is essential for managers aiming to embed creativity and sustainable innovation into their business strategy.

























| Best Sellers Rank | #91,928 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #1,188 in Business Processes & Infrastructure #1,189 in Business Leadership & Motivation #1,875 in Business Management |
| Customer Reviews | 4.5 out of 5 stars 134 Reviews |
M**H
Great book!!
Goes in detail of design and has great info on design of business hence the name. Highly would recommend anyone who is starting a business and for anyone who is looking for a informative book to read as well.
P**M
„No good product was ever created from quantitative market research.“ (S.5)
Inhalt: Der Autor entwirft eine hypothetische Organisation, die zukunftsorientiert und innovativ ist, er zeigt an Beispielen was gut für Innovationen ist und was nicht so gut ist. Am Anfang steht der sogenannte ‚Knowledge Funnel’. Streng genommen geht es um das Lösen von Problemen und das unterliegt einem Muster: Mystery wird zu Heuristic wird zu Algorithms. Neue Problme können nur von Spezialisten gelöst werden (Mystery). Mit der Zeit entstehen Regeln und erfolgversprechende Herangehensweisen (Heuristic). Sind die Mechanismen und Abhängigkeiten verstanden, kann man alles programmieren und jedermann kann es anwenden (Bsp. Navigationsgeräte). Die Aufgabe von Organisationen ist es nun, so schnell wie möglich zum Algorithmus zu kommen und dabei immer wieder neue Mythen und Mystiken zu untersuchen. Aber Organisationen sind erst einmal mit viel Trägheit beladen. „...as companies grow, they become comfortable with the administration of business.“ (S.23) Unterscheidung zwischen zwei grundsätzlichen ‚Schulen’ der Wertschöpfung: 1. Analytisches Denken: quantitative Analyse, Strategie, Stringenz und Präzision „They are built to maintain the status quo.“ (S.6) 2. Intuitives Denken: Kreativität und Innovation „The minute you start analyzing and using consumer research, you drive all the creativity out of the product.“ (S.5) Beide Modelle sind nicht kompatibel und Organisationen müssen sich entscheiden, entweder – oder. Und das hat Auswirkungen auf Strukturen und Prozesse. „Even as corporate leaders chase the vital, elusive spark of creativity, their organizations’ structures, processes, and norms extinguish it whereever it flares up. Their cultures and routines privilege analysis over intuition and mastery over originality.“ (S.7) Seine Vorschläge orientieren sich im wesentlichen an Design Thinking. Diskussion: Ein sehr gutes Buch, der Autor kann auf vielfältige Erfahrungen zurückgreifen und genau das scheint den Unterschied zu machen zu den sonst so oft vorgetragenen Musterlösungen ohne Praxisbezug. Leider taugt das Beispiel RIM (Blackberry) nach der Insolvenz nicht mehr als Vorbild. Dennoch, auch weil es sich sehr gut lesen lässt kann man es sehr empfehlen.
R**O
この本にもある「知識の3階層モデル」はデザイン経営として経営戦略を分析し設計する上で有用です
デザイン経営の基本にある、人間の思考と行動と経験世界との関係を表す、「知識の3階層モデル」は、デザイン経営として具体的企業の経営戦略を理解する上で有用です。ただし、発想推論については、ごくあっさりと説明してますが、かえってそのために、事例に対して自由に適用できるかと思います。パースのアブダクションについての説明は、言葉を紹介しているのみでほとんど説明なし。でも、同一著者のインテグレーティブ・シンキングという訳本にもある「知識の3階層モデル」は、デザイン経営として経営戦略の多様な変化をダイナミックにとらえ、自社の状況を変える機運を高める上で、有用だと思います。
M**R
Best business read of the last 12 months
I bought this book after reading a blog post by the Author entitled "Why good spreadsheets make bad decisions", I was having a particularly Excel intensive moment and so the post appealed! I was expecting a one sided view with plenty of suggestions about trusting judgement over data, in the same vein as Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking But that isn't what this book is about. The book is packed full of examples from P&G, to Herman Miller(the author being directly involved with all) which give great context to the theories discussed. The main focus is moving business processes down the "knowledge funnel", this sounds a little dull but trust me it's the key building a scalable business. McDonalds not somewhere I would chose to eat, however they have refined every single process from flipping a burger to choosing the next location to open a franchise. This means that they are able to be extremely efficient at scaling, the issue is that when the market dynamic changes they are ill equipped to deal with it. At the other end of the scale you might have a small sandwich shop, every customer feels special, the staff knows their order and if one day everyone wants a chicken sandwich they can get more in the next day while they cancel the order of bacon, but the sandwich shop can't scale, everything is made to order. The design thinker is able to strike the right balance between these two, what to systematise and what to leave to best judgement. If you and your organisation can get this right I have to agree with the title - you will have the competitive advantage.
A**L
Getting deep in the Efficiency vs. Innovation paradox
First book I'read that on a comprehensive way approaches the necessity to reconcile and combine both main management orientations, say inventing the business and administrating the business. Both key and part of the CEO responsabilities. Very clear the idea of the knowledge funnel, the different analytical and intuitive logics required, and how competitivity relates directly with the speed with which an organization transforms mistery in heuristic, heuristic in algorithm and algorithm in code.Opens a new space for deeper reflection in what could be called a hybrid management style.
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