Workshop 2 - Business Formation: How Does a Business Grow?
From Green Garage Detroit
Contents
Overview
- We begin with a Business Seed ... but how does it grow naturally?
Common Questions
I want to grow my business by...
- "scaling" my business
- hiring a new person
- introducing a new product...service
- changing how we make things
- teaming with another organization
Natural Model of Formation (Growth)
- Starts with a one cell...
- then divides...
- then specializes.
Living Business Framework
Leadership Systems
Systems for nurturing and growing the whole...
- North...organizational mission...focus
- Priorities...what we care about... a 3D Yield
- Community and Culture... style and quality of relationships
- Information...includes language, sharing, expression of what's imporatnt
Energy Flows
Energy feeding the whole...
- Purpose...
- Love...
- Information...
- Money...
... energy flows through relationships...connectedness and balance
Competency
- Definition: Competency = Skills + Experience Applied
- Types
- Core ... essential for creating a yield
- Supporting Network ...attorney, accountant, insurance
- Learning is the way to Growth
Product / Service Development
- Create and refine (creativity management)
- 3D Yield
- Prototype
- Community solution focus
Operations
- Making Products / Delivering Services
- Process ... creation and refinement
- Quality ... Deming version
- Supplier Community relationship management
- Community (internal)/ Human development ... whole person
Community Experience
- Whole Experience... people, place, smell, sounds, feel, temperature, time, ...
- 3D Yield is realized...becomes reality
- "Customer Community relationship"
