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Business Model Generation

Apr 1, 2019

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Graeme Smith

in Book review, Books, business, Business improvement, Business model generation, Education

What is a business model? How do I create, design or fix a business model?
What do entrepreneurs do that you could do if you work in education? Part 2: Self assessment

Jun 30, 2015

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Graeme Smith

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In my last post I discussed some of the things that I’ve borrowed from entrepreneurial and design thinking. These have worked successfully for me and allowed me to gradually change how I think about my work and allowed me to survive and thrive in a chaotic and uncertain work environment. Like I also said, this…
Becoming Antifragile in Education – 4 Things You Can Do Right Now

Jan 3, 2015

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Graeme Smith

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How to become antifragile so every blow makes you stronger Nassem Taleb is an expert on risk and probability and he recommends in his latest book that we become less fragile, more robust, and actually antifragile. This is more than just Sissy Resilience… and this means that when the stuff hits the fan you actually bounce back…
MOOC 2.0 – Why the future of online learning is about embedding foundational literacy, numeracy, and learning-to-learn skills

Sep 29, 2014

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Graeme Smith

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If you work in education or you’re just interested in education you’ve probably been following the developments of MOOCs – Massively Open Online Courses. Debate around the MOOCs tends to be polarised. I’m always interested in anything in education that creates such strong emotional responses regardless of which side of the fence you tend to sit…
How can we open source our training and still make money working in education?

Jul 22, 2014

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Graeme Smith

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It’s a good question… and one that is constantly in my mind as the owner of a small niche education business in a very small country. I’m not sure I’ve got the answer, but this is how I see the way forward at the moment. What I’m describing below is a process that for us…
Using the Business Model Canvas: What are ALEC’s Value Propositions?

May 28, 2014

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Graeme Smith

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When you analyse your education business model using the Business Model Generation Canvas you need to start thinking in terms of what your business’s value propositions are. Value propositions are the bundle of products and services that create value for specific customer segments. What are ALEC’s Value propositions? Tell me if we’re on the right…
How does ALEC’s business model work?

May 28, 2014

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Graeme Smith

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ALEC’s business model is something that we have given a significant amount of thought to, especially in recent years. As a government-funded training organisation we are fortunate to have access to a dedicated funding stream for our main education product, the National Certificate in Adult Literacy & Numeracy Education (Vocational/Workplace) – otherwise known as the…
12 Steps You Can Take to Disrupt Education

Apr 7, 2014

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Graeme Smith

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I know, I know… you’d rather not. Nor would any of us really, but I’m working on a manifesto for disrupting education. This is not because I think I know how to do it, but rather because I think it’s inevitable and I want to set myself something to work towards. These are some of…
Would you rent your professional development and training?

Mar 7, 2013

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Graeme Smith

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Just thinking out loud here… Would tutors, trainers, and organisations purchase low-priced, but ongoing subscriptions to gain access to professional development and training. This is as opposed to paying out a big lump sum payment upfront like standard course fees. And I’m thinking mainly of digitally delivered online education. This is a bit of a…