Step by step process, tools and videos guiding you through your project
Session One. Chartering your Project. Mapping your current Business Model.
Session Two. Preparing a Strategic Assessment. Mapping Hypotheses.
Session Three. Check-in session during strategic assessment. Key Insights emerging form the research.
Session Four. Preparing an assessment report. Identifying risks and opportunities. Preparing the business modeling retreat.
Session Five. Business Modeling Retreat. Creating & selecting new business model options. Validation planning.
Session Six. Implementing your new business model. Formulating strategic goals. Change management plan.
About the author
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Mary Kay Plantes
Kay Plantes is an MIT-trained economist, business strategy consultant, columnist and author of the book “Beyond Price”. Business model innovation, strategic leadership and smart economic policies are her professional passions. She resides in Madison, Wisconsin and Oslo, Norway.
Visit Kay’s blog at http://www.plantescompany.com/blog/
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Does your business need some strategic rethinking to grow?
Is price competition pulling you and your business down, and not just its profits? In today’s copycat economy, escaping the gravity-like pull of rapid commoditization requires a lot more than product innovation. You need a better, more differentiated business model anchored in hard-to-copy advantages.
With this virtual guide to a rigorous step-by-step process, your team can create a winning business model offering attractive new growth platforms. You’ll generate fresh strategic insights and unearth previously hidden business model innovations with Beyond Price author Kay Plantes’ unique strategic assessment and systems-thinking tools. Far more than a business model canvas, Plantes’ process will make your team successful business model innovators.
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This product is for you if…
- You are finding your business primarily competing on pricing
- Your business is becoming commoditized
- Competitors copy your product and service innovations quickly
- Margins are falling
- You are looking for ways to differentiate your business in a meaningful way
- You are not sure what to do next
- … and you want to do something about it!
Duration: Business Model Reinvention is not a short process. Our projectware will facilitate a 4-8 week process of conducting a strategic assessment, creating business model options and then planning implementation of your new business model.
Core Team required:
Leadership, strategy, marketing
What customers say about this method
About Kay Plantes and her methods described in the book “Beyond Price”:
“My company has secured a terrific market position in a highly competitive industry by following the authors’ advice for differentiating your company. We are growing rapidly despite the presence of all the national competitors in our market.”
Jay Loewi, Owner/CEO The QTI Group“Mary Kay Plantes has spent her entire career thinking and helping companies with one main topic—how to move beyond price to create a sustainable advantage in the marketplace. In my opinion, there’s no one more capable of addressing what I feel will be the major business topic of the next 10 years.”
Scott Cooper, author of How To Write A Successful Marketing Plan. Formerly Senior VP of Marketing for Famous Footwear, Senior Vice President of Corporate Marketing and Branding for Brown Shoe“Kay’s easy-to-embrace framework will help you create a highly effective senior leadership team and fully engaged associates, advantages necessary in today’s highly competitive B2B and consumer markets.”
Ron Zabel, retired CEO Springs Window Fashions
Interview with Kay Plantes
Watch an interview with Kay Plantes on how to beat continuous price pressure and design a sustainable business.
System Requirements
iCanPilot is an installed software that includes all videos and templates that you will need on your project. An Internet connection is needed for download only, not required for use, so you can be sure you can use it anytime and anywhere, even if your strategic retreat is on a deserted island.
The file size is about 200MB. The download time may depend on your internet connection.
Technical details
Operating systems supported:
Windows 7, Windows Vista®,Windows XP, Windows 2000
(* Mac version coming soon)For optimal performance, your computer should have:
1.6 GHz IBM-compatible processor or faster
128 MB of VRAM
Minimum 500 MB of RAM
Minimum 1024×768 with 32-bit color recommended screen resolutionOther equipment you might need for your sessions:
A projector (for teams larger than 2)
Speakers (to make sure everyone can hear the virtual facilitator and videos)The software includes resources & templates in MS Excel and pdf format.
Not sure if it will work on your PC?
With our 100% money-back guarantee, you can test it and get a full refund if you have any problems.


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Good process for a strategy assessment and facilitation of discussions on the future growth opportunities for your business. I really like the 10 strategic assessment questions – they are helpful in making brainstorming about business models much less random and more fact-based.