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Empathy, new value creation and the stakeholders of the future

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SED is a term I coined to inspire association leaders to shift their conversations about the future in a more generative direction. Serendipity, empathy and discovery are essential ingredients of new value creation that can be combined in appropriate measure through the work of innovation. Here is what I wrote about SED [.]

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The era of strategic planning is over

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During the more than twenty years I have worked in and with associations, it is my guess that organizations throughout our community have committed millions of dollars and hundreds of thousands of hours of staff and voluntary leader time to generate tens of thousands of pages of strategic plans and related documents.

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Asking different questions: MMCC 2013 edition

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IMPORTANT NOTE: Google Reader will be shut down on July 1, 2013, making this an opportune moment to subscribe to the Principled Innovation Blog via email. Associations Unorthodox Business Model Innovation Strategies for Progress' One way or the other, I hope you will share your perspectives!

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Join Jeff for P.I./TMA Resources Executive Breakfast on March 6 in Alexandria, Virginia

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Join Jeff De Cagna of Principled Innovation on Wednesday, March 6 for the P.I./TMA Participants will learn how to nurture new mindsets and apply “next practices” for more productive and generative business model thinking within their governing groups. Join Jeff De Cagna of Principled Innovation on Wednesday, March 6 for the P.I./TMA

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Three design challenges for 21st century association business models

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Despite these difficulties, tradition continues to trump innovation, as selling memberships remains the all-encompassing logic of association business models. By overcoming the practical and process challenges, associations will develop the right design mindset and approach for business model innovation.

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Five reasons why membership is killing association business models: Part II

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The priority for associations, then, is to design business models that can generate meaningful revenue streams based on the creation of new value with transformative potential for their future stakeholders. Reason #4: Membership-centric business models ask members to make the most important decisions about new value creation.

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Associations Unorthodox Shift #2: Crowdsource strategy

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Intense and accelerating societal transformation demands a serious and holistic approach for creating radical new value for future generations of stakeholders with different sensibilities and desires than their predecessors. The Opportunity. The era of strategic planning is over.

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