Lean Canvas plus Sustainability

I have been doing a lot of reading on writing business cases and all that jazz. What I have found is that they are very word intensive and could be a potential put off if not careful. In my reading travels I stumbled across this idea of the Lean Canvas. Basically narrows down all your business thoughts into a concise easy to digest format. It follows along the idea of visual management and lean.

Why Lean Canvas? 

Its cool because you can write all your thoughts onto post-it notes, stick them in the relevant spaces and keep refining your business case. Finally a fluid document! (can that all be in the same statement!?).

I came across another version of the Lean Canvas that adds a sustainability element to it. After reading "Heart To Start" by Derek Handley, a large part of his journey was rethinking purpose and his idea of a successful business. Hence his current involvement with Virgins boss Richard Branson's The B Team. The below lean canvas I feel encompasses some of this people, planet and profit thinking.


Social Lean Canvas

Now the challenge is to develop a business case to fit in the parameters of a sustainable business. No easy feat - what businesses (big and small) are truly sustainable in their operations apart from NGOs?

As a Gen Y - I am finding I like to know what businesses contribute to the bigger picture. Not just to exist to take profit but to focus on things like Zero Harm, charity days, company creches or car pools, environmental awareness, giving back, building for the future, social teams.. bla bla bla. Ya know what I mean? Its important!

Over and Out!
Dee

Top 10 Old School Games

Going over to my friends place and watching her play Theme Hospital and looking through old photographs of the family made me realize the amount of time spent around computers. We always had computers and gadgets growing up as my dad was a computer lecturer since I was 2. Getting all sentimental I went through my top games when I was younger:


Theme Hospital
Didn't know to concentrate on research to get quickly to the other levels until now!!


Hover


The Sims


Yoda Stories


Monster Truck Madness


Fury


Age of Empires and Mythology


Donkey Kong


Mario Party


















Graal (I played offline)

Many a good time playing these awesome games. Now I must say I love to play some Modern Warfare on Xbox to zone out. Not very often but the boyfriend does find me in his gaming man cave from time to time!

Over and Out!
Dee x