The Wardley Mapping Canvas provides just the right amount of visual structure to help mapping practitioners make quick progress and have a better learning experience while building their first maps. The… Read more The Wardley Mapping Canvas →
Every once in a while, I plan to share something I call a solution blueprint — a way to fulfill a particular business need that I think is universal enough… Read more So you want to build a website →
A hard truth of decision-making is that complete information will never be available. We use tools, techniques, shorthands, and experience-laden aphorisms to fill in the gaps, but they remain inadequate… Read more Intro to Wardley Mapping →
Everything I’m Hoping Is in Your Elevator Pitch When I attend a pitch event, I sit with a notebook in my lap and sketch out a quick value chain of each… Read more Deconstructing Ideas →
This post has two main sections: A semi-serious reflection on the problem space of tools for mapping, and then a fun overview of all sorts of mapping tools and techniques,… Read more Wardley Mapping Tools and Techniques →
Thinking Globally When Constructing the Value Chain The Theory of Constraints teaches us the difference between local and global thinking with respect to systems and their performance. To think locally is… Read more Who Is the User, Really? →
Originally published June 25, 2016 One particularly coherent approach to “strategy” involves using a map to pursue increased situational awareness from which to execute various forms of gameplay. This technique… Read more Wardley Mapping, A PowerPoint Template →