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'Today countless innovative business models are emerging. Entirely new industries are forming as old ones crumble.'
Alexander Osterwalder & Yves Pigneur  
 
 
  Around the Region  
Moving beyond words

Over the past month we have noted that there is a growing frustration being expressed about the lack of economic and social progress, largely online in blogs and networks, by some of the more entrepreneurial and innovative individuals and groups in the region.<....

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  Champion of the Month  
Passionate about the future

The majority of people live in the world of today and quite a few in the world of yesterday! Only a small percentage of any population think seriously about the future – what it might look like, what may have changed, how we can shape a plan to be best positione....

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  Research Update  
Breaking with tradition

One of the greatest hurdles to making progress in any sector – be it commercial, public or the research and development – is silos. This is a nice comfortable place where people are so used to looking at something in a certain way that they can’t see....

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  Success Stories  
Making real progress

It is not that long ago that we featured the fascinating Guyana Mangrove Restoration Project (GMRP) initiated by the Government of Guyana and funded by the European Union and its associated sustainable business development initiatives on this website. But a great deal....

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  Value Propositions  
It’s a matter of priorities

The only way a country can make economic and social progress is to set ambitious goals and then implement a plan which aims to achieve those goals. Akosua Dardaine-Edwards recently went on a working trip to Singapore, sponsored jointly by the Commonwealth and the Gove....

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  Foresight and Innovation  
New models for a new world

There is no doubt that we are at one of Malcolm Gladwell’s famous ‘Tipping Points’, in terms of business models and the delivery of products and services in much of the world. A lot of traditional businesses - such as retailers, commodity manufacture....

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