The UNITE Business Intentions
This tool helps you define your Business Intention, the critical strategic objectives that will orient your entire innovation project. Nailing your business intentions is critical – else, you will be missing that guiding North Star.
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Working with some of the largest global companies in the world, Stefan is a highly recognized industry thought leader in innovation & transformation.
What the download contains
- The UNITE Business Intentions
- The UNITE Innovation Approach | Overview
- The UNITE Innovation Approach | Stages 1, helping you understand at what stage you need to define the Business Intention/Business Direction
- Overview of the entire UNITE Business Model Framework, helping you understand the role of the Business Intention in context
The Business Intention provides the ultimate answer to what you are after
The intention will give you the required orientation – it is in essence your North Star
The intention covers both the “where you want to go,” as well as “what you want to leave behind you”
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Why we use it
The first step for any innovation initiative is to define the business intention. What problem do you want to solve? What legacy do you want to leave behind? Do you want to move into a new space? Why? The Business Intention is a high level directional decision that will define what you are after and help you structure the innovation team to achieve it.
How It Works
It is important to put your business intention in writing. Often, we find that firms do not explicitly define their intention. Later this results in initiatives that do not match the original intention and are thus outside of the intended scope! Covering the intention well is also critical from another perspective: fears motivate us 7x more strongly than the hopes of winning something. This is why clearly defining a situation we want to avoid is a highly relevant exercise. Beyond this, a business intention is more pertinent than a bold vision, since it is precise and directive.
Your intention can take various shapes and will heavily influence your subsequently objectives, so be careful when choosing. If you are having trouble determining an intention, the UNITE definition of the Business Intention will spur your thinking and give you a place to start.
What is the goal of the model?
Orientation. If you start the race without a clear sense of where you are going, you might end up in a very different place than you originally intended. Set your business intention first to get a jump start on your competition.
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