The UNITE Business Model Environment Canvas

You don’t create Value Propositions or Business Models in a vacuum. This critical canvas helps you understand the larger context in which you are operating.
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  • The UNITE Business Model Environment Canvas
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  • Overview of the entire UNITE Business Model Framework, which helps you understand the role of the Business Model Environment Canvas in context

Clear visual representation of the most important external factors impacting your business

Understand the design constraints under which you are going to operate and see how you can even benefit from them

Integrates with the Business Model Canvas for an expanded view of your Business Model

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Why we use it

You don’t innovate in a vacuum. Understanding the larger context in which you want to operate is crucial. This canvas allows you to visualize the different aspects of your business environment. Just as the Extended Business Model Canvas creates another layer beyond your Business Model, this expands your view even further to understand the external world you are operating in.

How It Works

The Business Model Environment tool is organized into two key areas: emerging trends and disruptive forces. These areas surround the Business Model Canvas because they are the factors influencing the Business Model you design. Unlike the Business Model itself, over which you have full control, external forces represent design constraints that you have to work with.

Using it is simple: Basically, you get to play the “what if?” game. Go through each of the areas and simply ask yourself the tough questions. For example, in the societal and cultural trends: “How is this key technology trend affecting us?” Or with regards to regulatory trends: “What will change when this new rule/legislation comes into effect?”
Understanding the design constraints on your Business Model is becoming even more important as the rate of change accelerates. If you don’t have a strong sense of the ways that your context is changing, you will not be able to anticipate and adapt fast enough to keep your business afloat.

What is the goal of the model?

Clarity on your operating context. The UNITE Business Model Environment Canvas will allow you to describe and analyze the design constraints for your business and identify opportunities for innovation in that environment.

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