How to Be the Apple of Your Industry

Design Like Apple by John Edson

In this Book Rapper episode we discuss an important business book. Today we’re talking about Apple, and how to be the Apple of your industry. This is episode 034 of the Ideas Architect Podcast. Our Topic: Apple Design Our episode today is derived from the fabulous book Design Like Apple by John Edson. John is […]

Eight Classic Ways to Structure Your Ebook

eBook Skeleton Head

How to Structure Your Ebook A lot of what has been written about creating ebooks and books focusses on the usual things of Topics, Planning, Writing, Editing, Publishing, Selling and Promoting. This is all useful stuff. And, it’s all pretty standard stuff. One of the big misses from this list is a key design element […]

How to be the Apple of Your Industry

Apple

How would you like to be like Apple? They are one of the most successful companies on the planet. They make beautiful things. They have an uber-loyal fan base. And, they make massive profits. Your challenge is not to copy Apple, it’s to be the Apple of your industry. It’s to be the organisation with […]

How to Become the Apple of Your Industry

This slideshow is derived from the Book Rapper version of John Edson’s fabulous book: Design Like Apple – Seven Principles for Creating Insanely Great Products Services and Experiences. Your challenge is to take these principles and become the Apple of your industry.   How to Become the Apple of Your Industry from Geoff McDonald

Chip Kidd talks about Book Cover Design

How do you design a cover for a book? I’ve confronted this challenge a number of times with my dozen books. The obvious thought and the default for many books (you only have to look at your own library of books) is to simply put the title in big bold letters on the cover, add […]

Design Thinking Super Links

Design Thinking Super Links After putting out a bucket load of thinking around Design Thinking, I’ve had several requests to put all the links in one place… like a super links page. So here goes… The Book and Author The Book: Roger Martin’s The Design of Business http://www.amazon.com/Design-Business-Thinking-Competitive-Advantage/dp/1422177807 The Author: Roger Martin’s Website: http://rogerlmartin.com/ The […]

Design Thinking Organizational Audit

Design Thinking Organizational Audit Are you ready for the future? To find out if your organization has the right balance of Design Thinking rate yourself with these nine questions. Colour in the circle of the response that best fits your view of your organization. This Design Thinking Audit was presented at the Ideas Lunch. It’s […]

Twit Rapper: Design Advantage, The movie!

Twit Rapper: Design Advantage, The movie!Here it is… our Twit Rapper video/slideshow summary of Book Rapper‘s Design Advantage and all derived from Roger Martin’s The Design of Business. This is our first Twit Rapper video. Love to hear your thoughts on how we can improve it for future issues.

Twit Rapper: Design Advantage, Part 2

Twit Rapper: Design Advantage, Part 2 Twit Rapper: A Book Rapper Book Summary in 26 tweets… Numbered tweets, 1A= first book, tweet A. Read all 26! Here’s the second half and remaining 13 tweets from Book Rapper’s Design Advantage. 1N: Opportunity 1: Your business solves a problem. Change the way you solve this problem. 1O: […]

Twit Rapper: Design Advantage

Twit Rapper: Design Advantage Twit Rapper: A Book Rapper Book Summary in 26 tweets… Numbered tweets, 1A= first book, tweet A. Read all 26! Here’s the first half or 13 tweets from Book Rapper’s Design Advantage. 1A: Design Advantage: The Secret to Creating Long-Term Value. Derived from Roger Martin, The Design of Business. 1B: Speed […]