Understanding Audiology & Future Business Models
I just recently have come to the end of a post grad here in Ireland. The subject was Innovation & Entrepreneurship and involved creative thinking, innovation in design and an exploration of several other concepts. The course was excellent and delivered a host of tools that I can use in business and in life. It also spurred me to look at the audiology business model in a different manner.
What is the future of Audiology?
We have been wrestling with that for several years now, we all see possible futures in audiology. They have been discussed at length here and elsewhere by myself and many others. Whilst I have investigated possible futures and discussed the wants and needs of customers, I have never undertaken a deep dive into the problem. I hope to change that now.
The Tools To Use
In this process I plan to use several of the tools that I have been furnished with. One is called the business model canvas and the other is called the value proposition canvas. These tools are available on a website called Stratagyzer. The are exceptionally helpful tools that will help shape thinking around the business and the needs and wants of customers. I also plan to undertake quantitive and qualitive surveys of existing users as part of the project. I have undertaken qualitive surveys in the past and in fact some of the respondents posted on this blog.
I have never undertaken more quantitive surveys and I hope that some of the advocates I know will help me undertake that process. I would also like to undertake some surveys on professionals, I want to know what you think, what you would like to see. In this way we can consider all the stakeholders in the process and perhaps shape the model in relation to their varied wants and needs.
The Process
Initially I am going to work on the business model canvas and the surveys, I will publish the process results here as it moves forward. I invite people to get involved, whether publicly or privately.
We Need You!
This process will allow a deeper understanding of our business, our prospects and future prospects and what we may do to meet them. What we may do to shape our value proposition and what we may do to continue to be relevant. Believe me, if we don’t undertake steps to continue to be relevant, our relevance to our customers will cease.
If We Don’t Disrupt Our Business, Someone Else Will!
So with that in mind, let us look at how we can disrupt our business model, disrupt it in such a way that drives our relevance. Disrupt it in such a way that we meet the wants and needs of our prospects and our future prospects. I will be setting up collaboration spaces based around the business model canvas and the value proposition canvas soon and I will make the links public.
I exhort you to get involved, together we can look at the issues and shape our thinking on the future.
