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Se ve repugnante : it is look revolting ! Yuck : asqueado,Fue un desastre : it was a disaster , No importa : never mind , Lo superarás ; You´ll get over it , Whoops :    Ten cuidado : Be careful! , Eso esta hecho : That´s done  , Que sorpresa tan agradable : What a nice surprise; Glotones : Greedy guts! , Suficiente para todos : enought to go round , Ya estamos otra vez : Here we go again !

Rosa Parks

• On January 15, 1955, she was arrested because she did not give up her seat on the bus for a white passenger.
• At 19, she married Raymond Parks, a frisör, and worked at NAACP.
• Rosa worked as a secretary at NAACP and part-time as a seamstress.
• On December 5, 1955, the bus boycott began with Martin Luther King Jr. as the leader.
• The bus boycott led to the lifting of segregation in buses and trains.
• Due to threats, Rosa and her husband moved to Detroit.
• She died on October 24, 2005.

Julia Butterfly Hill

• She is an environmental activist.
• From December 14, 1997, she lived on a tree named Luna for 738 days.
• She demonstrated against deforestation.
• In 1999, an agreement was reached with the company that wanted to cut down the trees in the forest.
• They

Intelligence and Testing

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following allows us to compare scores from individuals who differ in age or educational background? (A- Standardization)
2. Carla takes a personality test and obtains very different scores each time she takes it. This test has: (B- Low reliability)
3. The test described above does not have high: (D- Test-retest reliability)
4. The measure of math ability should tell us how well an individual will perform in jobs related to mathematics. This refers to: (E- Predictive validity)
5. When females take examinations with males, their scores are noticeably lower than scores obtained when they take the test by themselves. This finding illustrates: (A- Stereotype threat)
6. Which of the following is considered

Comparativos:

Older than, bigger than, easier than, more modern than, more difficult than.

Good: better, Bad: worse, Fur: farther. + than

More bored, more stressed, more tired. + than

Faster than, more slowly than, more powerful than, more carefully than.

Well: better, Badly: worse.

Superlativos:

The tallest, the most experience, the least expensive, the best, the most, the worst, the most famous. (more, as, the, than, ever, him, most, in).

Artículos:

(a, an, the, nada)

• A nice house, a lawyer, an old man, a dog, an awful day, a week, a nurse, a horrible day, once a month, a chef, a week, an amazing, a housewife, a teacher, a problem.
• The dog, the bell, the children, the moon, the Earth, the cinema, the best, the hospital, the car, the theatre, the windows,

Selling Externally

Just as employees must “sell” ideas internally, entrepreneurs with plans based on new business models must sell them to other parties, such as investors or potential collaborators.

Technique Nº 4: Prototyping

It's a methodology for exploring different possibilities until a truly good one emerged. It's a central part of an inquiry process that helps participants gain a better sense of what is missing in the initial understanding of a situation.

Prototyping is a powerful tool for developing new, innovative business models. Like visual thinking, it makes abstract concepts tangible. In recent years, in business discipline, it has gained traction in areas such as process design, service design and even organization and strategy... Continue reading "Innovative Business Model Techniques: Prototyping and Storytelling" »

Four Key Processes Enhanced by Visual Thinking

Let’s examine four processes improved by visual thinking:

1. Understand the Essence

• Visual Grammar: The Business Model Canvas poster is a conceptual map that functions as a visual language with corresponding grammar. It tells you which pieces of information to insert in the model, and where.
• Capturing the Big Picture: By sketching out all the elements of the Canvas, you immediately give viewers the big picture of a business model. A sketch provides just the right amount of information to allow a viewer to grasp the idea, yet not too much detail to distract them.
• Seeing Relationships: Understanding a business model requires not only knowing the compositional elements, but also grasping the interdependencies

The Business Model Ideation Process

The ideation process can take several forms. Here we outline a general approach to produce innovative business model options:

1. 1. Team Composition

   Assembling the right team is essential to generating effective new business model ideas. Members should be diverse in terms of seniority, age, experience level, business unit represented, customer knowledge, and professional expertise.

2. 2. Immersion Phase

   Ideally, the team should go through an immersion phase, which could include general research, studying customers or prospects, scrutinizing new technologies, or assessing existing business models. Immersion could last several weeks or could be as short as a couple of workshop exercises (e.g., the Empathy Map).

3. 3. Expanding

Technique No. 2: Business Model Ideation

Mapping an existing business model is one thing; designing a new and innovative business model is another. Ideation is the process for generating a large number of business model ideas and successfully isolating the best ones. Today, different business models compete in the same markets, and boundaries between industries are blurring—or disappearing altogether.

One challenge we face when trying to create new business model options is ignoring the status quo and suspending concerns over operational issues so that we can generate truly new ideas. Business model innovation is not about looking back, because the past indicates little about what is possible in terms of future business models. Business model... Continue reading "Business Model Ideation: Generating Innovative Concepts" »

Innovative Business Model Design Techniques

This section describes a number of techniques and tools from the world of design that can help you design better and more innovative business models. A designer’s job is to extend the boundaries of thought, to generate new options, and, ultimately, to create value for users. This requires the ability to imagine “that which does not exist.”

Integrating Design into Business

Business people unknowingly practice design every day. We design organizations, strategies, business models, processes, and projects. To do this, we must take into account a complex web of factors, such as competitors, technology, the legal environment, and more. Increasingly, we must do so in unfamiliar, uncharted territory.... Continue reading "Innovative Business Model Design Techniques for Success" »