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Recent thinking on Systems, Design, Innovation, Business and Change

Explore our latest thinking on business design and systemic intervention. We deliver the insights and methods needed to equip global organisations for high-stakes transitions.

Unlocking the Loop: Why the Circular Intervention Blueprint Canvas is Your Most Critical Design Tool Explorer Labs Critical Circular Materials Workshop for Innovate UK Business Connect at the Business Design Centre LondonCircular EconomyESG DesignPeople Planet Profit PurposeSustainabilitySystemic Design

Unlocking the Loop: Why the Circular Intervention Blueprint Canvas is Your Most Critical Design Tool

Stop guessing and start diagnosing. Use the Circular Intervention Blueprint Canvas to map your as-is value chain, identify material and economic leakages, and pinpoint the exact stakeholder intervention points needed to transition from linear friction to circular impact.
Mike Pinder
27 February 2026
How to Cultivate the Optimal Mindset Using FLOW for Breakthrough Innovation Behavioral PsychologyIdeationInnovation ProcessPeople

How to Cultivate the Optimal Mindset Using FLOW for Breakthrough Innovation

Unlock breakthrough innovation by cultivating "flow," the peak state of focus and productivity. This excerpt explores the science of flow, pioneered by psychologist Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, and how it dramatically enhances creativity, problem-solving, and learning. Discover how intrinsic motivation—driven by curiosity,…
Mike Pinder
24 March 2025
Test Your Organisational Readiness for Sustainable Business Outcomes FREE Wicked Problems, Wise Solutions, Org Maturity and Readiness Assessment for Sustainable Business and Wicked ProblemsEcosystem DesignESG DesignGrand ChallengesInnovation ProcessSustainable InnovationUN SDG'sWicked Problems

Test Your Organisational Readiness for Sustainable Business Outcomes FREE

Are you ready to innovate towards sustainable futures? Take our Sustainable Business Readiness Assessment Test and find out T he world is facing unprecedented challenges – climate change, resource depletion, social inequality to name a few. These complex issues, involve…
Mike Pinder
3 May 2024
Unleash Your Organization’s Innovation: A Short Course Program by 9 World-renowned Innovation Experts Business Model InnovationDesign ThinkingIdeationInnovation ProcessInnovation StrategyLean Startup

Unleash Your Organization’s Innovation: A Short Course Program by 9 World-renowned Innovation Experts

There is so much buzzword bingo around innovation. With too many resources to draw upon. It can be daunting to know what’s what. How do you know where to start if you want to quickly immerse yourself in the end-to-end…
Mike Pinder
22 March 2024
Design the Change: 5 New Coursera Sustainable Business Short Courses for a Thriving Future Business Model InnovationEcosystem DesignGrand ChallengesPeoplePlanetProfitSustainabilitySustainable InnovationSystemic DesignSystems ThinkingWicked Problems

Design the Change: 5 New Coursera Sustainable Business Short Courses for a Thriving Future

Just launched five new Executive Education Courses, designed to equip you with the skills and knowledge to bring about positive sustainable change through business.
Mike Pinder
22 March 2024
Deepen Your Expertise: Four New Executive Education Courses on Sustainable Business Design Business Model InnovationDesign ThinkingSustainabilitySustainable Innovation

Deepen Your Expertise: Four New Executive Education Courses on Sustainable Business Design

The business landscape is rapidly evolving, demanding a new breed of leaders who can navigate the complexities of sustainable business design. Understanding how to integrate latest thinking and best practices with environmental responsibility is crucial for new and existing businesses…
Mike Pinder
14 March 2024
The Little Black Book of 28+ Sustainability Cognitive Biases (FREE Book) Black hardback book mockup with box entitled The Little Black Book of Sustainability Cognitive Biases on a dark grey backgroundBehavioral PsychologyCircular EconomyEcosystem DesignPeople Planet Profit PurposeSustainabilitySystemic DesignSystems ThinkingUN SDG's

The Little Black Book of 28+ Sustainability Cognitive Biases (FREE Book)

Want to learn how to mitigate the most common sustainability related cognitive biases? Then this is for you. You can now download The Little Black Book of 28+ Sustainability Cognitive Biases for FREE! Supercharge your innovation teams to tackle the…
Mike Pinder
21 November 2022
28+ Cognitive Biases Quietly Sabotaging Your Sustainability Innovation & Business Impact Behavioral PsychologyInnovation ProcessPeoplePlanetWicked Problems

28+ Cognitive Biases Quietly Sabotaging Your Sustainability Innovation & Business Impact

How do cognitive biases impact innovation and business design teams pursuing sustainability-based projects? Which specific cognitive biases should you be looking out for and why? What should you do when you spot biases negatively influencing your sustainability innovation team performance…
Mike Pinder
21 November 2022
How to Manage the Unintended Consequences of Innovation & Business Design ConsequencesEcosystem DesignGrand ChallengesIdeationInnovation Process

How to Manage the Unintended Consequences of Innovation & Business Design

It’s easy to get carried away by momentum, energy and enthusiasm when running the innovation and business design process.  It’s a highly rewarding way of working with immediate tangible, measurable results. But there is a double edge to it... Speed…
Mike Pinder
19 September 2022
52 Sustainability Focused Ideation Brainstorm Cards for FREE 52 sustainability ideation cards in a box with two example what if trigger questions shownIdeationInnovation ProcessPeoplePeople Planet Profit PurposePlanetProfitPurposeSustainability

52 Sustainability Focused Ideation Brainstorm Cards for FREE

Need to generate a broad set of radical and disruptive ideas quickly and effectively on a sustainability business challenge? Look no further. Check out and download our 52 Sustainability Ideation Cards PDF for FREE. Start delivering sustainable business ideas, fast.…
Mike Pinder
6 September 2022
130+ Value Types Wheel for Sustainability, Business & Innovation 130-value-types-for-sustainability-business-innovation-projects-b2c-b2b-1Circular EconomyEcosystem DesignESG DesignGrand ChallengesSustainabilityUN SDG'sWicked Problems

130+ Value Types Wheel for Sustainability, Business & Innovation

A major challenge facing intrapreneurial teams is how to figure-out which specific value types are being created within new concepts and business models (particularly for sustainability business-innovation projects). It's easy to focus on shiny new features, rather than the real…
Mike Pinder
27 October 2021
Move Over Design Thinking: Desirability, Viability, Feasibility – Time for a Better Approach Desirability, Viability, Feasibility Venn Diagrams Design ThinkingDesign ThinkingInnovation ProcessInnovation StrategyLean StartupSustainable Innovation

Move Over Design Thinking: Desirability, Viability, Feasibility – Time for a Better Approach

The desirability, viability, feasibility Venn diagram is everywhere when it comes to innovation and new business design. It has been useful in explaining the logical order to run the innovation process, but it is time we put it behind us.…
Mike Pinder
26 October 2021
How to Build a Sustainability Focused Value Proposition Statement Sustainable Value Proposition Canvas ToolBusiness Model InnovationPeople Planet Profit PurposeSustainable Innovation

How to Build a Sustainability Focused Value Proposition Statement

Created a new sustainable concept? Great... Now articulate the value! This is a crucial step to get right. Value proposition statements are often skipped-over or poorly understood by innovation teams. Sustainability focused value proposition statements are especially important to get…
Mike Pinder
25 October 2021
NEW BOOK

The Other Side of Growth: An Innovator’s Responsibilities in an Emerging World

A critical call to global business leaders seeking to re-think the impact of creative destruction today. Each chapter provides a critical lens and perspective on corporate innovation today, moving into tomorrow in how we tackle our most pressing challenges ahead.

Available in print or Kindle Editions at Amazon now.