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the new shoes today model the concept… a short deep dive…

This presentation shows a sneak peak at the ‘new shoes today business & operating model’.!!Feel free to copy, use, paint over, change and update!!!Just do us a favor and mention you got it from new shoes today.!!!

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new shoes today new shoes today is a growing number of soulmates in business and the arts who give support to people and organisations on their road to creation, innovation and change.

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We organise meetings, deliver keynotes, develop courses, give workshops, create art, train experts, spread knowledge, share experiences, provide platforms, give advice, write articles, build bridges and connect people. Together with clients we take on 21st century challenges. Our values: real - open - drive - fun - care - today

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new shoes today model

benefits

offerings/clients/markets

challenges

the new shoes today model

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inspiration

experimentation

co-creation

crew

11 crew today: 23 people, half male, half female, half Dutch, half Belgium, backgrounds in

economics, the arts, psychology, business management, … youngest is 28, oldest is 65, …

crew commitment

creation, innovation & change as working field

common starting point, common not end point

soul connection, trust and responsibility as basis

entrepreneurial (self supporting as base)

actively share knowledge

support the collective

37 months commitment

turnover (mainly / 100%) via new shoes today

€ 3561,27 entrance fee (to be paid in € / alternatives / terms / … whatever)

intention to be(come) full time crew

5% + 5% rule

share the values:

real - open - drive - fun - care – today

contribution in diversity

keep on dreaming

* = Everything with possible exceptions and wild cards!

setup

one legal entity (under Dutch law)

management agreement

profit sharing per project (not centrally)

no staff, no building

5%+5% rule

debit chasing by individual crew

3 internal roles (finance, magneting, operations)

meritocracy

easycracy (smart organisation)

WonderWalks

complemantary solutions

for (internal) payments

2 x a year development weeks

no veto for joining, 3 crew recommendation

room for nearlings

magneting (no marketing)

BENEFITS

individual vs open source network

up- & cross-selling

introduction

building bridges

expanding realities

Toegepaste creativiteit:

3 vormen van innovatie

levels of innovation

products & services

process

culture (how we innovate)

products & services

process

culture (how we innovate)

new shoes today focus

a few examples

of new shoes today products/services where

the network ‘works’ (to position, develop, give support…)

Visual Harvesting

Poetry: The Edge of Things

Challenges

internal organisation: we have no staff, so everything(!)

comes down to the crew member’s own responsibility

focus:

many crew members are ‘content’ focussed, yet business development

needs investments (in focus) also!

our way of dealing with experiments:

success or…

nearling ?

nearling “ A nearling is a positive word for something

that you did with the right intentions, which has not (yet) led to the right result. ”

The reasons for nearlings not to succeed can be diverse: •  the circumstances have changed

•  a better option has been chosen •  you made an error

•  faith decided differently •  suddenly there were other priorities

• ...

Until the nearling there was no right English word for this phenomenum. There is the word 'failure', yet that sounds negative. An attempt, of an initiative.

You only recognize a nearling when you look back. You can always learn from a nearling. The nearling fills a gap in the international innovation language.

Be proud! You can be proud of nearlings because: 1. You started an initiave 2. You may have moved others 3. Maybe it led you to something that was successful 4. You need many nearlings, for a few successes 5. You learned from it 6. ...

We want to contribute to increase the international innovative culture and entrepreneurship by introducing this word. The nearling emphasizes that initiatives are almost ALWAYS valuable, even if they don’t lead to the right result (directly).

Share your nearlings at: www.nearling.com

innovation =

letting go!

Letting go!

The ability to let go is just as important as being able to generate

new ideas.

letting go =

trust!

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our book: Creativity Today

Thank you - Danke - Merci

Ramon Vullings

new shoes today ramon@newshoestoday.com