BMI · Business design since 2010

Van Oord

Client
Van Oord
Case
Creating new sustainable business
Discipline
Business design

Van Oord, the marine ingenuity specialist, wants to lead the transition towards a sustainable future. A 100-day accelerator with BMI produced two potential areas for new sustainable business and a new way of working, concretizing Van Oord's leading role in creating a sustainable world for future generations.

Van Oord

The challenge

Van Oord has been innovative for over 150 years and excels at execution, but new business models require a different way of working and a search mindset. The question was how Van Oord could contribute to a sustainable future with new business models.

Our approach

A 100-day accelerator with a cross-business and cross-generation team went into search mode: after creating a strong point of view and generating many ideas, five strong business models for sustainable business were designed. The team focused on two, running experiments with landing pages, customer interviews, a social media campaign, and partner interviews.

The results

  • Two potential areas for sustainable business, with important assumptions (in)validated and key insights obtained within weeks.
  • A new search mindset, cross-business collaboration, and internal way of working to continue exploring new opportunities.
“Business Models Inc. introduced us to a new way of working which enabled us to be more creative in the search for finding new business opportunities.”Van Oord

The method stayed with the team. It always does.

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