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Mapping a business model for Psychology to create sustainable and scalable digital solutions. Author: Dr Anna-Rosa le Roux With special thanks to Bruce Adrain (Head Innovation Capability and Build, Liberty Group South Africa) for his comments and input. New models for digital We are living in an always on, digital ready and hyper-experience world. A new organisational model emerged in the digital space that not only embrace the complexity that this era presents, but also accelerate value creation. In his capacity as curator of the Value Shift research, Barry Libert states: Network Orchestrators receive valuations two to four times higher, on average, than companies with the other business models. What drives this trend towards networked businesses? Two key trends create the perfect storm to disrupt traditional value chains. On the one hand, we have the centrality of the customer that accelerates the need for more sophisticated user offerings, and on the other we have an exponential ex...

What are Digital Psychology Journeys and why are they important? Author: Dr Anna-Rosa le Roux In a world that is characterised by disruption as a result of computing power, artificial intelligence that empower more tools and advanced analytics that drives digital transformation, brand new opportunities for psychology to bring the human centrally into the equation are arising. Unique human properties such as collaboration, empathy, compassion, intuitive problem solving, creativity and deep knowledge invites psychologists to uniquely add value in the digital era to help shaping digital transformation. Corporates have woken up to the idea of “the human experience” and are realising the value of mapping Customer and Employee experiences alike. Using tools, for example, that are historically originating from the creative and design industries, Corporates create empathy models to help make decisions that are not only more inclusive and sustainable, but also directly adding value to the busin...

Measuring mindset in the ecosystem Authors: Dr Anna-Rosa le Roux, Yolande Coetzee, Charles Maisal The reality The Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) states that many of the world’s governments, think tanks, non-governmental and international organizations now look towards entrepreneurship as a key part of the solution to ending poverty and social inequity, promoting women’s empowerment, and implementing business solutions to the world’s environmental challenges, including climate change (GEM 2019,2020 report). Elsewhere there is a growing emphasis and focus on entrepreneurship as a vehicle to develop sustainable economies and livelihoods. For organisations to thrive in volatile and disruptive environments requires them to increasingly operate with the agility of the entrepreneur. How do we develop and sustain the entrepreneurial spirit at scale? (University of Cambridge Business School, May 2021) Higher education institutions recognise that a greater focus is needed on nurturing en...