by Lavery Pennell | 31 Jul 2015 | business model innovation, cost reduction innovation, full blog, manufacturing, product & service innovation, sustainable innovation
You can now buy as-new remade office furniture for less than half the new recommended retail price, thanks to the circular economy. Used and recyclable have limits While used office furniture has always been an option, it has traditionally involved compromising on...
by Lavery Pennell | 27 Jul 2015 | business model innovation, full blog, manufacturing, sustainable innovation
This video offers practical lessons on how to create a disruptive business, with details on building a circular/remanufacturing business. Greg Lavery explains how Lavery/Pennell has fashioned its own disruptive business model and created Rype Guides and Rype Office, a...
by Lavery Pennell | 28 May 2014 | business model innovation, full blog, manufacturing, sustainable innovation
How Unilever, Interface, Nestle, Patagonia and others have improved both their profitability and sustainability in 3 steps. This video describes how leading companies have built on a foundation of non-labour resource efficiency (as discussed in the Next Manufacturing...
by Lavery Pennell | 8 Apr 2014 | business model innovation, full blog, manufacturing, product & service innovation, sustainable innovation
Resource efficiency is traditionally associated with cost reduction. But leading companies have also used non-labour resource efficiency to drive sales. Watch this webinar recording to hear how Kyocera successfully do this and how your company can too. The Next...
by Lavery Pennell | 3 Mar 2014 | business model innovation, full blog, manufacturing, sustainable innovation
A new, more profitable and sustainable model for industry has emerged estimated to be worth, for Europe, €100bn in additional profits, 168,000 new jobs and a 14.6% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions. It involves three stages which respond to today’s business...
by Lavery Pennell | 27 Feb 2014 | business model innovation, cost reduction innovation, full blog, product & service innovation, sustainable innovation
The traditional response to earnings downturns is to hunker down and defend the status quo. But if the downturn is caused by a structural disruption this is the wrong response. This discussion presents a better response that finds opportunities within challenges – and...
