Patrick van der Pijl

Patrick van der Pijl is CEO & Strategy Designer at Business Models Inc., author of the new book Design a Better Business and producer of the worldwide bestseller Business Model Generation (1 million copies sold worldwide since 2009). Patrick helped Board of Directors, Top Leaders and Innovation Teams of more than 300 (international) organizations, like Toyota, Fujitsu, ING Bank, Microsoft and 3M, innovate their business model and design a future strategy. He is also specialized in large scale strategy projects.
Patrick inspires people and organizations with his new vision on strategy and innovation and makes them look at their business (model) from a completely different perspective. In his projects he uses new and visual tools for strategy and innovation, like the Business Model Canvas, Vision Canvas, Context Canvas and Value Proposition Designer, and co-creation techniques to turn them around. His sessions are very energetic, inspiring and visual.
Patrick is an international keynote speaker and frequently delivers speeches and workshops at innovation events worldwide, where he is invited to talk about Business Model Innovation, Designing your Future Business and New Tools for Strategy & Innovation.