Step d) of Reimagining The Business Model Canvas for Triple-Bottom-Line
d. What if we add enablers and means?
In this Transformation, we add the concept of “Enabler” to the “Key Resources” theme.
Enable: This opens up discussions about key elements that are means, help, support, facilitate or enable the organisation in focus to create and sustain value.
This is in addition to having access to or own and use resources such as materials. Both resources and enablers are elements to invest in, raise, reduce, or eliminate and create values, outcomes and impacts.
The resources and enablers feed into the next step of the value ladder, the processes.
Resource examples: natural material, energy, people, equipment, information systems, AI agents, knowledge, skills, etcetera.
Enabler examples: policy, organisational structure, governance system, ethics, engagement, coordination, knowledge management, methodology, efficient use of pooled resources, services, conditions that must be true, executed activities, etcetera.
Theory: Enablers are commonly found in Benefits Realisation, Program Logic, Theory of Change, Updated Balanced Scorecard for Triple Bottom Line, and Value ladders.
Graphically, it is possible to add a separate box for Enablers. In this iBMC version, we integrate Resources and Enablers into one box for space considerations while maintaining visible discussions about both.
