UCT Upstarts 2015: Week 14: the 1 Page Business Plan with Christoff Oosthuysen

Results! How to create flow for your business & yourself

Christoff Oosthuysen [email protected]

© 2014 Flow Finders International

How do I know my

best game? © 2015 Flow Finders International

We see the world through

different colour glasses based on our

dominant questions


What am Inaturally good at?

Align my dominant question & what I am good at with the

dominant question of my business© 2015 Flow Finders International

THE 5 QUESTIONS Which of the 5 questions

are natural for me? Which of the 5 questions are

dominant in my business?© 2015 Flow Finders International © 2015 Flow Finders International

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Which of the questions are dominant in you?

Do the Vitality Test at

www.FlowCanvas.com /energy


Align your dominant question with that

of your business to experience “flow”


Conditions for “flow”

Contribute to something bigger Get immediate feedback Loose sense of self & time Balance “skill” & “challenge”


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Opportunities vs Capacity

Where lies the balance

to get good results?© 2015 Flow Finders International

C x O = R Capacity x Opportunity

= Results


Opportunities Capacity


Play your best game Align your natural questions

with that of your business Find your balance between Opportunities & Capacity


"There is no point in going into a business unless you can make a radical difference in other people's lives.”

- Richard Branson


“Everything should be as simple as it can be, but

not simpler”

Albert Einstein

“Everyone has a plan 'till they get punched

in the mouth”

Mike Tyson

The Business Plan Top Shelf or Bottom Drawer?

THE 5 QUESTIONS TO ALL ANSWERSWhat? Who? When? How? Why?


You have to answer all 5 questions to produce a comprehensive plan

Create unique value - “What” Connect with the right people - “Who”

Turn value into transactions - “When / Where” Deliver on your promises - “How”

Begin at your bigger intention - “Why”


YOUR BUSINESS MODEL YOUR BUSINESS MODEL Why:

What:

Who:

When/where:

How:© 2015 Flow Finders International

“People don’t buy what you do, they buy why you do it.” Simon Sinek


Why does my organisation exist?

I start with my “why” & understand my purpose


Then I answer all five questions


www.flowcanvas.com



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When? How?

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PURPOSE

FOCUS

TRANSACTIONS

AUDIENCECULTURE

ATTENTION

DESIRE

IMPROVEMENT

DELIVERY


Why does your business exist?

PURPOSE


What is your unique

idea within your sector?

FOCUS


Where & at what

rate do you exchange value?

TRANSACTIONS


Who are the people you serve & who’ll want to

transact with you?

AUDIENCE


How & where are you noticed?

ATTENTION


How do you make it impossible

to say no?

DESIRE


What resources, people & money

do you need to keep your promises?

DELIVERY


How do you organise

yourself to remain sustainable &

profitable?

CULTURE


What do you measure

to know where to make changes?

IMPROVEMENT


Spiral of Success

www.flowcanvas.com


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How can you use the Flow Canvas

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Jim Rohn

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UCT Upstarts 2015: Week 14: the 1 Page Business Plan with Christoff Oosthuysen