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“The Art of Opportunity is all about creatively discovering new growth opportunities for your company and crafting a collaborative strategy that will get you there. Not only is the content powerful, the design is stimulating for the eyes as well as the mind. Read this book and start innovating!”

– Ken Blanchard, Coauthor, The New One Minute Manager^® and Collaboration Begins with You

“The Art of Opportunity will help trigger strategic renewal inside your organization. Creative, inspiring, fresh, and empirically grounded, this playbook to growth is bound to be an executive reference for many years to come.”

– Deryck J van Rensburg, President, Coca-Cola Global Ventures

“From the coffee table to the conference table —The Art of Opportunity challenges our traditional business models and mind-sets while providing a path and approach to success.”

– Paul Snyder, Vice President, Corporate Responsibility, InterContinental Hotels Group

“I love this book. Whether you're pushing an idea inside a large corporation, or creating your next big deal, this book gives you the framework, the tools, and the right questions to ask – not just to get you started – but to keep you going. In short, this book tells you how to organize your thinking with clarity, vision, precision and vigor.”

– Richard Black, Chief Data Architect, Deutsche Bank; Former Chief Technology Officer, Bank of England

“Clear, artful, and inspiring. A highly readable, practical, step-by-step guide for anyone who wants to identify, design, and launch strategic growth initiatives.”

– Dave Gray, Founder, XPLANE

“Innovation-obsessed visual thinkers, unite! This book may be your bible.”

– Sunni Brown, Chief Human Potentialist; Best-Selling Author, Gamestorming and The Doodle Revolution

“The Art of Opportunity presents compelling evidence, based on extensive experience, for the application of business design thinking by combining strategic innovation with inspiration from others. Their pragmatic approach offers existing businesses a framework to innovate or adapt in complex changing environments. Loved it!”

– Anne Bartlett-Bragg, PhD, Managing Director, Ripple Effect Group

“The Art of Opportunity is not just a book, but a road map helping to guide companies as they venture down the innovation path in search of new growth opportunities. It offers readers an actionable lens that includes the vital components of storytelling and what it means to take a user-centered approach in the new world of business model design thinking.”

– Saul Kaplan, Founder and Chief, Catalyst Business Innovation Factory; Author, The Business Model Innovation Factory

“The Art of Opportunity is not just another book on strategy! Sniukas, Lee, and Morasky created a practical tool to design future businesses. It is easy to read and use and spiced with brainstorming sessions you can run with your team. By using the book, I'm willing to bet companies can save fortunes on consultancy. Every business that wants to grow should go through this process.”

– Domenico Traverso, President, Work Function Division, Danfoss Power Solutions

“Visually beautiful, The Art of Opportunity is a fresh, new take on design thinking that offers practical tools for strategic innovation.”

– Mark Polson, Vice President Creativity and Strategic Capability Building, Estée Lauder Companies

“This book will dramatically alter both your business and personal life as you experience the very useful approach to innovation and strategy. Get on board and enjoy this inspirational journey.”

– Dr. Bob Lorber, CEO, The Lorber Kamai Consulting Group; Coauthor, Putting The One Minute Manager to Work and Doing What Matters

“The Art of Opportunity is not your typical strategy book. It offers a fresh approach to designing growth strategy with methods that are equally valuable to leaders of established businesses and new ventures.”

– Jeff Wright, Vice President, Strategy and Marketing, Autodesk

“Opportunities abound. We confront them every day, but they rarely appear as opportunities and do not come with labels to identify them as opportunities. As a blind person myself, I'm excited that the authors of this book use visualization as a tool to bring opportunities into our businesses and lives. Read, learn, and imagine.”

– Jim Stovall, Best-Selling Author, The Ultimate Gift

“The Art of Opportunity is a concise, richly detailed primer for organizations seeking growth through innovation, and change through disruption.”

– Jay Samit, Best-Selling Author, Disrupt You: Master Personal Transformation, Seize Opportunity, and Thrive in the Era of Endless Innovation

“Refreshingly pragmatic advice for business growth and development. This visualization approach was successful in aligning resources to solve my complex business issue.”

– David Lary, Vice President, Commercial Channel Partner Development and Programs, Print and Personal Systems, Hewlett-Packard

“The Art of Opportunity humanizes business innovation in its approach and accessible, visual presentation. A must-read for entrepreneurs who aim to disrupt industries.”

– Chip Joyce, CEO & Cofounder, Allied Talent

“In my job I am expected to know this information, but this book presents all necessary information so clearly, it's a piece of art! I am convinced that The Art of Opportunity will help thousands of managers gain knowledge much quicker than they could ever have done so in their working life. Well done, and thank you so much for the effort!”

– Silvester de Keijzer, Board Member, Swiss Made Im.

“The Art of Opportunity presents a clear field guide for creating new value for organizations. The methods and stories affirm that the most valuable parts of business are more art than science. Ignore at your own risk.”

– Michael Graber, Managing Partner, Southern Growth Studio

“A wonderful new tool for those feeling ‘stuck' with old approaches and business processes that are no longer effective.”

– Max Thelen, Former CEO, Filter

“Proven strategies from market innovators? Check. Step-by-step guides to structure your exploration? Check. Innovative visual explanations to engage and inspire? Triple-Check. If you're a market-maker, don't miss this book.”

– Kevin Tate, Cofounder, StepChange Group

“The Art of Opportunity is an innovation cocktail with a nice twist of visual thinking that will inspire application and growth.”

– Jim Wallace, Global Head of Agency Strategy and Management, Hewlett Packard

“What a bold and compelling book! It offers a thought-provoking new perspective on strategy and some important food for thought on how to discover and seize new opportunities. The strengths of The Art of Opportunity lie in its practical approach to validate strategies. It does not just claim that experimentation is important but shows how you can actually validate a strategy through experimentation. Bravo!”

– Anja Förster and Peter Kreuz, Best-Selling Authors, Entrepreneurs and Angel Investors

“A fresh approach to business design thinking that should give executives, decision makers, and leaders of strategic initiatives plenty of ideas for improving outcomes and delivering value.”

– Aaron Smith, Editor, ProjectsAtWork.com

“The Art of Opportunity is a beautifully crafted piece of work, so richly illustrated that at times I felt like I was reading a graphic novel. It is packed with fresh and varied case studies, most of which I hadn't come across before. But more importantly, this book is really useful. Whether you're an entrepreneur in the first throes of wrestling with a business idea, or a seasoned strategist at a large organization looking for new paths toward new opportunities, this is one of those rare how-to guides that actually overdelivers on the how-tos. My own copy will be well thumbed, for sure.”

– Mark Barden, Coauthor, A Beautiful Constraint

“Strategy made fun! An innovative way of making strategic innovation come alive. This book will bring out the best of both the right and left half of your brain. Great for novice strategists and old hands alike.”

– Ron Meyer, Professor, Corporate Strategy Tias Business School, Tilburg University

“Growing a business is all about identifying and leveraging opportunities. But where to start? How to know where to look? This book not only makes you change your thinking, it gets you moving, too, with novel and practical exercises that provide managers with a customizable pathway to growth.”

– Professor Helen Perks, University of Nottingham, UK

“How to make something challenging and complex easier to understand [and], easier to do by breaking it down into manageable and clear tasks. This book gives you very practical steps and advice on building new initiatives.”

– Stuart Curley, Vice President Enterprise Architecture, Northgate IS

“For anyone trying to navigate the complexities of value creation, The Art of Opportunity gets to the heart of how to operationalize entrepreneurship and innovation as the real engines behind strategic growth.”

– Wayne A. Simmons and Keary L. Crawford, Authors, GrowthThinking: Building the New Growth Enterprise

“The Art of Opportunity provides a refreshing view on how to grow performance in an increasingly visual and collaborative world. It is compelling and simple and just what the business landscape needs. Worthy read.”

– Crystal Fernando, Head of Global Commercial Delivery, InterContinental Hotels Group

“A fantastic and beautiful design-thinking manifesto for the visual learner in all of us.”

– Matt Moog, CEO, PowerReviews

“Sniukas, Lee, and Morasky have crafted a beautiful, full-color journey to innovation that takes you from beginning to end. The engaging visuals draw you in to understand the approach, while the simple step-by-step instructions get the thoughts out of your head and ready to execute. A must-read for anyone looking to tackle an opportunity they have spotted.”

– C. Todd Lombardo, Chief Design Strategist, Fresh Tilled Soil; Coauthor, Design Sprint

“Step by step, The Art of the Opportunity encourages a fresh, visual look at how to deliver new value to customers.”

– Doug Van Aman, Principal, Van Aman Communications

“Sniukas, Lee, and Morasky have artfully made complicated strategic design principles accessible to anyone looking to grow or build a business. The Art of Opportunity is a visually engaging guidebook that helps businesses of any size tap into their creativity to develop effective business strategies.”

– Catherine Palmer, Senior Industry Marketing Manager, Autodesk, LLC.

“Whilst managing Apple Education in EMEA, we discovered the power and resilience of visual communications, giving us the ability to translate complex digital engagement into simple, informative and meaningful illustrations and graphics. Today, The Art of Opportunity helps move this work forward another important stage.”

– Alan Greenberg, Former Apple Director Education EMEA Currently Advisory Board of 8GT Fund

“The Art of Opportunity is a key innovation masterpiece that is going to help me with our work with intrapreneurs at the largest entertainment media companies in the world.”

– John Huffman IV, Founder, HUFFMAN CO

“The Art of Opportunity blazes a welcome trail to successful business growth.”

– Kevin O'Keefe, Business leader and bestselling author, The Average American

“Impactful and practical. An excellent guide for strategic reflection and action.”

– Omar Baig, Head of Digital, Knowledge and Information Service, OECD

“Being, Knowing, and Doing are must-have disciplines for any team to succeed. This book helps guide teams with crisp insights and methodologies to rapidly frame innovation projects.”

– Ed Soo Hoo, Industry Fellow, UC Berkeley Center for Entrepreneurship and Technology

“The Art of Opportunity clearly details how to achieve success through proven strategic innovation and visual thinking methodologies. The authors expertly plot a path along the journey based on years of experience in helping companies realize significant growth. Let great things happen to you by reading this book.”

– K.C. Teis, Vice President of Experience Design, Rackspace

“In working with over 150 SMEs in the last 12 months, I have found they want business support that is practical, visual, and guides them to make the right decisions by inspiration and example. The Art of Opportunity does this brilliantly. It brings key visual tools into one place and shows you how to use and implement them at every stage for your business' success. Excellent book, a must buy.”

– Mark Copsey, Director, RedKite Innovations; Growth coach and lecturer, Leeds Beckett University

“A clear and practical approach to uncovering growth opportunities hidden within your business and how to make them a reality and driving the top line.”

– Robert McKinnon, Former SVP and Head of PMO, InterContinental Hotels Group

“Destined to become ‘the bible' of incorporating business design thinking into building growth. It's a must-read.”

– Lars Crama, Chief Commercial Officer, InnoLeaps

“An easy-to-follow blueprint for customer-centric innovation to drive business growth. Had I had this book 10 years ago, I'd have saved tons on agency fees!”

– Heinz Waelchli, Chief Customer Officer at SnapAV

“It's not often a series of artful lateral choices are presented so elegantly that they can be pragmatically implemented like science. A must-read for leaders looking to innovate with their existing teams to create new value.”

– Shayne Smart, Founder, Geneva Conventions in Pictures

“Read this book with a pen in hand, because you'll want to start creating your next strategic innovation straight away. This practical guidebook to business design thinking will help you make the most of your customer opportunities.”

– Simon Terry, Chairman, Change Agents Worldwide

“Practical. Transformative. Actionable. Leaders should equip their staff with this innovative guide. Follow the instructions. Your business will grow.”

– Michael Neil, Former Director, Digital Marketing, Franklin Square Capital Partners

“The Art of Opportunity brings you the artful innovation approach to helping you discover new growth opportunities that you would expect given the title. The book contains many useful tools including some nice approaches to customer journey mapping and practical tools for workshop leaders. It also does a good job of making design thinking and growth planning accessible for the nonexpert innovator. Keep innovating!”

– Braden Kelley, Cofounder, InnovationExcellence.com, Author, Charting Change and Stoking Your Innovation Bonfire

“The question of how to effectively develop innovative business models with linkage to strategy innovation has remained unsolved – both in theory and in practice. This is one of the few books that unites the three components of strategy, business model innovations, as well as creativity techniques, by providing useful methods for corporate entrepreneurs.”

– Dr. Daniel Liedtke, COO, Hirslanden Private Hospital Group

“Sniukas, Lee, and Morasky provide a powerful framework that encourages and empowers readers to apply their own creativity to developing their growth strategy.”

– Robert Shepherd, Chief Development Officer and SVP Development, Design and Openings, Europe, InterContinental Hotels Group