This document provides an overview of the St. Gallen Business Model Navigator methodology for innovating business models. It discusses how most new business models are recombinations of existing ideas and components, and that innovating a business model is challenging due to mental barriers around existing industry logic.
The methodology is a 3-step process: 1) Initiate by analyzing the current business model and opportunities/threats, 2) Ideate using "pattern cards" representing 55 existing successful business model patterns to spur new ideas, 3) Implement the most promising ideas. The methodology was developed based on research of 250 business models and applied successfully in workshops with various companies.