If you liked Osterwalder et al.’s Business Model Canvas and Value Proposition Design, you’ll also want to spend time with this one. All three books have a light and engaging tone and are co-created with practitioners. But Operating Model Canvas picks up where the earlier books leave off, taking the thinking about activities, resources, and partners to the next level. It’s critical for making a business model work.

Andrew Campbell and co-authors have focused on the left-hand side of the Business Model Canvas for creating an Operating Model Canvas. Their canvas consists of components such as locations, organization structure, people models, information systems and performance management systems. The book contains illustrations and worked examples, and has a nice landscape design. Let yourself be charmed by the thoughts, practical techniques and case studies proposed by the authors.