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First release of a "Toolkit"

The first Toolkit debuts with the motivations matrix, which is presented for the first time at the Frontiers of Interaction conference.

Platform Design Toolkit 2.0 Draft Release

After two years of field use, the Platform Design Toolkit Draft 2.0 is open for comments.

Platform Design Toolkit 2.0 Stable Release

After one year of being available and open for comments, the Platform Design Toolkit’s first stable release 2.0 is made available together with new branding and a User Guide, the toolkit takes for the first time the shape that still has now!

The first of a long series of Masterclasses is held in Bologna, it will be followed by Paris, Milan, Rome, Berlin, Munich, Amsterdam, Eindhoven, Barcelona, Madrid, Brussels, New York…and online.

Boundaryless is born!

Demand for help and training for the Platform Design Toolkit is growing worldwide: a new design practice is emerging. Platform Design Toolkit Creator Simone Cicero, internet pioneer and serial entrepreneur Lisa Gansky, and other senior practitioners cofounded Boundaryless SRL, an Italy-incorporated limited liability company, with the mission to promote, distribute, and develop the platform design toolkit and the related research worldwide.

Platform Opportunity Exploration Framework is released in Draft

The Platform Opportunity Exploration Guide is released for the first time as a draft, extending the traditional scope of the Platform Design Toolkit into landscaping and value chain analysis.

Collaboration with Haier Group starts

Boundaryless and Haier group kickstart a long-term collaboration to adopt Boundaryless open-source approach in democratizing and enhancing access to the radically innovative framework of organizing pioneered by the Chinese giant: Rendanheyi as an entrepreneurial, ecosystem driven way of organizing.

Platform Design Toolkit 2.2 is released

The Platform Design Toolkit 2.2 release is made available, with an updated Transaction Board, an updated User Guide, and the possibility to instantiate a virtual board for online collaboration for the first time.

The First Bootcamp

The first certification Bootcamp is held in Milan, it will be followed by Paris…and then by the transition to online programs due to the implications of the pandemic.

First 3EO Toolkit Release

Boundaryless releases the EEEO – Entrepreneurial Ecosystem Enabling Organization (now 3EO) Toolkit draft for the first time as a result of the collaboration with Haier.

Stable release of Platform Opportunity Exploration Guide

The Platform Opportunity Exploration Guide is finally released in a stable version after more than two years of field use across the world.

Stable release of the 3EO Toolkit 1.0

The 3EO Toolkit v 1.0 is released, together with an Adoption guide  after more than two years of use with partners and customers.

Release of the Platform Design Toolkit Product and Growth Guide

The Platform Design Toolkit – Platform Growth and Product Guide is released capitalising on several years of research of growth hacking, and platform-product design

Release of the Portfolio Map Canvas 

Inspired by Platform Organization principles and modern Product and Service portfolio management approaches, the Portfolio Map Canvas is released to provide a way to align customer needs, go-to-market strategies, and internal capabilities.

Boundaryless begins the transition towards building an AI-Native Operating System that makes Organizations Composable and Adaptable. The O2A standard (Open Organization Alliance) is launched alongside Orchestrion, an AI-powered software platform that implements the open standard.