Book review

How do you make decisions I am taking a bet that you spend very little time thinking about thinking or how and why you make the decisions you make. Let alone how you can use AI to do that even better and consistent. Books Once you have read “Principles“, you should be looking at your […]

Apart from all the questions, storytelling was the topic of discussion at our KPMG Private enterprise, Go-Global event in Drogheda. It is a topic close to my heart. Here are a few blogs I wrote about the subject: Business models and storytelling Leadership and storytelling How many believe your story? One of the participants pointed

Intrapreneurship accelerator I am currently working on the establishment of a green and sustainable intrapreneurship accelerator. The premise is that with climate change we are running out of time and startups are too slow to scale. The solution lies within startups from within large enterprises. Picked up “Creative construction, the DNA of sustained innovation”. Why

I have just finished a 3-day business retreat with Tibor.nl. This time Operation Breakthrough. Movement, mindset and business principles What happens when you combine movement, mindset and business principles with a retreat for 3 days with a group of 12 entrepreneurs and 5 very experienced coaches, whom all approach people and business from different angles

The monthly KPMG go-global event was in the Boxworks in Waterford this time. The participants A cracking mix of companies, from smart boating, video interviewing, waste, data, sensors, automated coaching, engineering to semantics, spectrometry and AI. Companies that are changing the world, with global ambition, disruption markets, have great products and services and genuinely are

Dat is de vraag die tibor.nl, je steeds stelt. Dat is waarom we bestaan. Want die combinatie creëert hele goede resultaten. Op dit moment zijn we aan het rekruteren voor Mankracht. Je kan nog mee. Vrijdag aanstaande hebben we weer een intake sessie. Stoics Twee stoics die, zoals Tibor het zo mooi zegt, binnen drie

How to get the best out of your staff? I am always a bit wary of books that use the template of one company as the success formula for every company. Books like “Blitzscaling“. As Freek Vermeulen and many others have explained, companies are too complex for a one size fits all approach. Powerful, building

Entrepreneurs are optimists Entrepreneurs and owner-managers are resilient and optimistic by nature. They have too. If it isn’t currency exchange, airport strikes, SARS, new legislation, a change in VAT, flooding, it is Brexit, cybercrime, recession, talent retention, climate change and a 1000 other things that can and will go wrong. Refreshing Which is why it is

Self-awareness is everything When you work with Tibor Olgers, you get the opportunity to work with lots of interesting people. On our latest Mankracht retreat, I had the pleasure of meeting Eelco Smit, the exit guru. The consigliere behind the scenes of some the major business deals in Holland. His key message; be self-aware. Lessons

There is a war going on. The war for your mind through the use of social media. Media weapons can be more potent than atomic bombs. Learn how to command and manipulate opinions, and you are capable of reshaping the fabric of the world. War Future conflicts will be won not by physical forces but