Book review

Good storytelling is important 1. The human brain was never equipped to operate in an information environment that moves at the speed of light. On the internet, virality is inseparable from reality. 2. When we do not know, or when we do not know enough, we tend always to substitute emotions for thoughts. Building blocks […]

Eddy de Heij recommended “Blitzscaling, The Lightning-Fast Path to Building Massively Valuable Companies” Studying the exceptions and making it into a model? After reading the first chapter, I send him an e-mail: Hi Eddy, Just finished the first chapter. The book sets a lot of conditions: * Access to risk capital from VCs with huge risk

I had the pleasure of doing a talk for Quadia as part of the Video Bootcamp. My role was to put video in the context of storytelling, strategy and the future. Video? Usually, when I do a session, I start with a key question. In this case; video? Answer; yes! Or as a better answer;

“Utopia for Realists: And How We Can Get There” is a policy version of “Black box thinking”. Rutger Bregman would like Freek Vermeulen, a fellow Dutchman and is likely to be a fan of Naseem Taleb. A lot of things we believe to be true are false. Particularly in science, economy and medicine. Look up

As associates of the Content Providers, we are running a number of inspiration sessions on (video) storytelling together with Quadia. Location is Hilversum, Holland, on 18 and 23 January. If you are interested, have a look here. You need to book. Not sure if there are any place left. Talk triggers In preparation, I read

“Breaking the habit of being yourself” is a great  book about your mind, brain imaging, neuroplasticity, epigenetics, psychoneuroimmunology, quantum entanglement, neurochemicals, and meditation The power of the mind You need to embrace the concept that your (subjective) mind has an effect on your (objective) world. The latest research supports the notion that we have a

I can think of no better, optimistic, uplifting book than “Moonshots: Creating a World of Abundance”. It has everything. Science, future, entrepreneurship, innovation, mindset, sustainability, leadership. It will cheer you up no end. Abundance I have never dreamed of a book. Until “Moonshots”. The question that kept coming through was; what if we had an

I picked up “The Four: The Hidden DNA of Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Google”.  Power corrupts A while ago I read “The internet is not the answer”. About the beginnings of winners take all. Google, Facebook, Apple and Amazon are now near monopolies. You need to think about that. Power corrupts. The good, the bad

KPMG Private enterprise organised their second “How to” about going global, this time in Dublin. I am the lucky person that is asked to moderate. Like the event in Cork, we had a great mix of companies in data, ICT, food, pharma, engineering, marketing, media, consultancy and anything in between. Dovetailed by experts from KPMG,

It is time to embrace your inner rebel. That is the message of “Rebel Talent: Why it Pays to Break the Rules at Work and in Life”. Commodity hell You are likely operating in commodity hell and are part of the middle. You are probably also part of the 80% whose romantic or close relationship