This spring, Bernd Mintjes and I started a 100-day service. The reason was that we saw many good companies that missed the ability to execute and, as a result, were not reaching their full potential. In short, the idea is a 10; the execution is a 6 (or less). The process We selected 6 entrepreneurs and started […]
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I have been doing the mind-candy for the last month. Lots of technology trends at a speed that is unprecedented. Mind-blowing even. But it is the soft stuff that is going to make the impact. Technology I don’t have to tell you that these rapid technological developments are going to impact your business model. Cyber
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To keep my clients up to date and help them with strategy and scenario planning, I follow a large number of information feeds. These are my highlight for 24–27 November 2021: Genetically Modified Tiny Worms Can Detect Pancreatic Cancer at an Early Stage https://interestingengineering.com/genetically-modified-tiny-worms-can-detect-pancreatic-cancer-at-an-early-stage? Using modified animals as a sensor. The possibilities. FarmSense Smart Trap
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BUILDING THE IN-COMPANY CHANGE MUSCLE, intrapreneurship, innovation, transformation and strategy, 24 books, 255 questions, lots of tips, tools and lessons. You can buy the book here. Here it goes: Our problems are too big, startups, R and D, and innovation are too slow. Hence intrapreneurship. More output focussed, quicker and more clear (try defining innovation). With
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And suddenly it is the end of June. Summer has arrived. The time for a list of summer reading. At the risk of self-promoting (but that is sometimes the point of an article), you should consider reading a book about books. 28 books for the price of one. Some mind candy. Buy “The power of the mind“. Because it
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It is time for an anti-sameness movement. Let me explain. Yesterday I did a workshop for Qredits about “future-focussed entrepreneurship“. Part of a 6 series programme where Bernd Mintjes or myself deliver the last and final session, focussing on the 100-day plan. It is a true pleasure to work with entrepreneurs and SMEs and help them to think differently.
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The power of the mind I am intrigued by the power of the mind. I always was, I have read extensively about self-awareness, Buddhism, spirituality, hypnosis, etc. Books that I will never forget are “The Celestine Prophecy”, “The road less travelled”, “Life and Teaching of the Masters of the Far East” and “The monk who
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Transformation is the new black. It is very hard to do. There’s a lot of things written about transformation. Most of the literature about transformation is a bit simplistic. If you do this, they do this, this, this, and this and you’re sorted. That’s just not ever going to be the case. Organisations are complex systems, where
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It is nearly Xmas again, and it is time to reflect (again). I decided to go back through all the blogs I wrote and share some of the lessons I learned this year. The first blog of 2020 was this. Covering storytelling, the information dashboard and reinvention of your business model. COVID That was before COVID.
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I had the pleasure of talking to Chris Obdam, the founder and CEO of Betty Blocks. Not only is he one of the citizen development pioneers, but he is also from the same home village, and his mum and my mum know each other. We use the same barber. The barber is my brother. You
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