Norbert Bol

FEBRUARY 25, 2018

The blog “ the sustainability innovation paradox ” triggered quite some discussions the last few weeks on the role of governments in innovations. There are hierarchical, competitive and collaborative strategies. Collaborative innovation in the public sector: the argument. Public Management Review , 1-11.

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BrainZooming

DECEMBER 4, 2017

General managers and non-financial executives are placed in unfamiliar and poorly-performed accounting roles. Budget meetings are not integrated with strategic planning and business strategy. If you enjoyed this article, subscribe to the free Brainzooming blog email updates.

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Meeting Strategic Thinking eBook Strategic Management 94

BrainZooming

JULY 11, 2017

As I explained it, our objective when leading a strategic planning process is to make sure the result is an innovative, implementable strategy. 9 Things to Deliver in a Strategic Planning Process. That specific phrase (an innovative, implementable strategy) is very important to a strategic planning process.

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BrainZooming

FEBRUARY 12, 2016

There are a couple of different ways to apply structure to strategic planning exercises : You can enforce using templates and forms participants have to complete so their answers are uniformed and structured. This means there is no opportunity for productive collaboration to devise the plan.

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BrainZooming

SEPTEMBER 19, 2016

It is time for strategic planning across organizations. To make it a little easier to track down ideas for how you can approach developing strategy this year, here are nineteen Brainzooming articles filled with 113 techniques and ideas for improving your organization’s strategic planning process. Mike Brown. Mike Brown.

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BrainZooming

SEPTEMBER 9, 2016

Look at how many strategies and tactics you actually implemented this year, and use that as the threshold for how deeply detailed your plan for next year should be. If you have a bunch of unimplemented strategies and tactics for this year that are still sound, simply use those for next year’s plan. Mike Brown.

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BrainZooming

JULY 6, 2016

Innovation Strategy. This Brainzooming mini-book, “Results – Creating Strategic Impact” unveils ten proven lessons leaders can use to boost collaboration, meaningful strategic conversations, and results. Increase focus for your team with productive strategy questions everyone can use.

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BrainZooming

SEPTEMBER 21, 2016

Want to hang out with some of the Brainzooming crew in San Francisco next week and learn all kinds of valuable information on content marketing, social media, marketing strategy, and branding? I’ll be doing workshops on content marketing and collaborative branding strategy. Keep reading for the code!

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Norbert Bol

JANUARY 2, 2017

Last year the number of rearders of Strategy Blogs increased enourmously to 22,634 followers today. The three blogs that were read most last year, were: 1) Knowledge sharing in project teams is important to go beyond your limitations. Working smarter and greener: Collaborative knowledge sharing in virtual global project teams.

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Norbert Bol

JANUARY 1, 2017

Last year the number of rearders of Strategy Blogs increased enourmously to 22,634 followers today. The three blogs that were read most last year, were: 1) Knowledge sharing in project teams is important to go beyond your limitations. Working smarter and greener: Collaborative knowledge sharing in virtual global project teams.

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BrainZooming

JUNE 20, 2017

Do you dread strategy meetings ? Really, we’re among friends, so you can be completely truthful in your answer: Do you REALLY, REALLY DREAD strategy meetings? Every executive dreads strategic planning. 80 Fun Strategic Planning Activities and Ideas! We’ve been facilitating fun strategic planning activities for years.

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Norbert Bol

JANUARY 22, 2017

Although there were many topics discussed at the World Economic Forum that relate to the topics that are used in Strategy Blogs, I would like to share two interesting discussions about innovation, which are: Maintaining innovation and the Strategic Update: The Future of Innovation.

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Norbert Bol

MARCH 11, 2018

In this Strategy Blog I follow up on the topic of gamification. Based on their research Malshe & Friend (2018), created six supplier strategies to deal with these specific situations (see figure). In this blog I shall not go into detail about the six supplier strategies related to co-creation (please read the article).

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hackerearth

DECEMBER 29, 2017

Although enterprise collaboration software market has been around for over 20 years, innovation management software is a specialized segment that helps companies guide and support their innovation process. What is innovation management software (IMS)? What are the types of enterprise innovation management solutions?

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hackerearth

DECEMBER 29, 2017

Although the enterprise collaboration software market has been around for over 20 years, innovation management software is a specialized segment that helps companies guide and support their innovation process. What is innovation management software (IMS)? What are the types of enterprise innovation management solutions?

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Norbert Bol

SEPTEMBER 27, 2015

In the recent blog Innovation through collaboration some important conditions were presented how people with different expertise can work together to develop innovative ideas, such as being open to innovative work, respecting others and willing to learn. Strategy & Leadership , 43 (5), 24-31. Norbert Bol. Literature.

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Norbert Bol

APRIL 14, 2019

There are however other possibilities to implement green technologies or sustainability where different sources of capital are being used and/or better financial metrics can apply also in a degrowth scenario (see also my blog Degrowth is more than an oxymoron? ), where profitability is aligned with decreasing consumption. Norbert Bol.

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Norbert Bol

SEPTEMBER 4, 2016

The coming Strategy Blogs shall be focused more on sustainability-oriented innovations. The future blogs and discussions on the social media shall be tagged as #sustainnovate. If you have any suggestions or best practices please leave a reply underneath this blog or send me an email (StrategyBlogs@outlook.com).

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Norbert Bol

APRIL 14, 2019

There are however other possibilities to implement green technologies or sustainability where different sources of capital are being used and/or better financial metrics can apply also in a degrowth scenario (see also my blog Degrowth is more than an oxymoron? ), where profitability is aligned with decreasing consumption. Norbert Bol.

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PlanBox Innovation

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

In our two decades of collaboration with diverse organizations, we’ve observed shared characteristics that distinguish highly successful innovators from those contending with these obstacles. At the heart of the Future-Fit mindset is a commitment to collaboration that extends beyond the boundaries of the organization.

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hackerearth

OCTOBER 16, 2017

Either way, businesses need to identify where they are going wrong because innovation as a business strategy is here to stay. Once a well-defined innovation strategy that aligns with business goals is in place, the next step will entail managing it effectively. They design their strategy based on context.

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hackerearth

OCTOBER 16, 2017

Either way, businesses need to identify where they are going wrong because innovation as a business strategy is here to stay. Once a well-defined innovation strategy that aligns with business goals is in place, the next step will entail managing it effectively. They design their strategy based on context.

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Innovation Management Technical Review Management Software Review 40

Norbert Bol

JUNE 19, 2022

As we discussed in the previous blog , a key element to learning is the strategy that participants in the supply chain pursue. In the previous blog there was a poll question about the strategy. More collaborative strategies, such as contributive strategies and pro-active strategies, are less usual as the poll indicates.

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Norbert Bol

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

In my previous blog the state of supply chain sustainability in real estate was discussed based on the latest report of Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Included in the blog was a poll question to hear your opinion about the state of supply chain sustainability of the real estate industry compared to other industries.

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Norbert Bol

FEBRUARY 4, 2018

I have mentioned the company in Strategy Blogs a few times related to suf fi ciency-driven business and positive marketing. In their research they used as a case study the American clothing company Patagonia that sells outdoor clothing marketed as sustainable. Patagonia however does not present itself as a degrowth-oriented company.

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