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Integrating corporate sustainability in strategic management

Norbert Bol

Based on a literature review of 114 peer-reviewed scientific journal articles it shows that sustainability is an important topic for managers but they just rarely consider it in strategic management. Many companies therefore still lack a strategic approach to integrating corporate sustainability into strategy. Literature.

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Strategic foresight: learning from Steve Jobs

Norbert Bol

Preparing for the future through strategic foresight, requires a combination of insights from the past, the present and the future. Paul Ricoeur developed a theory about narrative and time (see figure 1) to explain how we can build a coherent stories learning from the past, the present and the future.

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Embracing the Future: Fractional Executives and Generative AI

Tullio Siragusa

Generative AI refers to algorithms that can learn from data and generate original content, be it text, code, or strategic plans. A Real-World Example: The 20-Hour COO Let’s dig into a tangible example of how a fractional COO, leveraging Generative AI, manages to produce the equivalent of full-time results working only 20 hours a week.

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OKR: Learn all about Google’s management methodology

mjvinnovation

KPIs (key performance indicators) are management tools used to measure the level of performance and success of an organization or a specific process, focusing on the “how.” ” OKR is a goal-setting structure that creates alignment, clarity, and transparency, strategically managing KPIs’ change to desired values.

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Supply chain innovation – only through value creation!

Norbert Bol

These blogs triggered me to learn more about supply chain sustainability and learning in general. Therefore I have started the online course “Supply chain management: a learning perspective” by Professor Bowon Kim from the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST). Norbert Bol. Literature.

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Learning innovation from haute cuisine chefs

Norbert Bol

How do we learn to innovate and become successful entrepreneurs? 2016) that shows how top haute cuisine chefs innovate and are successful. Top haute cuisine chefs learn to innovate by vicarious learning. This is a type of social learning in which the individual learns through observation without directly.

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Learning from green innovation failures

Norbert Bol

Sustainability is increasingly seen as a driver for innovation. Many innovations however fail or did not succeed yet. In a recent article (Wicki, 2015) there is an interesting insight of a failed green innovation and the lessons that can be drawn from this example for those who want to seize business opportunities in the green economy.