Norbert Bol

JUNE 26, 2016

Leadership can be found at any level of an organization. This means that you don’t have to be a manager to be a leader. Diverse teams are more successful and innovative than homogeneous teams, as diverse team are better at managing opportunities and threats to create more success in a sustainable way. Norbert Bol.

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BrainZooming

DECEMBER 4, 2017

They are handled out of context strategically , looking at the business by department instead of by initiative. 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. Mike Brown.

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BrainZooming

APRIL 11, 2017

We worked with a client to facilitate an information technology strategy vision. From before the engagement’s launch until near the completion, we asked for strategy documents spelling out corporate priorities, objectives, and expectations. Despite repeated requests, no one ever surfaced this type of strategy document.

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BrainZooming

MAY 16, 2017

Typical complaints about a strategic planning process. If you have a role in strategic planning, do any of these describe your situation? You have a strategic plan completed by a small senior leadership team. The executive director, on the other hand, is not inclined to want to complete a strategic plan.

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Tullio Siragusa

APRIL 15, 2024

This model is particularly beneficial for startups and small to medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) that require strategic leadership but may not have the resources to support a full-time executive position. This allows the COO to make swift adjustments to financial strategies, ensuring the company’s healthy financial standing.

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Focused Momentum

APRIL 17, 2019

A mission statement can inspire and fulfill a unique role in your strategic management toolkit , but they often play a boring role in the organizations that have them. It is because when given the chance, groups tend to want to spend our precious strategic thinking time wordsmithing.

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Norbert Bol

JULY 23, 2016

In this Strategy Blog I would like to share with you the blogs of CEO’s that I follow because they also discuss strategic management issues. CEO Blog – Time Leadership by Jim Estill CEO of Canrock Capital. Ben’s Blog by Ben Horowitz, CEO of Andreessen Horowitz. CraigConnects by Craig Newmark, Founder of Craiglist.

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PlanBox Innovation

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

To harness the power of innovation effectively, organizations must navigate the intricate world of intellectual property (IP) management, a process that involves safeguarding novel ideas, inventions and creations while optimizing business potential.

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PlanBox Innovation

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

To harness the power of innovation effectively, organizations must navigate the intricate world of intellectual property (IP) management, a process that involves safeguarding novel ideas, inventions and creations while optimizing business potential.

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Management Innovation Innovation Processes Culture of Innovation 52

Innov8rs

MARCH 26, 2023

Innov8rs | Making strategy behind closed doors is a prescription for failure when disruptions are coming from all directions. Formulating and executing a sound organizational strategy is complex. Strategy is often made by elite teams and can thus be limited by their biases about competitors, customer needs, and market forces.

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Norbert Bol

JULY 10, 2016

After my last blog about shared leadership I received many votes and many positive reactions. Especially about leadership that can be found everywhere at any level in an organization. Most of the readers agree that leadership is not just a function where you sit, but is more about what you do and how you do it.

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CMOE

AUGUST 21, 2019

This is the fourth installment of a four part series about leadership quotes. This section will cover inspirational quotes about strategic management. The post Strategy Quotes Part 4 appeared first on CMOE.

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BrainZooming

APRIL 12, 2016

That’s not the way to advance an internal branding strategy. The question was what to do to get the leadership team comfortable with actually being casual and approachable on camera. My suggestion for these videos to have an impact on their internal branding strategy? D ownload Your Free Internal Branding Strategy eBook!

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Norbert Bol

FEBRUARY 28, 2016

Formulating a sustainability strategy can be a challenging task. Implementing the strategy in an organization is even a bigger challenge. Engert & Baumgartner (2016) have added communication (internal and external) as a new factor relevant for a successful implementation of sustainability strategies. Norbert Bol. Literature.

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Innovation 360 Group

JANUARY 1, 2016

He has an international management profile that he solidified during his work at the Swedish American Chamber of Commerce in New York, which provided him with an extensive network of contacts. Strategy and Business Development. Leadership. Innovation Management. Areas of expertise. Corporate Finance.

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Innovation 360 Group

APRIL 29, 2017

Commercial Manager. Saif is a resourceful professional specialized in Innovation Management with a bias toward action and influence change. Innovation Management. Investment Managing. IP- Strategy and Licensing. Leadership and Change Management. Quality Management, Lean, Six Sigma and TQM.

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Innovation 360

APRIL 29, 2017

Saif is a resourceful professional specialized in Innovation Management with a bias toward action and influence change. Innovation Management. Investment Managing. IP- Strategy and Licensing. Leadership and Change Management. Quality Management, Lean, Six Sigma and TQM. Commercial Officer Gulf.

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Norbert Bol

MARCH 29, 2015

Sustainability strategy in constrained economic times “ The different articles in this special edition all focus on the sustainability behavour of companies in tough times. Companies have used their sustainability strategy to maximize strategic value by focussing more on the real customer needs and reduce costs.

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Norbert Bol

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

Arguments for this lower score are that the real estate industry is a very fragmented industry where every building is relatively unique, capital intensive, composed of many different components which are put together on site and the management of buildings during the life cycle is organized in various ways depending on the ownership and use.

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Qmarkets

AUGUST 2, 2024

It also plays a significant role in career advancement, as employees who regularly contribute innovative ideas are often recognized for their creativity and potential leadership qualities. By strategically managing ideation, businesses can ensure that the best ideas are not only recognized but also developed and implemented effectively.

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Norbert Bol

MARCH 6, 2016

Last week I wrote in StrategyBlogs that bridging the gap between strategy formulation and strategy implementation is possible through a true dialogue with your stakeholders. Managing the increasing number of stakeholders, is of course a challenge for companies. Definitions.

Management 40

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Norbert Bol

JANUARY 17, 2016

In line with the earlier Strategy Blogs this year this attitude is based on the underlying human and environmental values, and shows through leading by example. For ethical business leaders and managers it is important to guide the company in the right direction by fostering an innovative-sustainability-based attitude. Michel, J.

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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

FEBRUARY 21, 2015

Most response strategies that are used during a crisis are still quite defensive such as ‘justification’, ‘full apology,’ ‘excuse’, ‘scapegoating,’ and ‘denial’. Sometimes these defensive strategies are not effective and can be even quite harmful for the organization. Grégoire, Y., Salle, A., & Tripp, T. Business Horizons.

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Norbert Bol

MAY 16, 2016

The International Journal of Information Management will publish in the August 2016 edition an article (Hau & Kang, 2016) that reveals more insight in the role that lead users have in these online user-communities. International Journal of Information Management , 36 (4), 520-530.

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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. International Journal of Information Management , 37 (1), 1441-1448. Dear readers, Best wishes for you in the new year 2017! 2) Are you too busy to improve? 3) The future of sustainability. Literature. Olaisen, J., & Revang, O.

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Norbert Bol

SEPTEMBER 27, 2015

Strategy & Leadership , 43 (5), 24-31. Perhaps the future lies in creating companies that are ‘the stage’ for innovative collaboration. Norbert Bol. Literature. Continuous innovation: unleashing and harnessing the creative energies of a willing and able community.

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Norbert Bol

APRIL 17, 2016

To answer this question, I will use the upcoming article in June 2016 in the International Journal of Information Management about information management for innovation networks. Related to the coordination of innovation processes there is not much to conclude about this topic in the strategy of Facebook for the next ten years.

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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. International Journal of Information Management , 37 (1), 1441-1448. Dear readers, Best wishes for you in the new year 2017! 2) Are you too busy to improve? 3) The future of sustainability. Literature. Olaisen, J., & Revang, O.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 29, 2015

Without any formal authority or role in organizational strategy, Brian drove broad change across the company. In our view, Brian’s work is an excellent demonstration of strategic leadership. But Brian’s accomplishment challenges conventional definitions of strategic leadership.

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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. Norbert Bol. Literature. Gurd, B., & Helliar, C.

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Norbert Bol

MARCH 14, 2015

The scientific journal Organizational Dynamics is preparing a special issue about “The leadership imperative for sustainability and corporate social responsibility” In other words what is the responsibility for sustainability of business leaders? Some view it as a mission that drives strategy others see is as a burden.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 5, 2011

It also knows that firms can shape this part of the business environment through deliberate strategies. First, drawn-out litigation could divert top management attention and cause serious reputation damage. How much more depends on how skillfully the company manages the challenge. The real threat is twofold.

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Norbert Bol

MARCH 28, 2016

Last week I wrote in my Strategy Blog ‘ Creating more value in services ‘, that more value can be created in services when ecosystem services are included. Industrial Marketing Management. It has always been my conviction that in these complex challenges more value can be delivered by teams that have enough diversity. . &

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Norbert Bol

JULY 31, 2016

For the readers of Strategy Blogs I have made a selection of the 2016 non fiction books from the list McKinsey published as they are related to the themes of Strategy Blogs. Last week McKinsey published an interesting list of books that CEOs read during the summer holdiday season. I have put the selected titles in my favourite order.

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Norbert Bol

MARCH 20, 2016

What is behind the leadership shift in sustainable development from politicians to CEOs? An Ecosystem Service-Dominant Logic?–Integrating Integrating the ecosystem service approach and the service-dominant logic. Journal of Cleaner Production. Zoeteman, B. Environmental Development , 8 , 113-130.

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Norbert Bol

JANUARY 31, 2016

Last week in Strategy Blogs we discussed the topic of innovation speed and how this positively relates to organizational performance. Next week in Strategy Blogs: Stakeholder co-creation during innovation. Decisiveness can be described as the ability to decide with speed and clarity. Norbert Bol. Literature. Gorddard, R., Colloff, M.

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