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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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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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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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 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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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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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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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. Accounting and finance act as if they control the business and are integral to generating revenue and profit. Mike Brown.

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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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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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Innovation 360 Group

JANUARY 1, 2016

Strategy and Business Development. Leadership. Innovation Management. Bachelor Degree, Corporate Finance and Strategic Management, Lund University, Sweden. Johannes has an entrepreneurial mindset and enjoys public speaking. Areas of expertise. Corporate Finance. Marketing and Communication.

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Innovation 360 Group

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. Areas of expertise.

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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. Areas of expertise.

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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

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

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

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. Volume 58, Issue 2 , March–April 2015 , Pages 173-182.

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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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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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Norbert Bol

APRIL 17, 2016

Looking at the new 10 year strategy of Facebook it is important for innovators and innovation networks that there is a global platfrom that can help in finding the right partners (“who”) and to work in closed groups. Based on the strategy of Facebook Inc., Partners are able to define and contribute (“what”).

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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 2, 2017

Last year the number of rearders of Strategy Blogs increased enourmously to 22,634 followers today. Dear readers, Best wishes for you in the new year 2017! The three blogs that were read most last year, were: 1) Knowledge sharing in project teams is important to go beyond your limitations. 2) Are you too busy to improve?

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Norbert Bol

JUNE 5, 2016

Theories of Knowledge Sharing Behavior in Business Strategy. When it comes to co-creation or innovation, it is the result of the interaction between people that are transferring their knowledge and are learning. Norbert Bol. Literature. M., & Asnawi, N. Procedia Economics and Finance 37 ( 2016 ) 545 – 553.

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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. Dear readers, Best wishes for you in the new year 2017! The three blogs that were read most last year, were: 1) Knowledge sharing in project teams is important to go beyond your limitations. 2) Are you too busy to improve?

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Norbert Bol

MAY 16, 2016

Understanding the social dynamics in online communities is useful as they are becoming part of company strategies towards innovation. Spending more time in the community contributes to being ahead in the market but also in becoming an opinion leader who is more confident to share innovation-related knowledge.

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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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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. In the current edition of Business Horizons there is an interesting article about secondary stakeholders and their growing influence. Definitions.

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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

JANUARY 24, 2016

Innovation is important in the entrepreneurial strategy processes to increase organizational performance. Innovation speed is essential to this performance as well, because when we define a new product or service there is a need to make it available to custumers fast to achieve first-mover advantages.

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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

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

2016) presented three models on supply chain sustainability: Reactive strategy Results are achieved through the implementation of sustainability codes of conduct with a focal company using assessment to measure the results. Relationships and leadership can be transactional and/or transformational. Gosling et al. Gosling, J.,

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Norbert Bol

FEBRUARY 24, 2019

On our way to becoming a green economy, we need products and services that have a positive impact on the environment and society. Companies are researching, developing and testing many environmental product and service innovations. Clausen et al.

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Norbert Bol

MAY 22, 2016

In 1962 Everett Rogers introduced the theory of the Diffusion of Innovation. This theory explains how, why, and at what rate new ideas and technology spread. Innovation and new ideas do not get adopted by the fact that it is a good idea. This is dependent on the innovation itself, communication channels, time, and the social system.

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Norbert Bol

MAY 29, 2016

Modern knowledge-based organizations face continuous challenges to remain competitive. These challenges today are driven by globalization, the possibilities of the internet and the increasing need for more sustainable products and services.

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Norbert Bol

APRIL 3, 2016

At the moment our economies are in the transition to become more greener economies because we need to reduce environmental damage. To make this change we can, as consumers, contribute by buying more green products and services.

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Norbert Bol

FEBRUARY 21, 2016

This month Larry Fink, the chief executive at BlackRock the world’s biggest investor with $4.6 trillion, sent a letter to the chief executives at S&P 500 companies and large European corporations to bring an end to a culture of short-termism and to focus on long term value creation. The appeal is not new, as other leading figures (e.g.

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