On board of an airplane you are instructed to put on your own oxygen mask first, before helping others. It makes perfect sense: if you can’t breathe, you can’t help […]
Andrew Shipilov is an Associate Professor of Strategy and Akzo Nobel Fellow at INSEAD. At INSEAD, Prof. Shipilov teaches and directs executive education programs on competitive strategy, collaborative strategy and […]
Jeff made it quite difficult for me in our coaching conversation. He was a difficult leader to coach, who wanted to bail out of his leadership development process. After all, […]
Do you recognize those moments when you know you need to do something, but somehow you’re stuck? You can’t get it done, creativity is letting you down, you find all […]
Communication: the act or process of using words, sounds, signs, or behaviors to express or exchange information or to express your ideas, thoughts, feelings, etc., to someone else* It sounds […]
“It feels like August” sighed the woman, while she settled down on a bench. At that moment we walked past her; we just completed a 15km walk in beautiful weather, […]
Are you struggling with your personal transformation?
One of the most intense forms of transformation known to us, is probably the transformation of a coy Caterpillar into a majestic Butterfly. However, transformation is not just in nature, […]
Last week I had some great experiences standing in front of two totally different audiences. One was lecturing for a group of people from local governments and healthcare, the other […]
Last Wednesday, I presented about “Innovation through Collaboration” to a group of entrepreneurs from the glasshouse horticulture industry. To shake things up, I started my presentation with an “old” example […]
Do you realize that the alliance management function is essential to the success of your partnerships? Some of you will answer to this question with a resounding “Yessss!”. If you […]
You probably know that I have a thing for Volvo’s. I’m actually driving my 14th Volvo: a ’98 Volvo 940 Estate. You know the type: those box shaped station wagons. […]
Somehow it seems that every week has it’s own theme. Last week started of with a few conversations where the word “focus” claimed the conversation. Monday evening the focus shifted […]
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