‘Strategies, ideas and projects’ seems to be the core of innovation for most people. True innovation however, is aimed at capability, mindset and transformation of yourself and that of your organisation. Ideas, strategies and perhaps even scale will follow. First, one needs to practice. The anecdote of the image below is about Mischa Elman a…
Entropy is a bitch, and we’re all going to see the effects of it in 3, 2, 1 … Everybody is talking about the avalanche of new, cheaper, large language models (LLM’s) and other AI implementations. DeepSeek, also known as CheapSeek seems to stand out because it’s based on the ‘heavy lifting’ done by other…
START Designing WITH people! Stop designing AT them. 😅 Designers have been tasked with the optimization game for decades now. They filter the needs and behaviours of people through their filters, beit designer, or corporate filter, departmental politics, old fashioned principles, out dated business models, legislation and personal incentives. It’s time to stop eavesdropping and…
Why Do People Expect AI to Create Perfect (Accurate, Not Ideal) Images? I find that expectation a bit disappointing—a lack of imagination, really. Every time, we’re surprised by AI’s inaccuracies, by how it’s not real or doesn’t add up. But you could also say: “Cool, that’s beautiful inspiration.” With just a few words, AI makes…
In Amer’s Podcast I mentioned ‘metabolism’, an architecture movement with principles and perspective that might be applicable in my field of work (Innovation, Design and enterprise Design). Here’s some more information on that notion. See, I get a lot of inspiration from architecture in my quest to better articulate the things I see, but also…
Since the 60’s innovation, research has stagnated to almost zero because of all the bureaucracy that hampers focus, risk taking and yield quality. That’s one of the very poignant points of this wonderful video by physicist Sabine Hossenfelder. Not only does bureaucracy stagnate innovation, but also research, productivity and real breakthroughs. And there ironically is…
To create good policy, you need to understand what is happening, what the cause is, and for that, you need data. Unfortunately, much data is hidden in databases, reports and unconnected data lakes. It can be challenging to turn these data into insights. Data engineering, economic knowledge and storytelling helps with this, particularly by visualizing…
AI seems to have popped up in all our contracts with big companies like Microsoft, Adobe, Apple, Google. Like a trojan horse we are now confronted with the “same product, better taste” using AI, weather we like it or not, no matter the consequences. The way they introduced AI to us, changed the way we…
People and organisations seem to make poor, overly rational and most of all defensive decisions about their future. Identity Driven Progress is a tool to leverage your (corporate) identity in tech, innovation, design to gain focus and make great decisions, even if they turn our differently. The following story will explain why, what and how.…
Together with Ron Kersic, I produce and present a podcast on topics that most people don’t talk about. We call it the interstitium, the connecting tissue, highway, magic space where topics like innovation and design come together, similarly where business models, history and AI come together. Our conversations are informal and unrehearsed. You can find…
For Eraneos I’ve written this article about choosing the right innovation strategy. The article can be found on the Eraneos website. Below is my maintained article. Most of the communication and skills in the field of innovation are aimed at ‘discovery’. Discovery is about how to free yourself from your biases, daily grind and set…
For Eraneos I’ve co-written an article about the hidden innovation power of IT partners. Here in we also posited a new way to shape collaborations between various parties. This service of shaping said collaborations (partnerships) is what we also offered to our customers. This article is published on the Eraneos website: Gebruik de innovatiekracht van…
We started fall 2023 with a nice event and some afterthoughts. After being out of the digital agency game for almost 3 years, it was time to dive deep and see what the digital brands of tomorrow look like. These are my impressions of my visit to Emerce eDay 2023. Experience Building at scale eDay…
Improving the Customer Experience your organization provides takes time, but can we make our own journey a bit smarter? I think we can. It takes a quick scan to plot yourself, your team, your products and services on the ‘maturity map’, followed by a list of recommended improvements, learning tracks, internal and external stakeholder engagement…
Mini S-Curves are short conversations with Pierre de Wit and myself about what they see, think, and experience at events and conferences about innovation and positive progression. This podcast is fully produced by myself and hosted by Pierre de Wit and me. Here are the latest episodes (Dutch).
In response to a strategic plan, I wrote a transformation narrative, tailored to the needs of the Board of Directors, Management, and staff. Additionally, I created resources such as a book, game, and presentations. This project ran for 10 months. This is the typical production approach for narratives: At the request of the customer details…
As the executive producer and co-host of “The Next S-Curve” podcast I interview leaders, pioneers and experts in the field of innovation and positive progression. The podcast can be found on Spotify, Apple Podcast, Google Podcast, and of course the website of Eraneos.
I created a strategy and playbook for information to citizens on behalf of a department of the Dutch government. In this endeavor, I collaborated closely with the management team and a design team. This project has been an eight month research and design project where I collaborated with designers, data experts, behavioral experts and policymakers.…
Last week we had our first Petcha-Kucha-like gathering at our Anchormen office and it was a great start of a series to connect with colleagues we see less often than we like. We call it Re:Connect. We started with three short and inspiring presentations, followed by snacks and great conversations. Re:Connect is our way to…
While consulting for multiple business unitis within organisations I also design workshops, literally. This workshop is created to illustrate the little islands behaviour within the organisation and how to cope with the complexity of ownership, stakeholders and collaborations. I called it ‘Little islands’. The workshop is quite easy in structure and meant to facilitate discusion,…