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Corporate Effectuation Book Review (Thomas Blekman)

November 28, 2011 By Remo Knops Leave a Comment

A few weeks ago I was reviewing the contents of the Venturelab workshop Effectuation by professor Saras Sarasvathy, to see if I could apply the effectual principles for personal development. In this process I got connected via Twitter with Thomas Blekman, a part-time lecturer in Corporate Effectuation and Strategy at Rotterdam School of Management Erasmus University Rotterdam, who recently published the book Corporate Effectuation.In the article below I will write down my thoughts and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: ENTREPRENEURSHIP Tagged With: Business Model, Effectuation, ENTREPRENEURSHIP, Granularity, Innovation, Reframing

Windows Phone 7 Companion review (Matthew Miller, 2010) – Tips, Tricks & Tools for better Understanding Windows Phone 7

February 1, 2011 By Remo Knops 2 Comments

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Matt Miller, Editor of ZDNet Smartphones & Cell Phones blog and one of my international Möbius friends has published the book "Windows Phone 7 Companion" on Wiley. I've been fortunate to receive a signed (!!!) review copy of the book, and the overall conclusion is that I'm very impressed with the incredible amount of detail that Matt was able to include in the book.A little while ago I wrote an extensive 5000-word review about the core OS features of Windows Phone 7 on MobilityMinded. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: BOOKS Tagged With: Book, Windows Phone 7

Steve van Wyk, CIO ING Bank – Building the preferred bank (with technology) !

October 25, 2010 By Remo Knops Leave a Comment

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Stress, the University of Twente’s largest study association, organized an awesome guest-lecture with Steve van Wyk, CIO @ ING Bank. The theme of the lecture is "Challenges @ ING" and one of the topics is the merger of the Postbank and ING, the challenges that came with it and how they were overcome. In this article I will provide some of the interesting topics from the lecture, and for those who haven't attended this lecture you really missed a great opportunity to have a detailed … [Read more...]

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Filed Under: BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION Tagged With: CIO Lecture, ENTREPRENEURSHIP, Future Mapping, Innovation, Scenario Planning, Steve van Wyk, Technology

Microsoft Docs – Microsoft Office 2010 Web Apps + Facebook > Google Docs ?

April 27, 2010 By Remo Knops 2 Comments

Last week Facebook announced the release of Microsoft Docs -a collaborative project of Microsoft and Facebook- during the Facebook F8 conference. In addition to the Microsoft Docs introduction of Lili Cheng, General Manager of FUSE Labs, you can read the following description of Microsoft Docs on the Fuse Labs website: "Discover. Create. Share. Now you can discover, create, and share Microsoft Office documents with your Facebook friends. Built using Microsoft Office 2010 – Docs … [Read more...]

Filed Under: ENTREPRENEURSHIP, OPEN INNOVATION, WINDOWS Tagged With: Facebook, Google Docs, Microsoft Docs, Microsoft Office 2010, Office 2010 Web Apps