Harvard Business Review published the Curiosity Profile Assessment a little while ago. Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic, a professor of Business Psychology at University College London, states that curiosity is a vital quality for “people who ask smart questions, explore new ideas and solutions, and are eager to grow“.
Gallup StrengthsFinder 2.0 – Book review
I’ve purchased the book Gallup StrengthsFinder 2.0 and participated in the StrengthsFinder online assessment. The resulting report really provided me with helpful insights for my professional- and personal development. I was tipped about the StrengthsFinder 2.0 assessment by Julie Brown, Talent Development Manager at Microsoft.
Who moved my cheese ? (Johnson) Book review
In this article I will review the book “Who moved my Cheese?” – An amazing way to deal with change in your work and in your life. It is one of the most successful business books ever and written by Spencer Johnson co-author of The One Minute Manager ~ (Blanchard & Johnson, 1983) and The One Minute Sales Person ~ (Johnson & Wilson, 1984).
Peter F. Drucker – Managing Oneself
As the result of looking a Corporate Effectuation from a personal development perspective, I came across the Managing Oneself Harvard Business Review article from Peter F. Drucker. In this article I will provide a quick overview of Drucker’s main focus points to manage oneself.
Steve van Wyk, CIO ING Bank – Building the preferred Bank
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 look at the technology-side of ING.
The One Minute Sales Person (Johnson & Wilson, 1984)
Back in march of this year I published a short book review of a bestseller The One Minute Manager (Blanchard & Johnson, 1983) which has sold over 13 million copies. As you can read in the conclusion I decided to look for another book in the One Minute series: The One Minute $ales Person -more sales in less time with less stress-.
Möbius Conference 2009 (Seattle, United States) – Short Trip Report
In November it was time for the annual invitation-only Mobius conference, and I was one of the very fortunate ones to be invited for this great event. The Möbius conference 2009 was held in Seattle, and I was very excited about my visit to one of the top 10 tech cities in the world.
In this article I will provide a short section with background information about Möbius, and than focus on this year’s Möbius conference and the discussed contents (which I’m allowed to share).
Business Model Generation – A handbook for Visionaries, Game Changers and Challengers
Back in June 2009 I visited the “Business Model Innovation Knowledge Fair and Book Launch” in Amsterdam, where a first (prototype)version of the Business Model Generation (hand)book was launched by Alex Osterwalder and his team. Furthermore I was able to meet the book-team as well as over 100 business model practitioners from 13 different countries there.
The One Minute Manager (Blanchard & Johnson, 1983)
The One Minute Manager has sold over 13 million copies and has been translated into 37 languages, which proves that a good and interesting book doesn’t have to be thick. With just 110 pages it provides a lot of information and examples to think about, and compare those with real-life situations. I found this book in relation to the “Getting Things Done” methodology, and ordered it right away. In the article below I provide a brief summary and my personal thoughts about the contents of this book.
Workshop Effectuation by Professor Saras Sarasvathy @ VentureLab Twente
I already wrote about the VentureLab Twente concept, but now it was time for the first three day training covering several interesting topics of venturing. This article will focus on an excellent one-day workshop effectuation, lectured by Professor Saras Sarasvathy.
Let’s first start with the definition of effectuation, before we take a dive into the details and research-backgrounds, as well as an overview of the Venture Training.