Management Drives App – Individual Profile Remo Knops

In this article I will share my thoughts on the management drives experience and the resulting MD assessment and my individual profile. I noticed the Management Drives Experience on the LinkedIn feed of Arne Essers, HR Adviseur at Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek and Team Coach at Punt Komma Coaching. Brief introduction to Management Drives “Drives are … Read more

Operating Model Canvas book review – Andrew Campbell, Mikel Gutierrez, Mark Lancelott

Operating Model Canvas – Aligning operations and organization with strategy is the title of the latest book of Andrew Campbell, Mikel Gutierrez, Mark Lancelott. The look and feel is very much like the Business Model Generation handbook from Alexander Osterwalder, Yves Pigneur Alan Smith, Patrick Van der Pijl and Tim Clark.

I this book review I will get you through the Operating Model Canvas book structure, the Operating Model Canvas Toolbox and compare it with the Business Model Canvas and Process Model Canvas. Finally I will give a business analysis view on the Operating Model Canvas.

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Design a Better Business – Book review

Design a Better Business is the result of a hunderd-day-race of Patrick van der Pijl from Business Models Inc, Justin Lokitz from Business Models San Francisco and  Lisa Kay Solomon co-author of the bestseller Moments of Impact. Designers Maarten van Lieshout and  Erik van der Pluijm completed the Design a Better Business (book)team.

Based on the design thinking model (double loop) various must-have tools, skills and case studies are discussed for each phase in the model. So let’s dive into the book structure first and see if the highly visual work book consumes as easy as the Business Model Generation Handbook.

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Curiosity Profile Assessment – Harvard Business Review

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“.

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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.

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