VroomVroom and Bee is a business fable, telling the harsh truth on why some companies prosper while others go bankrupt. It provides insight into a well-known problem within most companies: the departments, the managers and the processes seem to be more of more importance than the one person enabling the existence of the entire company: the customer. For if the customer decides to stop buying at your company and leaves for the competitor's, it effectively is firing all employees, up to and inc...

Agile practices have become the backbone of large companies, but Scrum Masters often grapple with the challenge of establishing and sustaining high performance. That's where this book comes in: The Little Book of Agile Wisdom is a distinctive and practical guide tailored for Scrum Masters and passionate Agile practitioners. Within its pages, you'll encounter 66 carefully selected quotes organized into six thematic areas. Each quote is complemented by an appropriate image and interpretation, e...

In the ever-changing world of business, innovators frequently encounter resistance. Hearing 'NO' from superiors, investors, and colleagues can be very discouraging. But there’s hope! In his groundbreaking new book, renowned author Gijs van Wulfen offers practical tools to overcome these barriers. Whether you are a visionary, entrepreneur, or trendsetter, this book provides clear strategies to gain the support of managers, investors, and customers, transforming your innovative ideas into rea...

What Do You Really Want? is a book designed for those who recognize that it’s time to change direction but find themselves uncertain what to do next. “My current occupation no longer aligns with who I want to be, and I’m eager for a transformation, yet I don’t know which steps to take first.”

If you find yourself uncertain about whether you’re in the right place, it doesn’t necessarily imply that you’re in the wrong job. In fact it’s more probable that you’re experiencing ...

Sounds familiar?

• You want to make a difference, but intangible forces seem to be working against you;

• New initiatives always seem to be trumped by established procedures;

• All-too-quickly you find yourself once again doing what you were so determined not to do;

• The fact that nothing ever really changes in the organisation makes you despondent.

Systems form everywhere. You yourself are part of a system, but you can exert influence on it. Hidden away under the guise of organisati...

In de wereld om ons heen vallen organisaties om en is er veel ontwrichting. Als we echter allemaal ons werk doen in de wereld en anderen ondersteunen om hún verschil te maken, dan vullen we ons deel in bij het helpen creëren van een wereld die wél werkt. Daar hebben we een nieuwe set vaardigheden en instrumenten voor nodig en bredere capaciteiten voor bewustzijn en perceptie.

Volgens Seale moeten we verder kijken dan de geijkte op kennis en onderzoek gebaseerde methodes en leren meer ontd...

What defines whether a project or programme is “good” or “bad”? When we’re striving for excellence in the execution of our projects and programmes, what do we mean? IPMA has given its extended definition in the PEB, the Project Excellence Baseline. This model is based on the well-known EFQM model, but is adapted to the field of project- and programme management and after over 10 years of use has been adapted to the model we’re using now.

“The fact that hierarchical organisations require ever more rules, procedures and control to function is a clear indication that this model has reached the end of its operational life.”

Evert Bleijenberg MBA

In nature, groups of more than fifty members behave like self-organising swarms, while smaller groups are hierarchically led by alpha leaders. Human organisations, regardless of size, try to maintain control through hierarchy, assuming that the hierarchical leadership principles of sm...