Decision-makers can dispose of dozens of books, in which strategic methods and techniques are central. Increasingly, however, decision-makers are asking themselves how reliable those methods and techniques are and how big the chance is that they can achieve their Strategic Goal with them. Decision-makers also want to be able to calculate and test this ‘probability’ themselves. They are no longer satisfied with qualitative descriptions and estimates.

Ernst R. Brus has developed methods and...

Androcles’ philosophy explores the basic principles underlying veterinary medicine and animal health sciences. This cannot be explored without looking at the significance of animals in our society. Animals have many roles, from companion animals to sport animals, as laboratory animals for scientific purposes and as animals for food production. The complex relationships of animals with science, people, society, especially the economy and even ecosystems make their position precarious. As our...

SERVITISATION SECRETS PROVIDES STEP-BY-STEP INSICHT IN

- what servitisation is and how it relates to other growth strategies;

- when a market is suitable and an organisation is ready for servitisation;

- what benefits and turnover and profit growth can be achieved with servitisation;

- how servitisation can deliver real value for customers and endusers;

- how servitisation can be successfully implemented in practice;

- what servitisation requires of the organisation and resources;

- how pitf...

It’s time for what matters most

Setting your priorities, and finding purpose or fulfillment at work and at home

can be challenging for all of us. This personal workbook gives you the practical

tools and inspiration you need to take control of your life and get started

on your best and most productive year yet, on both a personal and professional

level.

It took me some time to figure out that all the management books I had read,

all the classes I had taken, and all the effective structures...

To move towards a more sustainable society, we need alternative products, practices and systems. As a temporary mini society, festivals are a perfect playground to experiment with these alternatives. They offer a real-life context with similarities to the real world where people can experiment with sustainable innovations in a rather safe, fun and laid-back atmosphere.

This guide provides sustainable innovators, start-ups, incubators, festival organisers, researchers, students, government re...

Why do Dragons have 117 Scales? Why not 120 or 167 or any other number? What is that special about this number that the Scales of this Creature who was known for Its Wisdom, Wisdom coming from the Sky, Wisdom once shared with Mankind, was given this specific number. Could it Be that behind this number can be found the Wisdom of Life itself? How it develops and why it develops in specific ways we call Tao or Path of Life. Could it explain the reason behind All that exists. What Wisdo...

Join chef Helmi Smeulders, renowned for her appearances on the Caribbean Cook-Out Show, Top Chef, and 24Kitchen, on a culinary adventure. In her latest cookbook, “My Curaçao, a Culinary Road Trip”, Helmi embarks on a journey across her beloved island: from her cooking studio in the heart of Willemstad, she takes you to the places where she sources her ingredients from local farmers, to foraging for wildflowers and seaweeds, to hunting lionfish in the Caribbean Sea, and along the way show...

This book assists CEOs of industrial manufacturing companies in addressing the six most critical questions they should consider when contemplating a servitisation strategy. These questions are:

(1) What are the potential weaknesses in my current strategy?

(2) What is servitisation and why is it important?

(3) Is servitisation the right approach for my business?

(4) Is my organisation prepared for servitisation?

(5) What resources are necessary to implement servitisation?

(6) What are the ris...

What effect will the rising temperatures have on the production of common foods? What would happen if we put the invasive species on the menu? Are the tomatoes we can find in the supermarket advanced pieces of technology or still products of natural processes? And could a plant become a brand? Can we hack our brain’s performance with my lunch? What would be the perfect meal in a fast-food world? Can fast food be personalized to our taste? Or could food become medicine? Could we, literally, ...

Androcles’ philosophy explores the basic principles underlying veterinary medicine and animal health sciences. This cannot be explored without looking at the significance of animals in our society. Animals have many roles, from companion animals to sport animals, as laboratory animals for scientific purposes and as animals for food production. The complex relationships of animals with science, people, society, especially the economy and even ecosystems make their position precarious. As our...