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  • Innovation Traumas

    Interesting blog post from James Gardner in Bankersvision a couple of days ago. Formerly Head of Innovation and CIO of Investment at Lloyds Banking Group in London, James Gardner is now Chief Technology Officer at the Department for Work and Pensions in the UK Government. James has also written “Innovation and the Future Proof Bank”,… Read more

  • Great to Good: new value kit

    Umair Hague did it again. He just published the Great to Good Manifesto. He starts with “Pepsi‘s great at producing something that’s bad for you (sugar water)”. And goes on by stating that “Do no evil”  “Don’t do evil” is not the same as “Doing Good”. Umair’s blog is in essence about an Ethical Re-Boot. We… Read more

  • Hotel Mama

    This blog post is a little tribute to my wife Mieke. The picture above are home baked muffins. This is how i get treated during my 6 weeks stay home after my broken foot accident. I am now 100% dependent on her. As walking on crutches usually requires using both hands, i can not help… Read more

  • Digital Identity Weavers

    I have a job where i regularly meet fascinating people. I recently had the opportunity to chat with Gary Thompson from CLOUD, Inc. CLOUD Inc. is the Consortium for Local Ownership and Use of Data, a non-profit organization that has filed for 501(c)(6) status with the IRS and is open to people, companies, and other… Read more

  • Innotribe.com: a Lift-Off in perspective

    Today our team launched http://www.innotribe.com ! Different announcements on swift.com and on swiftcommunity.net here. This is an important lift-off. At first sight, it may look like the launch of yet another tool or process. But this is much more. It is part of an overall Innovation Architecture based on the principles of Open Innovation. In… Read more

  • Innovation to the Core

    I just finished “Innovation to the Core” by by Peter Skarzynski (Author), Rowan Gibson (Author) This is a modern, up-to-date, and indispensible book on Innovation. More precisely on how to make Innovation a core capability of everything you do in your company.   Anybody who is deeply or remotely involved with innovation must read this… Read more