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July 3, 2017

By Johan De Cooman

Tighter financial regulations for municipalities should not be an excuse for delaying investments

Public & Social Profit sector

A study conducted by financial institution Belfius shows that Belgium’s municipalities can’t even afford to try and buy votes this year in the run-up to the elections. This comes as a result of tighter budget regulations imposed on municipalities by the Flemish government. Financial

Expertise Opinion

April 14, 2017

By Remco Lenstra

Three reasons why you are the one holding back innovation

Strategy & Innovation

In the many conversations we at the Business Design & Innovation Expertise Center have with people from various companies, we will regularly hear people say something along the lines of: “I know that we have to apply Design Thinking, but it’s so hard to get the rest of the

Expertise Opinion

March 30, 2017

By Hans Mulder

The Software Assembly Line

Digital & IT

From x hours per function point to x function points per hour Automating software production increases productivity. However, progress in this area is only sporadic. Why? What is holding things back? On the other hand, it’s just a matter of time. We’re on the eve of a breakthrough. We are

Expertise Opinion

March 19, 2017

By Ronald Bas

My experience with the Executive Master Enterprise IT Architecture

Digital & IT

At the start of this year I enrolled in the ‘Executive Master Enterprise IT Architecture’ at Antwerp Management School. Last week the master kicked off with a residential seminar in the charming Belgian town of Oud-Turnhout. In a beautiful setting at Priorij Corsendonck, a former

Opinion

March 3, 2017

By Antwerp Management School

Time to break free of traffic jams

Sustainable Transformation

Opinion

February 10, 2017

By Koen Marichal

“At Google, leadership was not a badge for senior people.”

Human Resources

Stephan Thoma was responsible for learning & development at Google and now advises mostly European companies on embracing the Silicon Valley spirit of innovation and entrepreneurship. He gave an inspiring talk to a group of leadership professionals organized by Circleradius. He

Opinion

January 19, 2017

By Antwerp Management School

Jesse Segers rolls out the yoga carpet for CEOs

Human Resources

Jesse Segers, co-director of the Expertise Center Leadership at Antwerp Management School presented his ideas on power, authority and the leaders of tomorrow in an interview with De Morgen. He states that, in the future, we will need leaders who know how to share their power. We are

Opinion

January 5, 2017

By Jeroen De Flander

Coaching is more than a fashion trend

Human Resources

Strategy implementation consists of a great many individual efforts – an endless list of tasks that different people carry out at different times. Coaching supports this process. It creates the necessary commitment from the people involved. In other words, coaching creates the commitment