Stop Talking, Start Listening: Connect with your clients
How well do you know your clients? How often do you reconsider your understanding of your clients’ changing needs, pain points, and preferences? In today’s dynamic and client-centric business landscape, understanding your clients crucial for achieving success. By understanding what frustrates and energizes clients, you can leverage these insights to enhance the quality of your […]
“Waste + Information = Resource” How digital technologies like blockchain fuel the circular economy
In a world increasingly conscious of its environmental footprint, the potential of digital technologies in driving the circular economy is a topic of great interest at The Value Department. This topic was the focus of a presentation delivered by Fleur Boos and Bob Gravestijn at #TheNTWKSummit23. Let’s first give some meaning to the buzzwords! View […]
AI’s Take on The Value Department: A Humorous Critique of Sustainable Business Boosters
Image generated by Canva Text to Image App In today’s blog, we delve into the exciting world of AI and critically explore how these advanced tools can generate insights and enhance the creative process of blog writing. We embarked on a little experiment where we pit two different AI tools, OpenAI’s ChatGPT and Microsoft’s Bing […]
A Guide to Building a Robust Product Proposition and Strategy: The Recipe to Your Own Secret Sauce
It’s difficult to remain relevant in today’s fast-paced business environment. It’s even more difficult to remain competitive. To do so, having a robust product proposition and strategy is essential. To quote Roger Martin’s Playing to Win: strategy is about choices. And the choices we make can enable us to win. Building a robust strategy entail […]
Unleash the power of WIN methodology to create value for your business!
Are you struggling to create value for your business? Are your outdated strategies falling flat? Then let us introduce you to the WIN methodology. As seasoned experts in the field, we can tell you firsthand that the WIN methodology is a game-changer. By creating momentum and impact, applying ecosystem thinking, and enabling technology, you can […]
Navigating the storm of Supply Chain Finance – insights from BCR’s 9th Supply Chain Finance Summit
Supply chain finance is currently undergoing significant changes driven by technology, disruptions in the movement of goods, and increasing focus on sustainability. At BCR’s 9th Supply Chain Finance Summit on 24-25 January in Madrid, experts discussed the ways in which these factors are impacting the industry and the steps that companies can take to navigate […]
How to lay the foundation for resilient digital platforms and innovative ecosystems with great governance
Globally, we are witnessing the rise of platform-based business models that capture and use data to create value for all participants. From Airbnb, Uber and Lyft to WeChat in China and Amazon Web Services, platforms are reshaping industries by creating new relationships between companies, consumers or suppliers. However, many platforms fail because they do not […]
Platform business models: facts and myths
Let’s start with some easy facts: According to the European Commission, “1 million EU businesses are already selling goods and services via online platforms, and more than 50% of small and medium enterprises selling through online marketplaces sell cross-border”. This number is only expected to increase, disrupting more sectors each year. Out of Interbrand’s top 20 Best […]
Why it is important to measure the impact your business model has on the economy, the environment and people?
There are various environmental, social and governance (ESG) standards, frameworks, ratings and rankers, when it comes to how sustainability is measured and achieved. Delving into these standards, including new standards from the European Union (EU), is hard work and time consuming. And conflicts with the reason why you as a company are seeking for this information […]
Why is ecosystem thinking important for your present and future business models?
Today, at the end of the digital revolution, IBM is at a similar juncture as it was four decades ago (when almost missing out on the minicomputer personal computer revolution). However, the approach IBM currently takes is 180 degrees different. Instead of secretly developing a new product, it is building a collaborative network to develop quantum […]