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11 mei 2016 by Arjen van Berkum 3 Comments

Hot or not: the bitcoin inventor

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The perils of the bitcoin inventor Satoshi Nakamoto. The true story remains a mystery. A (media) spectacle broke loose and a handful of reputations have been damaged. In pursuit for a topic on this first edition of my series ‘Hot or not’ I was intrigued by the many articles that arose last week after Craig Wright identified himself as the creator of bitcoin to the BBC and the Economist. Meanwhile Wright has withdrawn his statement. Is Bitcoin hot enough to survive without us knowing who delivered this baby?

14 april 2016 by Arjen van Berkum Leave a Comment

The difference between innovation and leadership

This interesting article describes a few lessons on how students learn to create an environment where innovation thrives. Being intellectually curious is crucial in that perspective. Exploring for the information you need and connecting with people who can guide you in learning essential skills is important. This doesn’t only apply to being innovative, also to being a leader. What are the values and behaviours of leaders who are responsible for big innovations that disrupt?

23 februari 2016 by Arjen van Berkum Leave a Comment

Why bankers will survive the next 20 years

How trust and pace influence digital transformation

Recently I wrote a blog on the top 15 jobs most likely to disappear. Quite a few readers asked me why bankers were not on that list. A valid and logical question. Technology is changing fast and the possibilities tech solutions bring us are innumerable, but still the world is not ready yet for an economic paradigm without bankers. Unfortunately, I might add. Fintech has set in the unbundling of banking, but are not making banks obsolete (yet). Is it in the first place because money exists? Because our payment infrastructure is too complex to disrupt? Here’s why it will take longer for banker jobs to become extinct.

29 december 2015 by Arjen van Berkum Leave a Comment

Inert governments incapable to manage digital transformation

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Nowadays digital disruption is everywhere. No industry will be able to avoid digital disruption in the next 20 years. ‘If’ should not be the questions, but ‘when’. Therefore, it’s crucial that businesses, regardless they are SMEs or enterprises, need to start their digital transformation. Actually, they should have started yesterday. A lot of businesses in the private sector are dealing with digital issues, but they are struggling to continuously adjust to the fast going technology changes. How about the public sector? How does digital disruption emerge in a government? After all, government is not immune to the impacts of this upcoming industrial revolution.

26 mei 2015 by Arjen van Berkum Leave a Comment

The ingredients for building an innovation culture

In today’s dynamic business environment, every organisation must continuously change to stay competitive. How do you maintain the advantage on your competitors? If you can’t make it as a market leader, make sure you at least stay on par with competitors. How? It starts by thinking tactically and strategically from an innovative angle. You are never alone in an ecosystem. Competitors, customers, suppliers, employees and other stakeholders, they are all influenced by the way you act and the other way around. The dynamics of the environment that surrounds your business should be defining how you set up your processes. This ecosystem requires you to clearly position yourself. As an innovative business you should outline who you want to be and define how leading you want your role to be in the market. Looking at the innovation culture you want to build, what place in the ecosystem will suit your business best?

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