Unless you face your devil inside, the dividing line between success and misery is thin. It is all too easy to sabotage yourself and others, with huge consequences for you, your family, your friends and the people you lead. To avoid this hazard, practising introspection is the most important skill we can use in our lives.

The Devil Inside is about breaking through your own blockades. This book enables you to observe how you have developed particular habits, helps you to analyse why you behave...

Fashion Management

The fashion sector needs management as well

Who hasn't heard of the famous 'Antwerp Six'? They are now all established names in the world of fashion, and there is plenty of young new talent waiting in the wings. Even so, the economic context has changed in recent years: globalization and growing competition are increasingly important factors in the fashion industry. Luxury brands and major chain stores are taking over the market; digitalization and online sales are turning...

"What Happened to My Bounty?" is a compelling parable about risk, reward, and managing uncertainty in a complex world. In a mysterious valley, a diverse group of characters—ranging from the spontaneous Serena Dipity to the strategic duo Gains and Troubles Lifferalitoye—chase their "bounty." But unexpected events, including a pack of hungry wolves and devastating storms, put their strategies to the test.

Inspired by Who Moved My Cheese?, this book translates the essence of risk management ...

Philip Holt (Head of Operational Excellence and Accounting Operations at Philips) explains in Leading with Lean exactly what his model of Lean Leadership is, how we can learn to apply it, and how you can convince the workplace never to settle for anything less than excellence. We also learn how to redefine our leadership style and how to identify and eliminate wasteful activities within the company. This way you can recognize, realize and retain the ideal state. Philip Holt shows us the best ...

Awarded a Golden medal from the Axiom Business Book Awards in the Business Theory category and shortlisted for Management Book of the Year

Organizations are currently in a new economy. They are either being disrupted or causing disruption. Continuity is no longer a given. Only one law applies: Strategy = Execution, because a strategy is only as brilliant as its execution. Strategy execution is the last competitive advantage, and strength, speed and agility in execution are more important than...

Leading next-generation decision-making in a data-driven organization

Like in Formula-1 racing, decision-making is crucial for business success and can be the difference between a checkered flag or the gravel pit. Decisions are increasingly made based upon data, but which function within an organisation is most suitable to drive the transformation towards a Decision Oriented Organisation? An organisation that beats competitors based on excellence in decision-making.

The CFO behind the wheel

I...

In a constantly evolving world where technology is getting increasingly smarter and innovation knows no bounds, one crucial question remains: how can you, as a professional or leader, really make a difference?
In C-suite Mindset, Carolien Van Den Bosch, international speaker and executive coach, offers insights into our ever-changing world and its impact on our work environment. This book is a guide to growth, no matter where you are in your career.
Discover the 7 essential human skills...

Over the last few decades, we have seen the development of open supply chains for production. These supply chains are now quite mature in terms of balanced relationships between OEMs and suppliers, as well as in terms of the associated business models and ways of working. The expectation over the next few decades is that we will begin to see a similar development towards open supply chains for Development and Life-cycle Management (D&LCM;).

Outsourcing D&LCM; involves three challenges. First,...

“In ‘Agile, the times they are a-changin’‘, I see a clear ‘why‘

and a practical approach to and tools for the tilt that

organizations have to make in order to survive.‘

– Prof. Dr. Ir. Jan Rotmans, Professor of Sustainability &

Transitions, Erasmus University Rotterdam.

“Addo gives very concrete tips on how to deal with it as an

organization, how to implement it and what to pay

attention to.“

– Gunther Verheyen, Scrum Caretaker, Ullizee-Inc.

Increasing globalization, com...

Organizations become more agile and teams more self-organizing. Insight into yourself and others is therefore more important than ever. The Enneagram is a proven model that describes nine personality types. It offers tools with which you can communicate more effectively, manage more consciously and achieve better results with teams.

The Enneagram theory clarifies which of the nine types applies to you the most. Each type uses a specific strategy as a means to success, but each approach also e...