The last year and a half has been a rollercoaster ride. The corona crisis turned daily life and our manner of working on its head. It was a difficult time, but one that also brought with it opportunities. The speed with which society has changed over the recent period is a sign of things still to come. We have to learn to live in an increasingly efficient era, which means we keep getting busier and busier. To ride the wave of change, youʼll have to work smarter, not harder—otherwise you mi...

Is it a coincidence that recent leaders have African roots? Charismatic people like Nelson Mandela, Kofi Annan, Desmond Tutu, Paul Kagame and Barack Obama have been praised for their knowledge, vision, skills, unifying abilityand their thoroughness. These are leaders who focus on vision, courage, passion and compassion. They are builders, peace makers and campaigners for equal rights. A substantial part of this leadership style is the African philosophy of Ubuntu. Ubuntu means simply ‘I exi...

Management Pragmatics reflects over 40 years of experience and findings from leadership, management, sales, engineering and service in Dutch, Italian, American and Japanese companies delivering automation solutions to many and major international customers.

Want to understand why you fall prey to faulty thinking? Keen to protect yourself and others against the biases of the brain? This book offers insights and practical tips for recognizing and avoiding everyday errors.

Suzanne Weusten looks at situations familiar to us all and describes the most common examples of faulty thinking, from the understandable tendency to rely blindly on a friend's judgment to the dangerous mechanism of group thinking and the deeply human trait of regarding ourselves ...

Executives, Execution, and Empowerment!

It is said that actions speak louder than words. Theory has its place, but experience serves invaluable. With experience, you actually learn, iterate, strategize, and improve.

Therefore, it's through strategy and execution together that you gain clarity, solidify priorities, create engagement, achieve quantifiable results, and move one step closer to realizing your vision.

This practical handbook provides daily benefits that far exceed the initial strat...

Note: This pocket book is available in the following languages: English, German, Dutch.

This pocket guide is based on the PMBOK® Guide Sixth Edition. It contains a summary of the PMBOK® Guide, to provide a quick introduction as well as a structured overview of this framework for project management. This pocket guide deals with the key issues and themes within project management and the PMBOK® Guide as follows:

- Key terms and definitions in the project management profession

‘- A short ...

What defines whether a project or programme is “good” or “bad”? When we’re striving for excellence in the execution of our projects and programmes, what do we mean? IPMA has given its extended definition in the PEB, the Project Excellence Baseline. This model is based on the well-known EFQM model, but is adapted to the field of project- and programme management and after over 10 years of use has been adapted to the model we’re using now.

In today’s ever-changing world, leadership requires more than just vision—it demands transformation. drs. Walter H. Visser invites you on a journey to unlock your full potential as a leader and foster a culture of innovation, resilience, and authenticity in your organisation. This groundbreaking book explores the science of perception, the art of conscious leadership, and the power of alignment to achieve extraordinary results. Combining personal insights with proven strategies, Visser de...

When projects are large and a lot is at stake, there usually is some kind of project board. Sometimes organizations call this a steering committee or a program committee. Managers with different expertise and different intentions are asked to keep the project or program on course. Are such project boards effective? Sometimes. Is it easy for the members to function as a team? No. For most of them, a project board meeting is just another meeting in a long row. Do we then need to abandon this mo...

Our societies, institutions and social fabric are currently in the early stages of the third revolution of humanity, the Digital Civil Revolution. Disruption is not restricted to markets. The same technologies that cause and fuel it are giving citizens more knowledge and information, more public and political influence, and tools to organize themselves and so to disrupt politics, democracy and public services. This totally transforms the media landscape, public opinion, political debate, and ...