Success awaits those who can execute a powerful strategy; this book will show you how to unlock this ultimate competitive advantage

The Execution Advantage reveals the secrets of organisations that excel at strategy execution, by putting people at the heart of it.

Discover how these exceptional companies prioritise effectively, empower for action, embrace learning by doing, and successfully adapt to change. They acknowledge that humans do not always act rationally and that each organisation i...

With the Lean Progress Model, author David Griesbach developed a tool that quickly and purposefully guides you through the Lean Innovation process. You will know at all times where your project stands, which questions are still open-ended and what needs to be done next. In addition, the illustrations throughout the book support the text and turn this book into a practical guide that takes you through the startup and innovation process.

In this book, you will find a proven approach to guide yo...

Fast growth costs a lot of money. That is why many startups seek financial investment sooner or later. But where to start? In this book, Sjoerd Mol and Thomas Mensink cover the whole process end-toend, from getting investor-ready to fundraising, negotiating with investors, and finally: the exit.

They explain the business model of venture capital investors, how they assess startups, the best approach to fundraising, and how to arrive at an optimal term sheet. In short: everything you need to kn...

We DID IT; so can you. DID is Digital Information Design.

IT is of course the ubiquitous Information Technology that is so simple, so easy to design and change that it (sorry, IT) never goes wrong and all you need to do is to teach a few people a bit about coding, implementing and a best practice.

More seriously, if all of IT projects were successful, Digital Information Design would be a waste of time. However, the failure rate of IT outsourcing deals is around 40%, and hiring a sourcing con...

The book consists of three parts. The first is about finding your true north and pinpointing the problem that needs to be solved. Part two is about getting everyone to act. And in part three, you’ll learn how to transform yourself and your organisation.

The book’s authors each have over +20 years of experience working for technology giants and industry pioneers, HP and Microsoft. As a result, the authors know firsthand the pains of working in organisations that are constantly transformin...

Nowadays it seems there is a manual for everything. What if there was a manual for how to interact with people so that we could all function optimally and succeed in life?

This book comes closest to being the definitive manual for life. It is based on over 50 years of groundbreaking scientific research on self-determination theory which has produced a structural approach to social interaction—the ‘ABC of life’—as a concrete and actionable approach to success. For if you do not unders...

'The Platform Company' will help you tackle your organization's key strategic challenges with out-of-the box concepts based on solid principles from game theory and ecology. Building blocks are introduced in an easy-to-read story of an executive on safari and translated into practical steps and methods. The book addresses the key challenges confronting any organization, such as branding, sales channels, innovation, supply chain, strategy formation, leadership, and purpose.

Companies face increasingly turbulent times. Economic and political uncertainty, sustainability developments, and competitors with new business models are just some issues that stretch the companies' resilience and adaptability. To what extent are the traditional strategy models still relevant to deal with this new environment? This new book presents how to analyse turbulent environments, how to build new strategies, and how to implement them.

The professorship Entrepreneurship in Transition has developed a philosophy to strengthen the entrepreneurial capacity of individuals, companies and regions. The philosophy assumes that successful entrepreneurship is both a personal and a collective assignment exploring possibilities. The Critical Friend Method is a working method that takes shape in multi-level and multi-disciplinary settings and can be applied to innovation, connection and entrepreneurship issues.

People are challenged to t...

IPMA observes an increasing number and importance of projects in business, public and people’s lives, also known as ‘projectification’.

In the world of globalisation, an increasing number of organisations are working project-based to cope with the challenges of modern times. Especially now, society is on the brink of such significant changes as global warming and artificial intelligence. Projects drive the development of new products and services, expansions, new capabilities, implemen...