Willem de Wit 
The world faces major challenges. Energy transition and climate adaptation are two of them. The challenge of renovating Europe’s infrastructure also belongs on the list. We want to avoid a second Ponta Morandi (the bridge in Genoa that collapsed) or Grimburgwal (the collapsed quay in Amsterdam). The task of renovating infrastructure can be seen as …
I have good news for you: also in 2024 the end of the world is probably not going to happen. Human ingenuity and organisational talent are so strong that we can master the great challenges of our time, provided that governments and private companies work together. Over the Christmas holidays, I read two books by …
Out of curiosity, I created a query on ChatGPT lately. My first request to the artificially intelligent chatbot was: “Write about `het rampjaar´1672 in Holland”. I was impressed. Within no time, a story appears on my screen. In a knowledgeable tone, ChatGPT writes that the French army overran large parts of the Republic of the …
With Menno Graaf, Niels Mani, Emmo Meijer, Kerstin Zulechner. The results of the flow approach speak for themselves. At the beginning of a collaboration, our clients often ask for a description of the flow approach, which also speaks for itself. Our colleague Kevin Fox tells a story which is well suited to this purpose. His …
With Menno Graaf, Niels Mani, Emmo Meijer. Almost everyone will agree with the saying that you have to tackle problems at the root. However, the logical analysis which reduces consequences to causes and ultimately the `root cause’, is not widely applied. We like to start a collaboration with a root cause analysis. The result is, …
With Menno Graaf, Ian Heptinstall, Emmo Meijer and Kerstin Zulechner. Since the beginning of this year, we have been writing about flow in innovation management and project programs. These are specialist texts *[i]. To achieve more project flow or more successful innovation projects, decisions at the top-management level are needed. This management summary is intended …
With Ian Heptinstall, Menno Graaf, Hugo van Merrienboer en Emmo Meijer. In the comparison between economic sectors, the productivity of the infrastructure sector has been at the bottom of the list for many years. This is not because of a lack of will power. Our calendars are full of meetings where we talk about innovation. …
With Menno Graaf, Ian Heptinstall, Hugo van Merrienboer and Emmo Meijer. We now know that project portfolios can be executed >25% faster. All relevant knowledge, experience and examples are available. We will be happy to share them with you.[1] The leap in productivity that can be achieved is desperately needed to bring the energy transition, …
With Menno Graaf, Ian Heptinstall and Emmo Meijer. The starting point of this blog series is that the bottleneck for societal challenges such as the energy transition, climate adaptation and the Dutch Replacement & Renovation Task (V&R) lies in the infrastructure sector. Our objective is that effective solutions become better known and will be adopted …
With Menno Graaf, Ian Heptinstall and Emmo Meijer. The Japanese character WA means harmony In our previous blog, we wrote that the critical chain is the longest sequence of tasks in a project which, due to interdependencies, must be performed one after the other. This is by necessity the fastest possible way to carry out …