CEO for one day kicks off
CEO for one day is part of TEDx Rotterdam and is a research and leadership transformation program to spread ideas. On October 13th, a group of twenty excellent students will swap seats with top executives and chair the board of a high-ranking organization. Their ultimate chance to share their unique ‘ideas worth spreading’ as a real board member! Read more
OR meets Scrum
September 1st 2011 was the day the Works Council of ABN AMRO (OR) met Scrum. A group of 50 works council members gathered at Dialogues House to participate in a Scrum Workshop organized by Dialogues Incubator and Dialogues Technology; it was literally a Full (Dialogues) House. Read more
Another Dialogues Incubator Success: ABN AMRO & APG join forces in the world of pensions
APG and ABN AMRO join forces in Premium Pension Institution (PPI), and are therefore setting up the joint venture APG – ABN AMRO Pensioen Instelling N.V. This new entity is an innovation that stemmed from the ABN AMRO Dialogues Incubator. Read more
Innov8 program: a success so far
Innov8 is a new initiative within ABN AMRO that aims at unlocking the ‘wisdom of the crowd’. Innov8 is aimed at acquiring innovative ideas and supporting them in realization. First step in this process is inspiration. Read more
Featured White Paper: Disruptive Innovations at the Bottom of the Pyramid
Due to the different dynamics required for organizations to serve the emerging market which contains billions of people at the bottom of the pyramid (BOP), coupled with the increasing desire for organizations to grow and be more multinational, organizations need to continually innovate. However, the tendency remains for large and established companies to ignore the BOP market and rather focus on existing markets. This gives an indication of the existence of a vulnerability that potentially disruptive innovations from the BOP will not be recognized in good time for a counter measure. Read more
The Institute of Brilliant Failures
Of all the things that a failure can be, brilliance is barely a common attribute given. Consider the “brilliant failures” oxymoron: it raises a brow, doesn’t it? Nevertheless, not only are Brilliant Failures something real, they too are taken quite seriously in the Dialogues Incubator. We have even dedicated an institute in their name. Read more
iDexpress symposium ‘Valorisation in practice’
Last Wednesday the first symposium of a series on the theme ‘the practice of capitalizing on knowledge’ took place. Initiator of the event, iDexpress, had invited several speaker to share their experiences and knowledge on how to convert innovative ideas and inventions into valuable products. Read more
Iceland’s Crowdsourced Constitution: A lesson in Co-creation
Following the massive financial collapse of 2008, Iceland has bounced back into the headlines with a world first: crowdsourcing their new constitution across social media channels. As in any crash of social and organizational nature, the 2008 meltdown formed the stepping stone to rewrite the rule book and start anew. The previous Icelandic constitution was entirely based on the Danish constitution, adopted in 1944 when Iceland earned its independence from Denmark. In other words, Iceland is taking charge to write its own rules for the first time. Read more
