Bøger af Jeroen Kraaijenbrink

A tale about strategy done differentlyThe One-Hour Strategy follows Martin, the new sales team lead at Waters & Flows, which attracted him because of their unique way of doing strategy. We shadow Martin as he onboards with his new colleagues, who walk him through each aspect of their One-Hour Strategy, answering his questions and addressing his reservations. Along the way, Martin learns:¿ Why employees at every level in the firm should be involved in strategy¿ How strategic competence creates company agility, which is crucial in disruptive times¿ How this new approach closes the strategy-versus-execution gapMartin's story introduces an easy but valuable tool for integrating strategic planning into your organization's culture. Martin's notes on key takeaways distill the information he learns, and each chapter includes self-evaluation questions to help you consider how this new way of thinking could be integrated at your company. If you're dissatisfied with the traditional way of doing strategy or your company seems stuck in a rut of strategizing that never turns into action, this book offers a solution.

Strategy consulting is one of the most highly respected and at the same time deeply detested jobs on this planet. This Element provides an overview of this fascinating and emerging profession. Relying on existing research and the author's practical experience, it describes what strategy consulting is, its origins, how to practice it and its future.

Feel better, get done more and become a nicer personIn this age of social media, fake news, individualism and information overload, the certainties we relied on in the past are gone. In our quest for assurance and support, the only seemingly dependable pillar left is other people. So we look to them. But they are unsettled too. And by looking to them, we create and perpetuate our own vicious stress-cycle. As a result, we lose our sensible selves. And we go bananas.But there is good news. If we look around us, there are people who withstand the collective lunacy and stay grounded. They do something that most of us have a hard time doing: they stay themselves. And the best news is that what they can do, you can do too. It doesn't require any special talents or supernatural powers. It only requires doing.In this amiable, open and accessible book, Jeroen Kraaijenbrink takes you on his personal journey out of Bananaland. Drawing from cognitive psychology, martial arts, Saint Benedict, personal experience, and a wide range of other sources, the book offers a nine-step approach with some remarkably practical advice for keeping a cool head in the collective lunacy.Free yourself from the collective lunacy and reclaim your calm and sensible self