Insights

How do you create a fast growing market with global potential around a promising technology? That is the ambition of a new study carried out by AMS, on behalf of the Port of Antwerp. In this report, you can find our conclusions and recommendations.

How and why do employees succeed in transferring learned social skills (soft skills) from training to the workplace? The results of this study are based on a survey of 50 cases.

This is episode 3 of the series 'Unexpected Activists'.
"The most important thing is that sustainability is embedded in one of the business strategies. That is a must," Jan Van der Goten (Janssen Pharmaceutica).

Curious about what else Jan has to say? Then be sure to listen to our podcast Unexpected Activists.

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This podcast is in Dutch.

Why do CISOs have such a low retention in firms and leave after 1-2 years? Is this because recruiters and HR professionals find it hard to discover what is actually needed and “copy paste” function profiles with the exact same requirements, rather than looking at the real need in the organization: M&A strategy, family business, scale-up phase, consolidation, preparing for sales of the company, cultural differences etc.? The CISO role is an embryonic role compared to the CFO, and not one hundred percent clear about exact expectations.

The SDG Barometer 2020 is a follow-up study of the SDG Barometer 2018, containing insights on the engagement of organizations with the Sustainable Development Goals.

Inge Van Goubergen is Director Key Accounts at Randstad. Her clients come from varying industries and are looking for equally varying solutions. They all have one thing in common, though: their organizations are complex. The Master Class Business Strategy & Leadership proved to be a particularly enriching combination for Inge. Thanks to the module Business Strategy, she is now an expert in strategic thinking and knows exactly how to support her clients in their search for sustainable solutions. And thanks to the module Leadership, she is totally in touch with herself as a leader.

Analyzing Business Information Security for a data breach use case;

In a digital business world that is highly distributed via an eco-system, ensuring your digital assurance becomes vital. Everything needs to work continuously and Confidentiality, Integrity and Auditability have to be assured, especially when your business is regulated and should demonstrate to be “in control”. Nevertheless, how do we do that when business models can be attacked by hackers? Hackers using heavily automated attack methods and work in a distributed evasive platform-model that disguises their identity and criminal organization. Therefore, hackers form a threat to your business. Varying from State sponsored hackers to scriptkiddies all finding sophisticated ways to hammer on your front porch of your business. To you an IP address means your API store or critical business process; for a hacker it is just an IP number attack, they don't care and don't know the impact.

This is episode 1 of the Unexpected Activists series.
Bringing entrepreneurs together is always great, but it becomes a little more special when sustainability forms common values.

Corporate venturing is a sustainable way to form partnerships. "When you talk about making strides in technology, zero waste, all those things, of course tools and technology are very important there. But a collaboration with other organizations, or start-ups, can accelerate processes and deliver great results very quickly," said our Unexpected Activist Griet Helsen, partner and Clients and markets leader at PwC Belgium.

Enter Unexpected Activists!

This podcast is in Dutch.

This is episode 2 of the series 'Unexpected Activists'.

Are we past the era of taboo around burnout or is there still discord and alienation surrounding this topic? Are we talking about a problem in an individual or a shared responsibility? These are interesting questions for a sustainable entrepreneur. Our Unexpected Activist Gretel Schrijvers, CEO Mensura Group, lays out her expertise. Listen to the podcast and get inspired to give well-being a valued place in your business.

This podcast is in Dutch.