Business continuity is at stake for many organizations in the public and private domain. The pace of change and increasing complexity makes it extremely hard for organizations to sustain business value and assure survival. All public and private organizations experience in their own way the consequences of the fundamental shift that has taken place from a manufacturing paradigm to a services, information and hybrid economy.

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Regulations are growing faster than the GDP

Regulations are growing faster than the GDP. In fact, in a world of economic decline, it is the fastest growing industry. The rate of increase exceeds the capability of heavily regulated industries to integrate them into their environment; leaving these businesses and their management vulnerable to fines, censure or worse. It becomes more and more clear that ‘business as usual’ is cancelled. Old recipes don’t work anymore. The business operating system is coming to a grinding halt.

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There is a lot of attention in the media about the Internet of Things (IOT) and the robotization of out information society. Techno-euforia and technofobia dominate the perception and tend to distract us from what the real fundamental question is.

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The intelligent enterprise of the 21st century needs the fusion and infusion of data and knowledge based on contextual intelligence to support decision making at business moments.

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The McKinsey 7S Framework is a management model that dates back to 1980. It is a well-known  model that is used to help identify what needs to be realigned to improve performance, or to maintain alignment (and performance) during types of change. The 7-P model has a similar function to identify and curate the essence of Governance, Risk and Compliance issues.

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Recently the HBR Network Blog published an article about the question whether employers should ban email after working hours. In the midst of this article some astonishing Gallup's research results were mentioned. Seven in 10 American workers are “not engaged” or “actively disengaged” in their work, meaning they are emotionally disconnected from their workplaces and less likely to be productive.

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The city of Lanaken in Belgium has a very peculiar way of informing citizens and visitors about their rules.

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Last week a young couple wanted to book a last minute flight on a German low-cost airline. They were confronted with a peculiar arithmetic operation.

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The old stereotype of the librarian is changing radically. The male timid keeper of silence working in an environment crammed with books, and the puritanical, punitive, unattractive, and introverted female with her hair in a bun are both gone. Is the world gradually  discovering the real nature of librarians?

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