Edward Huizenga – författare

The Knowledge Enterprise is a unique second edition about mastering business innovation. Industry-leading companies reveal the secrets and lessons of transition leadership, the importance of customer engagement and the power of open innovation. Building on the success of the first edition, this book extensively develops the concept of the knowledge enterprise and business innovation.The knowledge enterprise identifies the critical elements of the strategies and organisational dynamics relentlessly pushing all parts of the corporation towards breakthrough innovations. It is about mastering innovation as the driving force to make a difference to society, people and healthcare.Where to play and how to win? Traditional approaches don't work. The book elaborates on the roadmap for future growth, the strategic choices and the change-provoking practices needed to realise the next level of company growth.The second edition also reprises how the knowledge enterprise creates competences and assets that make the company distinctive to enter new business and markets.The latest management thinking is integrated with intriguing, and entirely new, real-world examples. With vivid stories from leading companies like Royal DSM, High Tech Campus Eindhoven, Newtricious and Janssen Pharmaceutical companies of Johnson & Johnson, this edition reveals how to master business innovation and reinvent industry boundaries.

Change for Good means more than lasting transformation. It is change grounded in purpose and psychology.This unique compendium bridges the gap between strategy and psychology in a way that traditional business books do not: Most strategy texts overlook the behavioral dimension, while psychology books rarely tackle strategy.Change is inevitable, but success is not. With highlighted examples and management tools, the book responds to a growing demand among leaders: Purpose-led transformation frameworks that are both actionable and rooted in evidence-based human behavior. Truly at the heart of business and academia.This useful, easy to read book benefits everyone in business, leaders and executives, academics, coaches, and everyone in MBA and executive education.