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A happy and healthy 2019! Making sustainable choices

Norbert Bol

At the start of 2019 I wish everyone a happy and healthy 2019! So whatever in 2019 we are planning to do, to be happy and healthy, we can at least think about the sustainability issues when we buy a product or a service whatever the price level, the length of the purchase cyle, our involvement or emotions. Have a great 2019!

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Individual compentences for sustainable entrepreneurship and innovation

Norbert Bol

2019), show how individual sustainability competences can play a role in business projects and especially in building projects. Entrepreneurs are willing to invest in sustainability innovations, when it provides opportunities to expand their business in niche markets and cut resource usage, and innovation leads to improved firm performance.

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Corporate culture on sustainability

Norbert Bol

In the april 2019 edition of the Journal of Cleaner Production there is an interesting article about corporate culture and corporate sustainability by Islam et al. S ustainability issues are often multidimensional and cannot only be managed through logic. I mproving the sustainability performance of a firm requires innovations.

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Technology and sustainability optimism

Norbert Bol

Innovative sustainable technology is considered to be positively contributing to sustainability. 2019) show in their article that we often have a too optimistic view on technology and sustainability. 2019) make a fair point that we should be careful with our narratives on technology and sustainability. Gonella et al. Literature.

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Successful sustainability

Norbert Bol

Companies are researching, developing and testing many environmental product and service innovations. 2019) show that there is not a lack of these innovations, but there is a too low percentage of these innovations that are successful. . Only a third of environmental innovations is successful. Clausen et al.

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Strategic foresight: learning from Steve Jobs

Norbert Bol

The best way to make sense of strategic foresight is by looking at the narratives that are being used (Sarpong et al., In 1997 Steve Jobs became again CEO of Apple (after he had left in 1985) with the ambition to create innovative and modern computers. Improving strategic foresight by using time streams. Have a great day!

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Sustainable futures based on Shakespeare

Norbert Bol

Last week I wrote about the use of narratives in strategic foresight using the speeches of Steve Jobs as examples (see last week’s blog ). In their article, Van Cattenburg & Duijn (2019), show that the allegorical pattern is useful to reflect on all relevant perspectives to stimulate integral learning. Norbert Bol.