Innovation made in Japan Ethics and innovation - there is a lot to learn about innovation management from Japan! Japanese culture and society have always fascinated me and exerted a strong attraction with their spirit of common good, respect and mutual goodwill. For over 30 years, I have been intensively involved with the country, people and economy of Japan, both privately and professionally. I use my passion and knowledge to take a deep dive into Japanese corporate culture

Giving interesting presentations is not that difficult Perhaps you have already heard that or said it yourself: "I'm not good at Powerpoint!". Often we've all gotten bored by seeing an infinite number of charts. PowerPoint can be such a powerful and helpful communication tool. And not that complex if you don't claim to know and master every function. In innovation projects we create lots of Powerpoints: for presentations, for documentation, for reading..., as a base for ever

Pitches help to communicate in a focussed and efficient way ...and because we tend to overlook this, we sometimes waste good opportunities. Dealing with unexpected situations Life is a pitch, well, maybe not in all of life, but in many situations. E.g. when I present a new idea at work, give a presentation on the project status in a department meeting, when I am asked what I am working on, when I want to make a suggestion to someone, .... I refer to situations in which I want

5 Whys A method to easily get to the heart of the message you want to communicate: the 5-Why method. 5 Whys - What? It originally comes from quality management and is an instrument for determining cause and effect. Toyoda Sakichi is considered the father of this method. He was a great inventor and founder of Toyota Industries Corporation, Ltd. His main message is as follows: If a problem arises, ask "why?" five times in order to identify the cause. Then change the production