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When I obtained my Master of Science in Eletrotechnical Engineering in 1984, Gaston Geens was Minister President of the Flemish Government. I remember this very well because Gaston Geens was the father of Flanders’ Technology, a state sponsored initiative to encourage youngsters to be part of the Third Industrial Revolution. Visiting one of the Flanders’ Technology conferences, I was impressed by the multifold of application based on new technologies like personal computers, networks and robotics.

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Last year we have witnessed several "extreme events" in the financial world. Large financial institutions - even the ones labelled 'too big to fail' - saw their shareholder value melt like snow in the sun. The CxO's of these institutions were totally uncapable of stopping the process. They could only undergo the extreme events. Complexity theory can help CxO's to understand and make sense of these events.

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Onze sociaaleconomische omgeving wordt regelmatig dooreen geschud door onverwachte gebeurtenissen. Telkens nemen politici en bedrijfsleiders brand-blus maatregelen. Niet efficiënt, noch effectief, meent de Koninklijke Vlaamse Ingenieursvereniging (KVIV). Politici en bedrijfsleiders moeten leren omgaan met “complexiteit”.

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I encoutered the term "Strategic Dynamic Capability" the first time in 2003 while reading the book Enterprise Programme Management written in 2001 by Tim Parr and David Wlliams, two strategy implementation consultants from Deloiite UK

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Daedalus interea Creten longumque perosus exilium tactusque loci natalis amore, 185 clausus erat pelago. "terras licet" inquit "et undas obstruat; at caelum certe patet; ibimus illac! Omnia possideat, non possidet aera Minos." Dixit et ignotas animum dimittit in artes naturamque novat. Nam ponit in ordine pennas, 190 a minima coeptas, longam breviore sequente, ut clivo crevisse putes

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• • Tags: line management, program management, project management, project portfolio management
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