Cash assistance: restoring choice and dignity
From 2019 until 2022 at The Netherlands Red Cross my team and I have been developing the 121 Platform: a digital platform […]
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How to use Scrum for delivering multiple projects
Can the Scrum Framework be effectively used to develop and deliver on a multitude of projects, with a larger team of 15+ […]
121 Platform increases scale and quality of Cash-Based Humanitarian Aid in Kenya
From 2019 until 2022 at The Netherlands Red Cross my team and I have been developing the 121 Platform: a digital platform […]
Are you suffering from Bilateritis?
Relax, I am not talking about a new strain of the Corona virus. And if you are suffering from Bilateritis, you will […]
Mission, Vision and Strategy for Pragmatists
What is your Strategic Vision? What are the Strategic Goals? What is in the Strategic Plan? “Strategic” seems to be word to […]
Beyond Leap-Of-Faith Entrepreneurship
This post could also be titled: How to avoid unnecessary risk. I encounter it with entrepreneurs more often than not: the willingness […]
Tech Lead + Scrum Master = Renaissance Person = Success!
“You have to specialize in one thing!”, for years I have been hearing this from (mostly) ‘more experienced’ people. And I always […]
Is There Life After Google?
Yes, there is! Is it a more convenient life? Well, no. Was it easy to get there? Hell no. More secure? Probably […]
What is Digital Social Innovation?
TLDR; Digital Social Innovation is innovation that is social in its purpose and digital in its solution. In other words: it makes […]
The 5 Things to Get Right in Social Innovation
To make your social innovation succeed, you need to get these right: Value Viability Impact Scalability Feasibility The catch: I believe you […]
Get serious using the (free) Social Business Model Calculator
Are you a Social Entrepreneur or working on innovation at an NGO or Social Enterprise/Start-up? Then you know how important it is […]
From fairy tale to success story
A little while back one of my clients asked me to help them create a “solid project plan” for their innovative project. […]
The Challenge of Digital Innovation
What is the formula for successful digital innovation? How do we make sure that it delivers value, is (financially) sustainable, can scale […]
Better Work Together
Do you want to work on stuff that matters? Since 2010 a group of people in Wellington, New Zealand have been organizing […]
Open Innovation & Open Design
This article originally appeared on thespindle.org about my presentation and workshop on Technology Trends, Open Source and Open Design for Humanitarian NGOs […]
Reinventing Startups
Once we have come to realize that the Silicon Valley model of startup-based innovation is not for the betterment of people and […]
Fab Lab-enabled Humanitarian Aid in India
Since June 2018 the state of Kerala in India has endured massive floodings, as you may have read in the news. This […]
The Fairy Tale of the Unicorn and the Zebras
Once upon a time hippies where roaming the world. They were a happy bunch, living in freedom and spiritual abundance. A small […]
Should you donate to Open Source Software?
In short: yes, you should! If you are a regular user and can afford it. For the longer version: read on. In […]
The Invisible Hole in Doughnut Economics
Doughnut Economics is one of the best books I have read in the past few years. I believe it should be standard […]
Do European Governments Publish Open Source Software?
From time to time I come across news articles about Governmental bodies in Europe adopting the use of Open Source Software. This […]
How to feel happy using your Apple MacBook (again)
In short: wipe Mac OS and install Elementary OS. In some more words: read on. If you are thinking: “I am feeling […]
No Time To Waste!
How are we going to feed 9+ billion people by 2050? Last week this question was at the heart of the Thought […]
Stop Trying To End Poverty
In the past months I have started to explore and getting myself involved in Humanitarian Aid organizations (NGOs), from an innovation perspective. […]
Unbox your Dropbox? Forget about TransIP Stack (for now)
Do you want to get rid of privacy-invading centralized Silicon Valley Cloud services like Dropbox, Google Calendar and Google Documents? Me too! […]
Conquer the World with Open Source
Last week I had the privilege and pleasure to do a talk at the Open Source Software and Hardware Congres (OSSH Event) […]
Shaping a vision of the future
I met Jesús Pérez, a friend of my wife, while on vacation on Tenerife. He invited to guide us on a trip […]
The Promise of Quantum Computing
CWI, the Research Center for Mathematics and Computer Science in Amsterdam, did a whole day of lectures on Quantum Computing and I […]
The Innovator’s Toolbox
Over the past years I have been using various models, methods and frameworks while developing innovative products and services with clients, for […]
Can NGOs benefit more from Innovation and Technology?
Recently we applied for UNICEF’s Wearables for Good Challenge and I read some interesting pieces on NGOs and innovation. Since these gave […]
Getting hands-on with FireFox OS and Geeksphone
By: Diderik van Wingerden and Mirjam Bekker While we are developing our own Open Products we also always keep an eye out […]
The top-10 “open” tech and digital moments in 2014
What happened in a year of “free and open technology”? This post highlights the main “open” tech and digital moments in 2014 […]
Apps for Energy Hackathon
Being one of the partner organizations of the “Open Data Estafette” conference on Renewable Energy, my client Enexis together with Grid Operator […]
We need Radical Innovation
It is not hard to see that many things have fundamentally gone wrong in our world. Just think of how rapidly we […]
Rock Stars? No way!
Having witnessed the first Rockstart Smart Energy Accelerator Demo Day in Amsterdam, I can conclude only one thing. Are these guys (yes, […]
Free Software, Free Society
Free software is a requirement for a modern free society. At least, according to the theme at the LibrePlanet Conference this year […]
Your Laptop wants to be Free
Do you want your laptop to free? Well, ‘free’ as in ‘freedom’ that is. If you looking for ‘gratis’, then this is […]
Privacy, who cares?
Are you becoming more and more aware and concerned about your on-line privacy and related security of your digital data? I have… […]
How the 99% will have it all
This post contains some of my random thoughts about a subject that has been going through my mind for quite some time […]
Where is that green MacBook?
Late last year I bought a new Apple MacBook Pro. An amazing device that I love to work with every day. The […]
10 tips to connect to people at business events
In this post a crash course in business networking: 10 tips and tricks I have learned over many years and that still […]
How to get a Unique Business Card that People Remember
The idea: a really original business card that people would remember.
Waar is Collaborative Consumption in Nederland?
This post is in Dutch. You can use Google Translate to read it in English. *** Update van de initiatieven in Nederland […]