Steffie on multi-disciplinary war and peace
TEAMTALK | In early October, I attended a workshop hosted by NATO that was, interestingly, very much THNK-related. The gathering focused on collaboration between the military, diplomats and aid...
View ArticleAttention is the holy grail
RESEARCH | At THNK, we are naturally interested in learning about learning. To what extent do circumstantial factors impact the functioning of the brain? What circumstances are ideal for optimal brain...
View ArticleThe world needs creative leaders, and this is why
TAKE A STAND | Only a short while ago, strategy and planning was king. Forecasting, and consistently anticipating smart bets, generally created the power sources within organizations. The future of a...
View ArticleCreative leadership is a learnable skill
TAKE A STAND | Yes, the potential to become a truly creative leader does depend to some extent on the unique combination of personal assets that an individual is bringing to the table—intelligence,...
View ArticleSlow thinking is the way toward recognizing change
TAKE A STAND | At THNK, we believe that in order to understand our high-speed world we will have to slow down, practice slow thinking, and focus on a lot of small changes rather than on one big change....
View ArticleLeadership + networks = craftsmanship
TAKE A STAND | There is a big difference between management and leadership, although I would prefer to qualify both as positions on a continuum. Management is about maintenance and leadership about...
View ArticleSeminar: Creativity shrinks distances
NEWS | THNK’s Director of Education and Research, Johan Hoorn, will be giving a talk at the Netherlands Institute for Advanced Study in the Humanities and Social Sciences that goes by the title:...
View ArticleLet’s rethink the Enlightenment
ONLINE TALKS | Anything we do at THNK starts from the notion that uncertainty is all around and very tangible. Both the public and private spheres are in rapid transformation, the challenges we are...
View ArticleBright minds connecting business and creativity at the CCC
INITIATIVES | THNK team members were on the receiving end of some serious creative inspiration after attending the Creative Company Conference near Amsterdam on June 7th. The event’s goal is to...
View ArticleHow did we ever live without….
BOOKS | From the discovery of gases lighter than air that lifted the minds of the world’s first balloonists, to the invention of a safety lamp that saved coal miners’ lives, and shed new light on the...
View ArticleWhy am I forced to buy a new iPhone every 2 years?
TAKE A STAND | We can’t be good at everything. Great engineers aren’t necessarily good at dealing with people, and artists generally can’t write a good business plan – or so the cliché goes. That’s why...
View ArticleDisaster has many fathers. And accidents can change history.
BOOKS | In his latest book, 1493, Charles Mann connects the disconnected stories of history, bringing together the work of a whole generation of historians, including anthropologists, archeologists and...
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