<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4479538750513719075</id><updated>2012-02-17T04:10:53.324+01:00</updated><category term='Whitepaper'/><category term='Innovation'/><category term='Amsterdam'/><category term='Research'/><category term='internet xs4all'/><category term='Fashion Week'/><category term='Nokia'/><category term='Rooftop'/><category term='Japan'/><category term='internet'/><category term='xs4all'/><category term='AIFW'/><category term='Brand Development'/><category term='Apple'/><category term='inspiration'/><category term='Column'/><category term='Co-creation'/><category term='City Branding'/><title type='text'>Updates from the Fronteer</title><subtitle type='html'>We are strategy consultants. As our name suggests, our main interest is in the ‘new’ and ‘unknown’. Whether it be new strategies, new markets, new concepts or products; we enjoy being ‘out there’ with our clients on the frontiers, where new value is created.</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://fronteerstrategy.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4479538750513719075/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://fronteerstrategy.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>The Fronteer Strategy team</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16008377686527184723</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>31</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4479538750513719075.post-2540186737410292462</id><published>2009-04-22T15:44:00.004+02:00</published><updated>2009-04-22T16:01:55.158+02:00</updated><title type='text'>WE HAVE MOVED</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_UVOA8LQ6lCE/Se8jM3ckAMI/AAAAAAAAAsk/6BBxS2xYFWY/s1600-h/moving.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 141px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_UVOA8LQ6lCE/Se8jM3ckAMI/AAAAAAAAAsk/6BBxS2xYFWY/s200/moving.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5327515588151738562" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;We have had fun on this blog site, and we hope you had too. However, we have moved to a new &lt;a href="http://www.fronteerstrategy.com/blog"&gt;location&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Here you can also find all our previous posts, so you don't have to miss anything.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Hope to inspire you again on our new blog! &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;The Fronteer Strategy Team. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4479538750513719075-2540186737410292462?l=fronteerstrategy.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://fronteerstrategy.blogspot.com/feeds/2540186737410292462/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4479538750513719075&amp;postID=2540186737410292462' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4479538750513719075/posts/default/2540186737410292462'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4479538750513719075/posts/default/2540186737410292462'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://fronteerstrategy.blogspot.com/2009/04/we-have-moved.html' title='WE HAVE MOVED'/><author><name>Marieke</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11804677096611622051</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_UVOA8LQ6lCE/Se8jM3ckAMI/AAAAAAAAAsk/6BBxS2xYFWY/s72-c/moving.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4479538750513719075.post-8663417802558441634</id><published>2009-04-09T10:00:00.012+02:00</published><updated>2009-04-09T16:47:38.730+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Co-creation'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Rooftop'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Research'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Whitepaper'/><title type='text'>CO-CREATION’S 5 GUIDING PRINCIPLES  or.... what is successful co-creation made of?</title><content type='html'>&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;In challenging times new rules apply. Companies and organisations are searching for tools that can help them win battles. Daily challenges have to be faced. Future growth paths have to be found. Is Co-creation the answer? It might be if you are open for it. But only when done properly Co-creation will truly deliver. Co-creation is more than a tool; it is a Program of Change. There are 4 types of co-creation and 5 guiding principles to any successful Co-creation venture. When applied in the right mix a wonderful result will be served. Successful Co-creation cases from all over the world have been analysed and conclusions have been drawn.  The results are below.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;The 4 Types of Co-creation&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Co-creation exists in many different ways. Which type to choose is depending on the challenge at hand. There is always an initiator, i.e. the party that decides to start a Co-creation initiative. This can be a company or just a single person. One or (many!) more contributors will be joining along the process. The initiator determines who can join and under what conditions. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Hence, there are two main dimensions in Co-creation:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;• &lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Openness&lt;/span&gt;: Can anyone join in or is there a selection criterion somewhere in the process?&lt;br /&gt;• &lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Ownership&lt;/span&gt;: Is the outcome owned by just the initiator or by contributors as well?&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;These two dimensions lead to the four types of Co-creation:&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); "&gt;&lt;img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_2cX3Z4TlN64/Sd3-0jDH4EI/AAAAAAAAAD4/LbLvZkR1OVs/s400/Fronteer+Strategy+-+4+types+of+co-creation.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5322690513336787010" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 275px; " /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;• &lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Club of experts&lt;/span&gt;: A very specific challenge is needing expertise and breakthrough ideas. Contributors are found through a selection process. Quality of input is what counts (e.g. &lt;a href="http://fronteerstrategy.blogspot.com/2009/01/warm-welcome-in-helsinki.html"&gt;Nokia&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;• &lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Crowd of people&lt;/span&gt;: Also known as Crowdsourcing. For any given challenge, there might be a person out there having a genial idea that should be given a podium. It's the Rule of the big numbers (e.g. &lt;a href="http://www.threadless.com/"&gt;Threadless&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;• &lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Coalition of parties&lt;/span&gt;: In complex situations parties team up to share ideas and investments. Technical breakthroughs and standards often happen when multiple parties collaborate (e.g. &lt;a href="http://www.commonplatform.com/"&gt;IBM&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;• &lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Community of kindred spirits&lt;/span&gt;: When developing something for the greater good, a group of people with similar interests and goals can come together and create (e.g. &lt;a href="http://www.linux.org/"&gt;Linux&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;The 5 Guiding Principles in Co-creation&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In Co-creation it is a fine line between doing it right or not cracking it. It is a people’s business. Successful Co-creation initiatives all share 5 common rules:&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_2cX3Z4TlN64/Sd3C70d74QI/AAAAAAAAADQ/LH2pOQrzdqE/s400/FS+-+5+guiding+principles+in+co-creation.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5322624667574067458" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 249px; " /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;• &lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Inspire&lt;/span&gt; participation: Trigger people to join your challenge: open up and show what's in it for them (e.g. &lt;a href="https://www.pgconnectdevelop.com/pg-connection-portal/ctx/noauth/PortalHome.do"&gt;P&amp;amp;G Connect &amp;amp; Develop&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;• &lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Select&lt;/span&gt; the very best: You need the best ideas and the best people to deal with today's complex issues (e.g. &lt;a href="http://www.innocentive.com/"&gt;Innocentive&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;• &lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Connect&lt;/span&gt; creative minds: You have to enable bright people to build on each others ideas, both on- and off-line (e.g. &lt;a href="http://mindstorms.lego.com/eng/Cpoenhagen_Dest/Default.aspx"&gt;Lego&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;• &lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Share&lt;/span&gt; results: Giving back to people - and finding the right way to do it - is crucial (e.g. &lt;a href="http://www.apple.com/iphone/appstore/"&gt;Apple iPhone App store&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;• &lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Continue&lt;/span&gt; development: Co-creation is a longer-term engagement, in- and outside your company. Only then it will deliver results (e.g. &lt;a href="http://www.ideastorm.com/"&gt;Dell Ideastorm&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;This is a summary of a White Paper called: &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;"CO-CREATION’S 5 GUIDING PRINCIPLES"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The White Paper is available through &lt;a href="http://www.fronteerstrategy.com/"&gt;Fronteer Strategy&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;(info@fronteerstrategy.com)&lt;br /&gt;Author: Martijn Pater&lt;br /&gt;Date: April 2009&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"&gt;About Fronteer Strategy&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Fronteer Strategy is an Amsterdam-based consulting firm, specialised in marketing strategy. Our key areas of expertise are innovation, co-creation and brand development. We have diverse backgrounds. Our inquisitive nature is supported by entrepreneurial experience and solid business sense. &lt;a href="http://www.fronteerstrategy.com/"&gt;www.fronteerstrategy.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"&gt;About Rooftop co-creation&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Rooftop is an expert co-creation tool. Unrestricted perspectives, a hand-picked group of people working together, no interference from day-to-day hassles. A pressure-cooker for insight, inspiration and innovation, it serves to create solid, spot-on concepts and strategies. We believe that co-creation is a long-term engagement between clients and people from outside their company. It’s success is expressed in inspiration, enthusiasm and action. &lt;a href="http://www.welcometorooftop.com/"&gt;www.welcometorooftop.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4479538750513719075-8663417802558441634?l=fronteerstrategy.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://fronteerstrategy.blogspot.com/feeds/8663417802558441634/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4479538750513719075&amp;postID=8663417802558441634' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4479538750513719075/posts/default/8663417802558441634'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4479538750513719075/posts/default/8663417802558441634'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://fronteerstrategy.blogspot.com/2009/04/co-creations-5-guiding-principles-or.html' title='CO-CREATION’S 5 GUIDING PRINCIPLES  or.... what is successful co-creation made of?'/><author><name>Martijn</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/18343765119608670593</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='30' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_2cX3Z4TlN64/SQR3FIcE_1I/AAAAAAAAAAM/CdYxVlxRXEA/S220/Martijn+Pater+foto'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_2cX3Z4TlN64/Sd3-0jDH4EI/AAAAAAAAAD4/LbLvZkR1OVs/s72-c/Fronteer+Strategy+-+4+types+of+co-creation.png' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4479538750513719075.post-9041789900789906585</id><published>2009-03-23T14:16:00.005+01:00</published><updated>2009-03-23T14:23:52.594+01:00</updated><title type='text'>HEY! WE GOT TWITTERED - OR.. THE FUTURE OF FINANCIAL SERVICES</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_2cX3Z4TlN64/SceNXb1mEfI/AAAAAAAAACg/2PJSFaDX3Pw/s1600-h/Afbeelding+8.png"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 226px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_2cX3Z4TlN64/SceNXb1mEfI/AAAAAAAAACg/2PJSFaDX3Pw/s320/Afbeelding+8.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5316373318883217906" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;We have started an ambitious co-creation project for one of the largest financial services in The Netherlands. Since financial products are becoming a commodity, and white label products are starting to appear, large companies have to re-evaluate why they exist. &lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Our client is looking at it roots and what it can do for entrepreneurs. Where is the added value? One of the participants in a recent session was inspired by our clients challenge. See his tweet on the left. A start of something great?&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;I love it when a plan does not fall apart straight from the start..&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4479538750513719075-9041789900789906585?l=fronteerstrategy.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://fronteerstrategy.blogspot.com/feeds/9041789900789906585/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4479538750513719075&amp;postID=9041789900789906585' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4479538750513719075/posts/default/9041789900789906585'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4479538750513719075/posts/default/9041789900789906585'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://fronteerstrategy.blogspot.com/2009/03/hey-we-got-twittered-or-future-of.html' title='HEY! WE GOT TWITTERED - OR.. THE FUTURE OF FINANCIAL SERVICES'/><author><name>Martijn</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/18343765119608670593</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='30' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_2cX3Z4TlN64/SQR3FIcE_1I/AAAAAAAAAAM/CdYxVlxRXEA/S220/Martijn+Pater+foto'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_2cX3Z4TlN64/SceNXb1mEfI/AAAAAAAAACg/2PJSFaDX3Pw/s72-c/Afbeelding+8.png' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4479538750513719075.post-3064357501854792865</id><published>2009-03-09T09:53:00.003+01:00</published><updated>2009-03-09T13:54:37.022+01:00</updated><title type='text'>CO-CREATION IN DEVELOPMENT AID</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_HwRMYo3-fFA/SbTph7WzMnI/AAAAAAAAAA0/ngG1G7ur_aE/s1600-h/162883126_9720fcafce.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 137px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_HwRMYo3-fFA/SbTph7WzMnI/AAAAAAAAAA0/ngG1G7ur_aE/s200/162883126_9720fcafce.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5311126629654934130" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The basis for development aid is fragile, people are becoming more critical when it comes to their 'well spend' money, and &lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"&gt;the crisis&lt;/span&gt; is not helping... Investors think twice before they invest in projects, let alone consumers like you and me. And if we do invest, we sure as hell like to know what happened to our money! Where did it go, how is it used and what are the results?&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;These issues were part of the discussion in a very interesting Rooftop session we did last week for Butterfly Works. As Fronteer we were appealed by their refreshing approach towards the development sector so we decided to support them by investing in a Rooftop session.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;We brought together a very diverse combination of parties in the development sector as well as creative and more commercial minds. This led to very inspiring discussions and even more interesting and innovative ideas to start doing things differently. In stead of competing, organisations see important opportunities arise to combine their strengths, co-create and work together to reach what are in the end, common goals.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;So what seemed as two worlds apart at first, appeared to merge smoothly during the day and led to surprising new insights... We're up for some innovation and co-creation in development aid, that's for sure!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4479538750513719075-3064357501854792865?l=fronteerstrategy.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://fronteerstrategy.blogspot.com/feeds/3064357501854792865/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4479538750513719075&amp;postID=3064357501854792865' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4479538750513719075/posts/default/3064357501854792865'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4479538750513719075/posts/default/3064357501854792865'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://fronteerstrategy.blogspot.com/2009/03/innovation-in-development.html' title='CO-CREATION IN DEVELOPMENT AID'/><author><name>Nicole</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10094928839687432670</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_HwRMYo3-fFA/SbTph7WzMnI/AAAAAAAAAA0/ngG1G7ur_aE/s72-c/162883126_9720fcafce.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4479538750513719075.post-5113925655772770923</id><published>2009-02-23T22:13:00.003+01:00</published><updated>2009-02-23T22:23:32.336+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Schizophrenic? Or just tired of all the yada yada about the crisis...</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__W5YwvCfLJY/SaMSk6AlevI/AAAAAAAAACo/CXumfsemJnU/s1600-h/buy.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 394px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__W5YwvCfLJY/SaMSk6AlevI/AAAAAAAAACo/CXumfsemJnU/s400/buy.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5306105211228879602" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;(Sorry, only in Dutch... Here's an article posted on the tongue-in-cheek business blog www.925.nl) &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;‘De Economische Crisis creeert Schizofrene consumenten!’. Adformatie bericht deze week over een onderzoek van BBDO Worldwide. Altijd lachen natuurlijk, mensen voor schizofreen uitmaken. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;“De schizofrene consument denkt het een en doet het ander” - zo wordt ons uitgelegd. Uit onderzoek zou blijken dat we als gevolg van ‘de crisis’ ineens onlogische aankoopbeslissingen maken.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Dat de meeste van onze aankoopbeslissingen niet rationeel zijn, wisten we al veel langer: wat we zeggen en wat we doen zijn twee totaal verschillende werelden. Onder ons gedrag liggen complexe patronen, die te maken hebben met onze cultuur, onze religie, onze onderdrukte wensen, etc. Martin Lindstrom schreef hierover onlangs een leuk en lezenswaardig boek: ‘Buyology’.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;“Ineens” blijken we sommige aankopen uit te stellen - of zelfs, hemel behoede ons - te heroverwegen! En nu komt de echte bliksemschicht van baanbrekend inzicht: De Prijs Is Niet de Enige Factor die van Grote Invloed is op Onze Aankoopbeslissing! Sommige produkten blijven we kopen, bijvoorbeeld als het een emotionele waarde biedt. ‘No Shit, Einstein!’&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Dames en Heren, hiervoor hebben BBDO-teams in 14 landen onderzoek gedaan. Ik zou zeggen: de volgende keer dat er iemand van uw reclamebureau op kantoor langskomt, bied ze een kop koffie aan en maak even een praatje, ze zitten er blijkbaar om verlegen. Dat we in het huidige Bad-News-Bombardement even stilstaan om na te denken wat we ookalweer van dingen vinden, is niet schizofreen maar doodnormaal.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Dat we soms op emotionele gronden iets kopen, is ook niet zo gek. Zelfs op de afdeling transploft weten we inmiddels dat een succesvol produkt moet scoren op de dimensies Onderscheidend, Relevant en Aantrekkelijk.De propositie van het produkt, waarmee je op die dimensies moet scoren, bestaat naast uit technische- en functionele benefits, namelijk ook uit emotionele. (o.a. uitgelegd in “Trading up, the new luxury and why we need it” van De Boston Consulting Group)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Dat werkt ongeveer zo: sluit je ogen en denk aan en MP3 speler.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;De mp3 speler heeft een geheugen van 16MB, er kunnen wel 10miljoen liedjes op. Dit is een technische benefit, iets wat te maken heeft met de ‘objectieve’ kwaliteit van een produkt.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Door de software die eropzit, kun je ‘m ook met sensoren in je schoenen gebruiken om tijdens het hardlopen bij te houden hoe je training gaat. Dit is een functionele benefit - het zegt iets over het gebruik.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Nu komen de leukste benefits: de emotionele. Deze mp3speler met software is namelijk een samenwerking tussen Nike en Apple: een van de allergeilste merkenvrijages ooit. Door dit apparaat te kopen voel ik me dus sexy, sportief, winnend, alsmede slim, Californisch en stylish. Noem mij maar schizofreen, maar hier hoef ik niet zo lang over na te denken. “Sterker nog: doet u er nog maar een paar gympies en zo’n mooi joggingspak bij, mevrouw”. Wat nou crisis?&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4479538750513719075-5113925655772770923?l=fronteerstrategy.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://fronteerstrategy.blogspot.com/feeds/5113925655772770923/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4479538750513719075&amp;postID=5113925655772770923' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4479538750513719075/posts/default/5113925655772770923'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4479538750513719075/posts/default/5113925655772770923'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://fronteerstrategy.blogspot.com/2009/02/schizophrenic-or-just-tired-of-all-yada.html' title='Schizophrenic? Or just tired of all the yada yada about the crisis...'/><author><name>J a m e s</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12394629348712640801</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__W5YwvCfLJY/SQYSywPvLtI/AAAAAAAAAAs/Y4ipWe3pep0/S220/James+Veenhoff-0111+kopie.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__W5YwvCfLJY/SaMSk6AlevI/AAAAAAAAACo/CXumfsemJnU/s72-c/buy.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4479538750513719075.post-3904276175111112559</id><published>2009-02-13T17:21:00.004+01:00</published><updated>2009-02-13T17:35:05.242+01:00</updated><title type='text'>WE NEED A COMMUNITY!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_HwRMYo3-fFA/SZWg6_XyP2I/AAAAAAAAAAs/YczScibVyzs/s1600-h/sst-150x144.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 150px; height: 144px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_HwRMYo3-fFA/SZWg6_XyP2I/AAAAAAAAAAs/YczScibVyzs/s200/sst-150x144.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5302321071602679650" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;One thing is clear, communities are hot. They seem to be popping up all around us as an increasing number of companies and people have the growing urge to 'start a community'. But where to start?&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Last week we attended the 3rd Social Strategy Talk at the Westerunie, titled 'Doe mij een community'. PSV, de Rabobank, a podcast priest and an Obama campaign member shared their experience and knowledge on creating and maintaining a community. Below a little more on the lessons learned.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Hard work&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Creating &amp;amp; maintaining a successful community is hard work. It requires good preparation and a clear vision on the purpose &amp;amp; ultimate goal, but it can definitely be worth the effort. As father Roderick said, it took 2000 years of hard work by a lot of nuns, programming in Unix and keeping the IT department of the Vatican going, but in the end "&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Jesus is a 2000 year old product and still has around 1 billion customers..."&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Add value&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Although people live in communities by nature, you can't force a community upon someone. Think of the added value for its members, what's their shared goal? Don't ask what the community can do for you, ask what you can do for the community...&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Don't reinvent the wheel&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;As mentioned, starting a community is usually not something you do on the side, it's hard work. And since it's even more hard work to start from scratch -if you can- try to make use of existing communities in stead of reinventing the wheel (and save yourself some money &amp;amp; energy :-)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Content&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"&gt;"I'm here at this congress at the Vatican, but something is going on... all cellphones are ringing and I hear helicopters outside... I think the Pope is dead!" &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;If you have anything worthwhile to share, people will be interested. But the hard thing is to keep it this way. Content should always be up-to-date, dynamic and interesting! Keep people actively involved in your content development, match it to their needs, keep it relevant.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;A personal touch&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;The most successful communities have an on-line and off-line aspect. PSV actively makes an effort to complete the on-line brand experience with off-line activities, for example with their yearly kids-day. Part of Obama's success was personal contact combined with new media, creating movement and action among people. So to make your community a success, on-line and off-line, make sure to keep it personal!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4479538750513719075-3904276175111112559?l=fronteerstrategy.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://fronteerstrategy.blogspot.com/feeds/3904276175111112559/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4479538750513719075&amp;postID=3904276175111112559' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4479538750513719075/posts/default/3904276175111112559'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4479538750513719075/posts/default/3904276175111112559'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://fronteerstrategy.blogspot.com/2009/02/we-need-community.html' title='WE NEED A COMMUNITY!'/><author><name>Nicole</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10094928839687432670</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_HwRMYo3-fFA/SZWg6_XyP2I/AAAAAAAAAAs/YczScibVyzs/s72-c/sst-150x144.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4479538750513719075.post-4457918738394505579</id><published>2009-01-27T22:36:00.003+01:00</published><updated>2009-01-27T22:41:46.375+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='AIFW'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Amsterdam'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Fashion Week'/><title type='text'>I Love it when a plan comes together</title><content type='html'>DUTCH CREATIVE (AND) INDUSTRY LEADERS RUB SHOULDERS AT AMSTERDAM INTERNATIONAL FASHION WEEK&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__W5YwvCfLJY/SX9_Ulcv1bI/AAAAAAAAACA/yupfTA-zZcE/s1600-h/Antoine+Peters+-+I%27m+with+Stupid.png"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 146px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__W5YwvCfLJY/SX9_Ulcv1bI/AAAAAAAAACA/yupfTA-zZcE/s400/Antoine+Peters+-+I%27m+with+Stupid.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5296091678437791154" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;This week sees the 10th edition of AIFW - a platform to put Amsterdam on the fashion map, launched (almost) exactly 5 year ago. The official show schedule starts tomorrow night with the Fortis Opening Soiree, but a number of ambitious young designers make use of 'empty' slots in the schedule by showing 'guerilla-style'. Tonight, Antoine Peters showed his AW09 collection, titled "I'm With Stupid".&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I've had the pleasure of co-organising all 10 editions of AIFW from its inception, and will be standing down this saturday. Tonight was a great pleasure: world-famous designer Marcel Wanders giving a standing ovation to Antoine, and just a few heads down the front row, famous stylist Ruud van der Peijl and Bank Honcho HJ Stuyling rubbing shoulders.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This is exactly why we started AIFW - to connect the disciplines in Amsterdam's funky creative industry scene and bring together stakeholders from across the creative-commercial divide.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Like Hannibal Lecter used to say: "I Love It, when a plan comes together..."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.amsterdamfashionweek.com/"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;www.amsterdamfashionweek.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4479538750513719075-4457918738394505579?l=fronteerstrategy.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://fronteerstrategy.blogspot.com/feeds/4457918738394505579/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4479538750513719075&amp;postID=4457918738394505579' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4479538750513719075/posts/default/4457918738394505579'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4479538750513719075/posts/default/4457918738394505579'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://fronteerstrategy.blogspot.com/2009/01/i-love-it-when-plan-comes-together.html' title='I Love it when a plan comes together'/><author><name>J a m e s</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12394629348712640801</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__W5YwvCfLJY/SQYSywPvLtI/AAAAAAAAAAs/Y4ipWe3pep0/S220/James+Veenhoff-0111+kopie.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__W5YwvCfLJY/SX9_Ulcv1bI/AAAAAAAAACA/yupfTA-zZcE/s72-c/Antoine+Peters+-+I%27m+with+Stupid.png' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4479538750513719075.post-4892121827537637921</id><published>2009-01-27T16:26:00.001+01:00</published><updated>2009-01-27T16:37:31.628+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='internet xs4all'/><title type='text'>DOWNLOAD &gt;5 NOW!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_UVOA8LQ6lCE/SX8hAz9a_tI/AAAAAAAAAr8/0MSS1qqkqM8/s1600-h/Picture+9.png"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 137px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_UVOA8LQ6lCE/SX8hAz9a_tI/AAAAAAAAAr8/0MSS1qqkqM8/s200/Picture+9.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5295987984642539218" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;In November last year, we informed you about the '&lt;a href="http://fronteerstrategy.blogspot.com/2008/12/future-of-internets.html"&gt;Inspiration Book&lt;/a&gt;' called '&gt;5' that we created together with XS4ALL. The book carries 26 visions on the future of the Internet: real stories written by people with very different backgrounds. The book was launched on the FIFI congress on 28th of November. &lt;div&gt;Initially the book was for XS4ALL business clients only. However due to the many positive reactions, it was decided to make it available for everybody. &lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;SO HERE IS THE GOOD NEWS: it can now be downloaded from the &lt;a href="http://www.fifi2008.nl/"&gt;FIFI website&lt;/a&gt;.  &lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;So I would like to invite you to go there and push the download button. Then all you have to do is sit back and enjoy all 26 stories! And... don't forget to pay attention to the inspiring lay-out and visuals that complement each story. Each visual was found on the Flickr website and relates to a certain key-word in the text - very 2.0, don't you think? &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Enjoy the read!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4479538750513719075-4892121827537637921?l=fronteerstrategy.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://fronteerstrategy.blogspot.com/feeds/4892121827537637921/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4479538750513719075&amp;postID=4892121827537637921' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4479538750513719075/posts/default/4892121827537637921'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4479538750513719075/posts/default/4892121827537637921'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://fronteerstrategy.blogspot.com/2009/01/download-5-now.html' title='DOWNLOAD &gt;5 NOW!'/><author><name>Marieke</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11804677096611622051</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_UVOA8LQ6lCE/SX8hAz9a_tI/AAAAAAAAAr8/0MSS1qqkqM8/s72-c/Picture+9.png' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4479538750513719075.post-5983841692126748447</id><published>2009-01-27T14:06:00.008+01:00</published><updated>2009-01-27T14:21:01.830+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='inspiration'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Apple'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Innovation'/><title type='text'>YOU THINK PEOPLE LOVE APPLE NOW? WATCH THEM SCREAM 25 YEARS AGO</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_2cX3Z4TlN64/SX8JyeZ2R7I/AAAAAAAAABg/dbaps2e2P8Q/s1600-h/Afbeelding+4.png"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 174px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_2cX3Z4TlN64/SX8JyeZ2R7I/AAAAAAAAABg/dbaps2e2P8Q/s200/Afbeelding+4.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5295962449570580402" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;You can find Steve Jobs' first big presentation from 1984 online. Hear the crowd soaring. When we at Fronteer talk about smart brands, we talk about Apple (sometimes). The thing is, this brand is built in a quarter century. It was carefully constructed and nurtured over the years.  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;When you have people screaming for more at your first real introduction, and 25 years later still... what can we add to that?&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;object width="425" height="344"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/G0FtgZNOD44&amp;amp;color1=0xb1b1b1&amp;amp;color2=0xcfcfcf&amp;amp;hl=en&amp;amp;feature=player_embedded&amp;amp;fs=1"&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/G0FtgZNOD44&amp;amp;color1=0xb1b1b1&amp;amp;color2=0xcfcfcf&amp;amp;hl=en&amp;amp;feature=player_embedded&amp;amp;fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;We found the &lt;a href="http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/01/24/video-steve-jobs-giving-his-first-big-demo/"&gt;link&lt;/a&gt; at TechCrunch&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4479538750513719075-5983841692126748447?l=fronteerstrategy.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://fronteerstrategy.blogspot.com/feeds/5983841692126748447/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4479538750513719075&amp;postID=5983841692126748447' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4479538750513719075/posts/default/5983841692126748447'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4479538750513719075/posts/default/5983841692126748447'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://fronteerstrategy.blogspot.com/2009/01/you-think-people-love-apple-now-watch.html' title='YOU THINK PEOPLE LOVE APPLE NOW? WATCH THEM SCREAM 25 YEARS AGO'/><author><name>Martijn</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/18343765119608670593</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='30' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_2cX3Z4TlN64/SQR3FIcE_1I/AAAAAAAAAAM/CdYxVlxRXEA/S220/Martijn+Pater+foto'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_2cX3Z4TlN64/SX8JyeZ2R7I/AAAAAAAAABg/dbaps2e2P8Q/s72-c/Afbeelding+4.png' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4479538750513719075.post-2406681386441577928</id><published>2009-01-22T14:02:00.004+01:00</published><updated>2009-01-22T14:25:50.297+01:00</updated><title type='text'>INNOVATION: WHERE EAST MEETS WEST</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_HwRMYo3-fFA/SXhzyJON_wI/AAAAAAAAAAk/B3oPtHmj4A8/s1600-h/why%3F.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 184px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_HwRMYo3-fFA/SXhzyJON_wI/AAAAAAAAAAk/B3oPtHmj4A8/s200/why%3F.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5294108667280228098" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div&gt;A while ago one of the experts in a Rooftop session dropped a question "&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"&gt;So all people are connected... and then what?" &lt;/span&gt;It seemed quite bold at first, but he actually was so right, asking for the reason WHY you would want to be connected, why would you want something... just for the sake of wanting it?&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;It got me thinking about the role of asking 'why' in the innovation process. As a child you were always asking why? why? Just to get a grip on things and try to understand things. And even though I still ask this question quite often, I noticed that you often stop asking this and just deal with a situation as it comes along. But how wrong can you be!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;A well known Japanese business scholar, Ikujiro Nonaka, has some interesting reasoning behind the importance of asking why when it comes to innovation. It all has to do with the 2, probably familiar, types of knowledge that exist: &lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"&gt;explicit&lt;/span&gt; and &lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"&gt;tacit&lt;/span&gt; knowledge (also called episteme and techne, Aristotle). Episteme or explicit knowledge is about knowing WHAT &amp;amp; HOW. It's concrete, measurable knowledge that we can learn from a book or by (individual) training. Something we're particularly fond of in the West. We assume that this is more accurate and reliable, and we just looove information to be measurable and reliable...&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;In Eastern cultures people embrace the techne or tacit knowledge, which is about knowing WHY. It's based on personal awareness &amp;amp; feelings, a subjective interpretation of situations. It's about knowing why you do or feel things in a specific way. It cannot be universalised or measured scientifically. It grows through experience and is inseparable from the human being who possesses it. Uhhh, freaky...&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;So in Western cultures we just like to know WHAT the problem is and HOW to fix it. Not wasting time on figuring out why there is a problem and if it's even necessary to fix it at all. But only the tacit knowledge puts the explicit knowledge in a context, something that is quite crucial in innovation... It's the interaction between expertise (knowing &lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"&gt;what&lt;/span&gt;) and experience (knowing &lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"&gt;why&lt;/span&gt;) that makes it possible to evolve, create knowledge and truly innovate. When you find the way to combine this Western and Eastern thinking, you will eventually know the right steps to take.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;This only leaves us with the question &lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"&gt;how&lt;/span&gt; to realise this interaction...(since we still like the explicit 'how to' steps, right?). Lets try this:&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;1) Create a comfortable environment&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;2) Invite people that dare to ask why&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;3) Create an open dialogue where why is not a dirty word&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;4) Always keep in mind the 'so-what'&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;5) Start sharing knowledge &amp;amp; experience, start to co-create!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4479538750513719075-2406681386441577928?l=fronteerstrategy.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://fronteerstrategy.blogspot.com/feeds/2406681386441577928/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4479538750513719075&amp;postID=2406681386441577928' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4479538750513719075/posts/default/2406681386441577928'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4479538750513719075/posts/default/2406681386441577928'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://fronteerstrategy.blogspot.com/2009/01/innovation-where-east-meets-west.html' title='INNOVATION: WHERE EAST MEETS WEST'/><author><name>Nicole</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10094928839687432670</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_HwRMYo3-fFA/SXhzyJON_wI/AAAAAAAAAAk/B3oPtHmj4A8/s72-c/why%3F.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4479538750513719075.post-2072812947115003914</id><published>2009-01-16T23:11:00.004+01:00</published><updated>2009-01-16T23:37:00.012+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Research'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='inspiration'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Japan'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Innovation'/><title type='text'>CUTE CUTE CUTE</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_2cX3Z4TlN64/SXELO9PHwNI/AAAAAAAAABA/OvONmhd3KQI/s1600-h/2325970655_e6c42ccefd.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 302px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_2cX3Z4TlN64/SXELO9PHwNI/AAAAAAAAABA/OvONmhd3KQI/s320/2325970655_e6c42ccefd.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5292023388721103058" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Japan is the country of Kawaii - meaning cute (amongst others). Doing some pretty serious retailing research in Japan we found out that even grown up businesses are heavily influenced by this miraculous little word. &lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Women determine what is bought and what not. Men get pocket money. Cars, food, travel goods, clothes,  anything really, bought by women. What do women want? Colour and pretty curves basically. This means that entire categories have to adopt to this and that foreign brands have to be well aware of the impact it has on their ranges. This combined with a very strong hype culture makes doing business in Japan tricky to say the least.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;In our specific research - travel goods - we found a market dominated by a few players well aware on the might of the retailer and consumers. Double or Nothing is the game. Once you're in, you're doing well. Once you're out, you're out for good. Quality problems? Say by to the brand. Not cute? Same deal. Made in China? Rather not. Luggage brands that did well managed to please everybody: curves, colours, coolness and country of origin. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;What did we learn? Interviewing in Japan is tiring - try to sit in the same hot blue cubicles for days on a row - but Japanese are actually open for business. The ones that have stamina and try to do everything right have a pretty good chance to actually making it out there.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;And, don't forget to bring '&lt;a href="http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stroopwafel"&gt;stroopwafels&lt;/a&gt;'!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4479538750513719075-2072812947115003914?l=fronteerstrategy.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://fronteerstrategy.blogspot.com/feeds/2072812947115003914/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4479538750513719075&amp;postID=2072812947115003914' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4479538750513719075/posts/default/2072812947115003914'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4479538750513719075/posts/default/2072812947115003914'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://fronteerstrategy.blogspot.com/2009/01/cute-cute-cute.html' title='CUTE CUTE CUTE'/><author><name>Martijn</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/18343765119608670593</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='30' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_2cX3Z4TlN64/SQR3FIcE_1I/AAAAAAAAAAM/CdYxVlxRXEA/S220/Martijn+Pater+foto'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_2cX3Z4TlN64/SXELO9PHwNI/AAAAAAAAABA/OvONmhd3KQI/s72-c/2325970655_e6c42ccefd.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4479538750513719075.post-4314217168494949574</id><published>2009-01-16T22:48:00.006+01:00</published><updated>2009-01-16T23:42:20.339+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Co-creation'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Nokia'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Rooftop'/><title type='text'>A WARM WELCOME IN HELSINKI</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_2cX3Z4TlN64/SXEM4tU6hdI/AAAAAAAAABI/2lXDR3lFM2c/s1600-h/IMG_0820.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_2cX3Z4TlN64/SXEM4tU6hdI/AAAAAAAAABI/2lXDR3lFM2c/s320/IMG_0820.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5292025205516568018" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_2cX3Z4TlN64/SXEFTESDzlI/AAAAAAAAAA4/LdowHfTvz1E/s1600-h/nokia-logo.jpg"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;One month ago we held a &lt;a href="http://www.welcometorooftop.com/"&gt;Rooftop&lt;/a&gt; co-creation session in Helsinki for Nokia. The subject involved developing scenarios for using mobile phones in the future. The people we invited to join the excellent &lt;a href="http://www.nokia.com/"&gt;Nokia&lt;/a&gt; team flew in from Portugal, Belgium, Holland and Sweden. A great mix of backgrounds and characters formed the basis for a successful workshop. &lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Nokia is actually one of our most cherished clients. They see the true value and meaning of co-creation. Together with them we are exploring the road less travelled in open innovation. This road is one where companies actually allow people from outside to join its challenges for a longer period of time. Nokia intends to come back to our external professionals in a few months to actually touch base on the progress that has been made. And even after that, 9-12 after the session, we would like to review with the entire group what had been done with the workshop outcome. Did it change in any way Nokia's product portfolio, strategy or vision? I can't wait to find out.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Discussion continued in any case long after the session in the KLM business class - our private lounge.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4479538750513719075-4314217168494949574?l=fronteerstrategy.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://fronteerstrategy.blogspot.com/feeds/4314217168494949574/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4479538750513719075&amp;postID=4314217168494949574' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4479538750513719075/posts/default/4314217168494949574'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4479538750513719075/posts/default/4314217168494949574'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://fronteerstrategy.blogspot.com/2009/01/warm-welcome-in-helsinki.html' title='A WARM WELCOME IN HELSINKI'/><author><name>Martijn</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/18343765119608670593</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='30' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_2cX3Z4TlN64/SQR3FIcE_1I/AAAAAAAAAAM/CdYxVlxRXEA/S220/Martijn+Pater+foto'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_2cX3Z4TlN64/SXEM4tU6hdI/AAAAAAAAABI/2lXDR3lFM2c/s72-c/IMG_0820.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4479538750513719075.post-2891932111082685631</id><published>2009-01-16T21:25:00.010+01:00</published><updated>2009-01-19T00:44:29.925+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Co-creation'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Rooftop'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Innovation'/><title type='text'>"I HAVE TO DO SOMETHING WITH CO-CREATION!" - DISCUSSION WITH FRANK PILLER</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_2cX3Z4TlN64/SXO-15JoufI/AAAAAAAAABQ/jbq7sLmLC2s/s1600-h/Afbeelding+1.png"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_2cX3Z4TlN64/SXO-15JoufI/AAAAAAAAABQ/jbq7sLmLC2s/s320/Afbeelding+1.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5292783820174047730" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I had the honour of meeting &lt;a href="http://www.mass-customization.de/"&gt;Frank Piller&lt;/a&gt;, one of the most knowledgeable people on co-creation, open innovation and mass-customisation. We had set up a meeting since our &lt;a href="http://www.welcometorooftop.com/"&gt;Rooftop&lt;/a&gt; expert co-creation product is the kind of thing Frank researches. Frank is currently conducting a study on the 65 most important co-creation consultancies or intermediates, he told me in an animated conversation. He is especially looking for examples of well executed co-creation projects and he is invesigating the larger expert based platforms like &lt;a href="http://www.innocentive.com/"&gt;Innocentive&lt;/a&gt;. One of the people admired by Frank was, next to &lt;a href="http://web.mit.edu/evhippel/www/"&gt;Eric von Hippel&lt;/a&gt;,  &lt;a href="http://www.wu-wien.ac.at/entrep/institut/team/cv/franke"&gt;Nikolaus Franke&lt;/a&gt;, from the Wirtschaftsuniversitat in Vienna. He also mentioned the success of &lt;a href="http://www.communispace.com/"&gt;Innospace&lt;/a&gt;, the on-line community based customer research tool, and &lt;a href="http://www.hyve.de/index.php"&gt;Hyve&lt;/a&gt;, the German design-driven innovation and research firm.&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;We discussed the different approaches to co-creation and the value some companies bring to the table. Many companies deal nowadays with an urge to step into open innovation and co-creation but don't know how to do that. An awful lot of companies are in or close to being in a pilot phase. I was happy to discuss some of the recent successes we had with co-creation at Heineken and Nokia.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Our approach was seen by Frank as being fresh and differentiating. Some of the things we do he sees being not standard in co-creation are:&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Expertise. &lt;/span&gt;We believe in finding the best people, screening them, and preparing them well for the assignment. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Equality. &lt;/span&gt;Also, we strive for equality between all parties involved: clients, experts and lead-users. Only then true co-creation is achieved. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Value&lt;/span&gt;. Each participant has different things he or she wants to take out of the session. Recognising that and making it happen for them are crucial.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Synchronisation&lt;/span&gt;. When dealing with a diverse group of people with different interests, being on the same page with the same energy level is a must. Sounds easy, it is not.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Continuity. &lt;/span&gt;Co-creation does not stop after a session, it continues. When clients recognise that, a wonderful world of opportunities arises. We have an online community space to facilitate that. Before, during and after the session.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;A wonderful visit it was. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4479538750513719075-2891932111082685631?l=fronteerstrategy.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://fronteerstrategy.blogspot.com/feeds/2891932111082685631/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4479538750513719075&amp;postID=2891932111082685631' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4479538750513719075/posts/default/2891932111082685631'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4479538750513719075/posts/default/2891932111082685631'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://fronteerstrategy.blogspot.com/2009/01/i-have-to-do-something-with-co-creation.html' title='&quot;I HAVE TO DO SOMETHING WITH CO-CREATION!&quot; - DISCUSSION WITH FRANK PILLER'/><author><name>Martijn</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/18343765119608670593</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='30' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_2cX3Z4TlN64/SQR3FIcE_1I/AAAAAAAAAAM/CdYxVlxRXEA/S220/Martijn+Pater+foto'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_2cX3Z4TlN64/SXO-15JoufI/AAAAAAAAABQ/jbq7sLmLC2s/s72-c/Afbeelding+1.png' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4479538750513719075.post-8662171558399986296</id><published>2008-12-22T16:04:00.005+01:00</published><updated>2008-12-22T16:21:47.355+01:00</updated><title type='text'>EATING OUR OWN DOG-FOOD</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_UVOA8LQ6lCE/SU-wcMET9wI/AAAAAAAAArs/eHYxTxdQzcA/s1600-h/dogfood+image.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 158px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_UVOA8LQ6lCE/SU-wcMET9wI/AAAAAAAAArs/eHYxTxdQzcA/s200/dogfood+image.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5282634886251017986" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Co-creation is at the heart of what we do, but what is at the heart of co-creation? In order to answer this question, we decided to give ourselves a dose of our own medicine. We asked an external moderator from Kaos Pilots to lead a co-creation session in which we would participate ourselves. &lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;To get a broad view and diverse input on the subject, we invited three of our clients from Heineken, Bugaboo and Leaseplan and three former expert-participants to join us in this session. Our goal? Get to the essence of co-creation! &lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Between several exercises ranging from drawing each other's face without looking at your paper to imaginative sword fighting, various interesting topics were brought to the table. Group discussions eventually led to four co-creation essentials: &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Synchronising: get everybody on the same level&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Equality: make sure everybody feels equal&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Management of expectations: acknowledge the different personal expectations&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Value-definition: know that everybody will value the session for different reasons&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;div&gt;A result that will without a doubt add value to our co-creation sessions in the future. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;It was an interesting experience to be on the other side of the fence for once: not knowing what will happen in the following hours, not knowing what is expected of you and looking around at all other participants: What do they expect? How do they feel? What will they say? &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;My biggest lesson? You will never get to the essence if you don't try it yourself, or, as one of our experts said: "It's good to see that your are eating your own dog-food!" &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Wroaf!  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4479538750513719075-8662171558399986296?l=fronteerstrategy.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://fronteerstrategy.blogspot.com/feeds/8662171558399986296/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4479538750513719075&amp;postID=8662171558399986296' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4479538750513719075/posts/default/8662171558399986296'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4479538750513719075/posts/default/8662171558399986296'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://fronteerstrategy.blogspot.com/2008/12/eating-our-own-dog-food.html' title='EATING OUR OWN DOG-FOOD'/><author><name>Marieke</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11804677096611622051</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_UVOA8LQ6lCE/SU-wcMET9wI/AAAAAAAAArs/eHYxTxdQzcA/s72-c/dogfood+image.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4479538750513719075.post-8404085520656122685</id><published>2008-12-10T11:46:00.002+01:00</published><updated>2008-12-10T11:48:15.434+01:00</updated><title type='text'>MONOCLE ADVICE FOR AMSTERDAM</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__W5YwvCfLJY/ST-eBwc42tI/AAAAAAAAABo/30weyvhZ3Wg/s1600-h/brule-tyler070215.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 230px; height: 143px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__W5YwvCfLJY/ST-eBwc42tI/AAAAAAAAABo/30weyvhZ3Wg/s320/brule-tyler070215.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5278111041324636882" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;WHAT MAKES A CITY SUCCESSFUL?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Amsterdam Topstad is an ambitious project initiated by alderman Lodewijk Asscher, to mobilise entrepreneurs and individuals into a movement to get Amsterdam in the Top 5 lists of most popular, succesful, habitable, etc, etc cities of the world. The Topstad team organise regular 'inspiration &amp;amp; network' meetings to keep the fires burning.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Yesterday's session (charmingly organised at a former pathology lab) focused on consequences of 'The Crisis' and what it means in terms of challenges and opportunities for Amsterdam. Guest lecturer was none less than Tyler Brulee, founder of our Wallpaper and Monocle (our favourit magazine of the moment) - arguably one of the world's most inspiring lights on the topics of 'How to make urban living as rich as possible'.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;To my surprise, out of all the issues that contribute to pleasant urban living and successful urban development, he zoomed in on RECOGNITION as the most important. Being recognised in the street, bakers' shop and by neighbours, apparently contributes so much to feeling at home, that it is central to successful neighbourhoods. An interesting one to think about.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;He made another point that struck me more directly: having "A PLAN", preferably a clear and simple one, and sticking to it, was the best way to attract talent, business and residents. He also mentioned international connectivity (airports) and seamless urban transport as a key part of successful cities: so that you can get as much out of your urban day as possible.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;More about successful cities: www.monocle.com (great magazine!)&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4479538750513719075-8404085520656122685?l=fronteerstrategy.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://fronteerstrategy.blogspot.com/feeds/8404085520656122685/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4479538750513719075&amp;postID=8404085520656122685' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4479538750513719075/posts/default/8404085520656122685'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4479538750513719075/posts/default/8404085520656122685'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://fronteerstrategy.blogspot.com/2008/12/monocle-advice-for-amsterdam.html' title='MONOCLE ADVICE FOR AMSTERDAM'/><author><name>J a m e s</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12394629348712640801</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__W5YwvCfLJY/SQYSywPvLtI/AAAAAAAAAAs/Y4ipWe3pep0/S220/James+Veenhoff-0111+kopie.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__W5YwvCfLJY/ST-eBwc42tI/AAAAAAAAABo/30weyvhZ3Wg/s72-c/brule-tyler070215.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4479538750513719075.post-4321034001533847929</id><published>2008-12-01T13:25:00.004+01:00</published><updated>2008-12-01T13:52:51.292+01:00</updated><title type='text'>HEY BABY,... WANNA POKEN?</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__W5YwvCfLJY/STPd31Ip8zI/AAAAAAAAABg/0i-Ir_yGIik/s1600-h/poken.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__W5YwvCfLJY/STPd31Ip8zI/AAAAAAAAABg/0i-Ir_yGIik/s320/poken.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5274803539806909234" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;POKEN... BUSINESS CARDS 2.0?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;One of the other partners of the FIFI congress last week, was a company called POKEN, an interesting new product. Based on relatively simple Radio Frequency Identity Device technology, it enables you to exchange contact data, almost like swapping business cards.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Cleverly, you can add LINKEDIN profiles too, connecting the gizmo to established social networks.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;By 'high-fiving' your counterpart, the tags are exchanged. The poken lights up (green light) when the data has been swapped. You then stick it in a USB port to upload and hey presto...a new friend.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Watch out for the limited edition 'Geisha' poken! More information at www.doyoupoken.com .&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4479538750513719075-4321034001533847929?l=fronteerstrategy.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://fronteerstrategy.blogspot.com/feeds/4321034001533847929/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4479538750513719075&amp;postID=4321034001533847929' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4479538750513719075/posts/default/4321034001533847929'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4479538750513719075/posts/default/4321034001533847929'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://fronteerstrategy.blogspot.com/2008/12/hey-baby-wanna-poken.html' title='HEY BABY,... WANNA POKEN?'/><author><name>J a m e s</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12394629348712640801</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__W5YwvCfLJY/SQYSywPvLtI/AAAAAAAAAAs/Y4ipWe3pep0/S220/James+Veenhoff-0111+kopie.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__W5YwvCfLJY/STPd31Ip8zI/AAAAAAAAABg/0i-Ir_yGIik/s72-c/poken.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4479538750513719075.post-7830658491111151467</id><published>2008-12-01T13:10:00.005+01:00</published><updated>2008-12-01T13:25:06.370+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='xs4all'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='internet'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='inspiration'/><title type='text'>THE FUTURE OF THE INTERNETS</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__W5YwvCfLJY/STPXF1WDQGI/AAAAAAAAABQ/__M7WbvvDzs/s1600-h/IMG_0145.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__W5YwvCfLJY/STPXF1WDQGI/AAAAAAAAABQ/__M7WbvvDzs/s320/IMG_0145.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5274796083799867490" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;THE FUTURE OF INTERNETS&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Last week, our partners XS4ALL (Holland's premier internet provider) celebrated 15 years of internet in the Netherlands. All subscribers were invited to take part in a conference called FIFI (hence the pink dog) which stands for Fear It or Fix It.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;To comemmorate this special occasion, XS4ALL and Fronteer Strategy collaborated on an 'Inspiration Book' called "&gt;5" : 26 visions of what the internet is expected to 'bring' us in the next 5 years. Rather than carting out the 'usual suspect' internet gurus, we decided to 'keep it real' by asking 'normal people' about their fears, hopes and expectations of the next 5 years online.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A primary school teacher, an Alderman, a police detective, the director of a Museum; this kind of people. A total of 26 different stories, from all walks of life, about what the internet will do to classrooms, democracy, profiling villains and interacting with science. What it taught me? That there really is not 1 internet - but many different internets all tied into one.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"&gt;5" is printed in Dutch only and so far, unfortunately it's not for sale. However, anyone who feels they would be inspired by it, please drop me a line at james@fronteerstrategy.com. We have a couple of copies that i would gladly share.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4479538750513719075-7830658491111151467?l=fronteerstrategy.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://fronteerstrategy.blogspot.com/feeds/7830658491111151467/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4479538750513719075&amp;postID=7830658491111151467' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4479538750513719075/posts/default/7830658491111151467'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4479538750513719075/posts/default/7830658491111151467'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://fronteerstrategy.blogspot.com/2008/12/future-of-internets.html' title='THE FUTURE OF THE INTERNETS'/><author><name>J a m e s</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12394629348712640801</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__W5YwvCfLJY/SQYSywPvLtI/AAAAAAAAAAs/Y4ipWe3pep0/S220/James+Veenhoff-0111+kopie.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__W5YwvCfLJY/STPXF1WDQGI/AAAAAAAAABQ/__M7WbvvDzs/s72-c/IMG_0145.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4479538750513719075.post-430423119031076859</id><published>2008-11-21T09:23:00.003+01:00</published><updated>2008-11-21T10:57:33.879+01:00</updated><title type='text'>WELCOME ON BOARD - OR RATHER NOT?</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__W5YwvCfLJY/SSaFx1Kq0QI/AAAAAAAAABI/R40mYc8itNc/s1600-h/cancelledflights_wideweb__470x349,0.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 238px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__W5YwvCfLJY/SSaFx1Kq0QI/AAAAAAAAABI/R40mYc8itNc/s320/cancelledflights_wideweb__470x349,0.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5271047505015656706" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;WELCOME ON BOARD !&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;The Joys of Airline Travel - published in Second Sight Trend  magazine.(www.secondsight.nl)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Sorry - only in Dutch&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Verdoemenis in het Inferno van Dante? Een zondagse wandeling in het bos – met pannenkoek! – vergeleken met het lot van een hedendaagse reiziger.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We gaan er even vanuit dat we niet bij de 5% “sorry overboekt” horen die met een McDonaldsbon het riet in worden gestuurd, noch dat onze vlucht wegens omstandigheden (niet vol) wordt gecancelled.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We hebben dan na de dame van de marechaussee nog precies een uur en achtendertig minuten om bij de gate te komen – en die hebben we nodig ook, want het is naar C99 nog 8 kilometer lopen. Snelwandelend geven we nog even 9 euro uit aan een flesje water.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Die wordt even later gelijk weer in de kliko-bak gegooid want water is natuurlijk streng verboden aan boord (?). En dan begint het: schoenen uit, riem af, horloge af, zakken leeg, kolbert uit, laptop uit de tas halen, door de scanner. Vervolgens natuurlijk tas open, toilettas open : STOKSLAGEN! Deze terrorist had bijna een halfvolle sanex-deo meegesmokkeld!!! Maar gelukkig; we krijgen voor deze ene keer geen straf en mogen een uur of wat op het gevangenismeubilair in de ‘lounge’ plaatsnemen.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;En dan het voorlopige hoogtepunt - een uitvinding nog zinlozer dan de ‘file op zondag’: het PRE-BOARDEN! We ergeren ons ongeveer 40 minutenlang dood in een rij lelijke mensen (elk met een enorme rolkoffer EN een beautycase EN een handtas EN nog een boodschappentas… waarom moest ik mijn zogenaamd KLM-proof weekendtas inchecken?) om vervolgens aan de andere kant van de parelkettingtrut wederom op een ijzeren bankje te gaan zitten wachten.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hosanna – we mogen het toestel in. Eindelijk, mijn plekje; lekker de achterste rij naast de WC natuurlijk, knus naast een naar nicotine stinkend Brabants stel met huilende baby (tja...poepluier!). Als de derde Airhead haar kar vol onverkoopbare taxfreetroep tegen mijn knieschijven ramt, zie ik het licht:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ik begin mijn eigen airline. Het kost net ietsje meer, want er mogen alleen mooie, beleefde, lekker ruikende mensen mee. We vertrekken altijd vanaf gate B1, naast de douane. Ben je ajb 30minuutjes voor vertrek op Schiphol? Pak bij binnenkomst gelijk je eigen flesje tomatensap en zakje nootjes – het personeel doet namelijk uitsluitend nuttige dingen, zoals het besturen van het vliegtuig. Uit de speaker komt niets anders dan goeie jazz want we weten allemaal al hoe een stoelriem werkt, we hebben niks met Flyteam en Partners te maken en we zijn te intelligent om te foppen dat er bij een landing op water nog iets nuttigs met een drijfvest gaat gebeuren. Je mag gewoon bellen, mits rustig – alleen irritante ringtones zijn verboden.&lt;br /&gt;Wie vliegt er mee?&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4479538750513719075-430423119031076859?l=fronteerstrategy.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://fronteerstrategy.blogspot.com/feeds/430423119031076859/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4479538750513719075&amp;postID=430423119031076859' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4479538750513719075/posts/default/430423119031076859'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4479538750513719075/posts/default/430423119031076859'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://fronteerstrategy.blogspot.com/2008/11/welcome-on-board-or-rather-not.html' title='WELCOME ON BOARD - OR RATHER NOT?'/><author><name>J a m e s</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12394629348712640801</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__W5YwvCfLJY/SQYSywPvLtI/AAAAAAAAAAs/Y4ipWe3pep0/S220/James+Veenhoff-0111+kopie.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__W5YwvCfLJY/SSaFx1Kq0QI/AAAAAAAAABI/R40mYc8itNc/s72-c/cancelledflights_wideweb__470x349,0.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4479538750513719075.post-8988216013906018865</id><published>2008-11-19T12:09:00.004+01:00</published><updated>2008-11-19T17:01:48.348+01:00</updated><title type='text'>RECESSION-PROOF RETAILING</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_HwRMYo3-fFA/SSP2Psl2HoI/AAAAAAAAAAU/O1L4KA2Lhzs/s1600-h/kermit+NY.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 170px; height: 227px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_HwRMYo3-fFA/SSP2Psl2HoI/AAAAAAAAAAU/O1L4KA2Lhzs/s320/kermit+NY.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5270326738481979010" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:small;"&gt;Last week we were off to the Big Apple, doing a retailer landscape analysis for one of our cherished clients. Although the city was as vibrant and lively as ever, we soon got to see the flipside of it...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:small;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:small;"&gt;The overall message was clear: business really has changed for retailers the last couple of months. Whether you're an independent store, a chain or department store, the retailer landscape has some difficult times ahead. Several smaller players are expected to close their doors somewhere these coming months and according to most retailers, the worst has yet to come.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:small;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:small;"&gt;But how to survive? It's easier when money is moving and people are spending, but in times of recession retailers really have to be creative to get their share. In that case, perhaps it means that they shouldn't focus on what might &lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"&gt;not&lt;/span&gt; work, but rather think of what &lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"&gt;could&lt;/span&gt; work, explore boundaries. It's a time where companies have to get inventive and get resourceful to stand out.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:small;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:small;"&gt;Luckily for us, there was one retailer who invited this brilliant, famous little character to his store to trigger the crowds. That's where we found out that... Kermit the Frog is still alive!!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4479538750513719075-8988216013906018865?l=fronteerstrategy.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://fronteerstrategy.blogspot.com/feeds/8988216013906018865/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4479538750513719075&amp;postID=8988216013906018865' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4479538750513719075/posts/default/8988216013906018865'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4479538750513719075/posts/default/8988216013906018865'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://fronteerstrategy.blogspot.com/2008/11/recession-proof-retailing_19.html' title='RECESSION-PROOF RETAILING'/><author><name>Nicole</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10094928839687432670</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_HwRMYo3-fFA/SSP2Psl2HoI/AAAAAAAAAAU/O1L4KA2Lhzs/s72-c/kermit+NY.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4479538750513719075.post-535701220648896916</id><published>2008-11-06T15:12:00.007+01:00</published><updated>2008-11-06T15:26:47.022+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Only when it is personal it is interesting</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_2cX3Z4TlN64/SRL-EbUYJlI/AAAAAAAAAAo/HVLOQlnjMCI/s1600-h/FIFI08.png"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 185px; height: 258px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_2cX3Z4TlN64/SRL-EbUYJlI/AAAAAAAAAAo/HVLOQlnjMCI/s320/FIFI08.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5265550266355689042" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.xs4all.nl/"&gt;XS4ALL&lt;/a&gt;, the renowned Dutch internet service provider organises a &lt;a href="http://www.fifi2008.nl/"&gt;congress&lt;/a&gt; to celebrate its 15-year anniversary: November 28, 2008 in Amsterdam.&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.fronteerstrategy.com/"&gt;Fronteer&lt;/a&gt; has been asked to partner with XS4ALL to compile a book with inspiring personal stories about the future of the internet. 30 people from Holland and abroad will participate. Famous people, and not so famous people. The first reads have been wonderfully interesting. Knowing more about the impact of the internet on a single person's life and profession, and what she or he expects from the future, makes you think about it as well.&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;The book will be a limited edition available to XS4ALL's business clients at the congress.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4479538750513719075-535701220648896916?l=fronteerstrategy.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://fronteerstrategy.blogspot.com/feeds/535701220648896916/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4479538750513719075&amp;postID=535701220648896916' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4479538750513719075/posts/default/535701220648896916'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4479538750513719075/posts/default/535701220648896916'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://fronteerstrategy.blogspot.com/2008/11/only-when-it-is-personal-it-is.html' title='Only when it is personal it is interesting'/><author><name>Martijn</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/18343765119608670593</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='30' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_2cX3Z4TlN64/SQR3FIcE_1I/AAAAAAAAAAM/CdYxVlxRXEA/S220/Martijn+Pater+foto'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_2cX3Z4TlN64/SRL-EbUYJlI/AAAAAAAAAAo/HVLOQlnjMCI/s72-c/FIFI08.png' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4479538750513719075.post-3035563140985682759</id><published>2008-10-27T09:42:00.006+01:00</published><updated>2008-10-27T18:01:19.696+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Open Innovation according to Frank Piller</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_I9nIy1p7HzE/SQWBlP6oWiI/AAAAAAAAAAM/1drcJeEm3Mw/s1600-h/frank+piller.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 127px; height: 203px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_I9nIy1p7HzE/SQWBlP6oWiI/AAAAAAAAAAM/1drcJeEm3Mw/s320/frank+piller.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5261754216579881506" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;How to achieve a 30% profit margin with no risk, no Ph.d., no capital investment, no R&amp;amp;D and (almost) no employees?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This was the kick off question of a masterclass I attended last Thursday. The man raising this question was Frank Piller. To be honest I had never heard of this man before, until I was invited to his masterclass. I quickly discovered that Frank Piller is regarded as one of the leading experts in the fields of mass customization, co-creation &amp;amp; open innovation, frequently being quoted by the NYT, Financial Times, etc. Quite an impressive man so to speak. There I was, one of the 25 people sitting in his class and I knew the company he had presented in his first question.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The company fitting the profile was Threadless. An online T-shirt company with a business structure not conveying to the traditional rules of economics and therefore a succes. In the traditional markets, products fail because companies are only looking for a way to identify consumer needs. But people most of the time don't know what they want, let alone have the ability to communicate their needs to a company. Market research isn't the answer to the problem, since companies will always tend to look for the obvious solutions in the obvious markets. This is when open innovation kicks in.  Using lead users/experts, broadcasting or developing communities, means you are doing the right things as well as doing things right. An important comment here is that using lead users is not a market research method. Lead users are the people that have a certain need today that the market has tomorrow. Lead users are not the current customers of the company.  So people who want to fit an open innovation method into their traditional model will be disappointed.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Conclusion...open innovation isn't for everyone. You can always try to weigh the pros and cons and develop models to proof which approach is more profitable. But you just have to go for it, or not...but please choose.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4479538750513719075-3035563140985682759?l=fronteerstrategy.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://fronteerstrategy.blogspot.com/feeds/3035563140985682759/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4479538750513719075&amp;postID=3035563140985682759' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4479538750513719075/posts/default/3035563140985682759'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4479538750513719075/posts/default/3035563140985682759'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://fronteerstrategy.blogspot.com/2008/10/open-innovation-according-to-frank.html' title='Open Innovation according to Frank Piller'/><author><name>Jennifer</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14023630831048848829</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_I9nIy1p7HzE/SQWBlP6oWiI/AAAAAAAAAAM/1drcJeEm3Mw/s72-c/frank+piller.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4479538750513719075.post-2507087176686778163</id><published>2008-10-23T09:40:00.002+02:00</published><updated>2008-10-23T09:45:32.992+02:00</updated><title type='text'>HIGH MARGIN BRAND ACTIVATION</title><content type='html'>&lt;a style="font-weight: bold;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_h5E2TuUJ7Kw/SQAq5JPm8VI/AAAAAAAAAAw/8O9U_OY8wi8/s1600-h/IMG_0102.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_h5E2TuUJ7Kw/SQAq5JPm8VI/AAAAAAAAAAw/8O9U_OY8wi8/s200/IMG_0102.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5260251525991035218" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;LEGOWORLD : Great Fun. Great Activation.&lt;br /&gt;Probably, also great Margin.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The past few years, we've seen more and more brands re-think their marketing mix. Simply putting your name on the back of a football team is becoming rather 'last season'. Cleverly, some companies are using their 'brand activation' efforts to generate revenue as well as recall, loyalty, rumour and excitement.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Last Saturday I took my god-son Justin to a great example of this: LegoWorld. All of the existing and new product lines (Pirates, City, Techno, Star Wars, Ferrari, Racers, Indiana Jones, you name it) were featured, as well as a room full of exhibitions by fanatic Lego freaks, who had built scale models of everything from the royal palace and a cruise ship to a roman battle (I tell you, there are some REALLY enthusiastic Lego-heads out there)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The event was efficiently organised and well-sponsored ... and the highlight of every kid's visit was probably a spree in the  special Intertoys-Lego toy shop.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Let's see: they brought together and celebrated brand ambassadors; they drove communication together with JETIX kids TV channel; gave their core users an unforgettable day, they introduced new product lines, provided opportunities to play with (and want) existing toys. All conveniently timed... just before the Sinterklaas gift buying season.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So many people turned up that the radio news reported a LegoWorld trafic jam. AND they charged every guest 15 euros for entry, 8 euros for parking, 3 euros for candy floss and 3 euros for a sandwich. Then again... they also gave 10% discount on the Lego at the shop.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Great Activation.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4479538750513719075-2507087176686778163?l=fronteerstrategy.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://fronteerstrategy.blogspot.com/feeds/2507087176686778163/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4479538750513719075&amp;postID=2507087176686778163' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4479538750513719075/posts/default/2507087176686778163'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4479538750513719075/posts/default/2507087176686778163'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://fronteerstrategy.blogspot.com/2008/10/high-margin-brand-activation.html' title='HIGH MARGIN BRAND ACTIVATION'/><author><name>J a m e s</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_h5E2TuUJ7Kw/SQAoxRKoCLI/AAAAAAAAAAM/luRnEi69oSc/S220/Mode+Agenda+Portret+2+James-0121+kopie+.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_h5E2TuUJ7Kw/SQAq5JPm8VI/AAAAAAAAAAw/8O9U_OY8wi8/s72-c/IMG_0102.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4479538750513719075.post-9157401610037920193</id><published>2008-10-23T09:34:00.002+02:00</published><updated>2008-10-23T09:40:54.453+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Sure...We had a new idea only 2 years ago</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_h5E2TuUJ7Kw/SQAqV5CiJJI/AAAAAAAAAAo/Eh7QqjTS5TA/s1600-h/Sliced+Bread.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 132px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_h5E2TuUJ7Kw/SQAqV5CiJJI/AAAAAAAAAAo/Eh7QqjTS5TA/s200/Sliced+Bread.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5260250920345805970" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:180%;" &gt;Take 20 seconds and think about this: &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;What's the last time  your company introduced something new?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Chances are, you will be as unpleasantly surprised as many of our clients. It's only natural really; companies are usually designed to do more or less the same thing over and over. That's basically how you improve performance and increase margins.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Unfortunately though, there's usually someone out there in the market who's ready to make the first move. New feature. New widget. Better performance. Better Price.  Consumers tend to like that kind of thing.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So whether we like it or not, we need to innovate - especially with the market in its current shaky state. The good news is that innovation isn't as tough as it sounds. It's no more than coming up with one or more bright ideas and implementing them. It needn't be a painful or long-winded process, on the contrary: in our experience it is an exciting process that releases energy throughout the company, sometimes even the entire category.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Since most companies are better at 'doing their job' than managing the process of change, Fronteer Strategy has developed an efficient, structured approach, that takes our clients through the steps of Analysis, Development and Execution with a minimum of headache and a maximum of result.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Interested? Feel free to contact me.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4479538750513719075-9157401610037920193?l=fronteerstrategy.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://fronteerstrategy.blogspot.com/feeds/9157401610037920193/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4479538750513719075&amp;postID=9157401610037920193' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4479538750513719075/posts/default/9157401610037920193'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4479538750513719075/posts/default/9157401610037920193'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://fronteerstrategy.blogspot.com/2008/10/surewe-had-new-idea-only-2-years-ago.html' title='Sure...We had a new idea only 2 years ago'/><author><name>J a m e s</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_h5E2TuUJ7Kw/SQAoxRKoCLI/AAAAAAAAAAM/luRnEi69oSc/S220/Mode+Agenda+Portret+2+James-0121+kopie+.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_h5E2TuUJ7Kw/SQAqV5CiJJI/AAAAAAAAAAo/Eh7QqjTS5TA/s72-c/Sliced+Bread.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4479538750513719075.post-6196945059951787351</id><published>2008-10-10T10:10:00.003+02:00</published><updated>2008-10-12T14:36:19.474+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Column'/><title type='text'>HIP IS UIT</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_CmbK7pEvPwg/SO8OS53ZAFI/AAAAAAAAABM/R544ThR86TY/s1600-h/images.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_CmbK7pEvPwg/SO8OS53ZAFI/AAAAAAAAABM/R544ThR86TY/s320/images.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5255435008098238546" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;THIS COLUMN WAS ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED IN 'DE TELEGRAAF' WEEKEND SUPPLEMENT - ONLY IN DUTCH, SORRY...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;HIP IS UIT&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Nee, natuurlijk niet: “Hip” is “In”, dat weet iedereen. Er zijn zelfs limited edition vitaminedrankjes: Alles is hip en trendy.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Schoolkinderen zijn hip. Ze dragen de allerlaatste mode, zo uit de Glamour.&lt;br /&gt;Jonge ouders zijn hip. Kijk maar naar hun Bugaboo, Lamartinashirt of Hilfigerjack.&lt;br /&gt;Kakkers zijn hip. Je ziet het aan hun Abercrombieandfitchbloes, pumagymp en sleutelketting.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Makelaars zijn hip. Het bewijs is geleverd door hun Italiaans gesneden (lees: te krappe) almost-Oger pak, soepel achteroverge-gelde corpsballenmatje, diagonaal geruite en dasloze overhemd, glimmende scooter en gebrek aan sokken (alleen die cognac-suede gespschoen is nog over uit een sneu pre-hip tijdperk van lang geleden).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Geloven is moeilijk maar zelfs huisvaders uit Zwolle (ik was er laatst, vraag niet waarom) zijn tegenwoordig super hip. Ze dragen McGregorbloezen met het logo van grotejongensdroom Spijker erop en draaien in hun leasebak keihard de laatste van 50cent.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Iedereen is hip, van Friesland tot Limburg. Dat is niet verwonderlijk, want de media vallen overelkaar heen om uit te leggen wat hip is. Er is eigenlijk geen ontsnappen aan. Hoe moet je huis? Hoe moet je tuin? Hoe moet je haar, hoe moet je kleding?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Leuker nog natuurlijk is om te laten zien wat er NIET meer hip is: als je niet hip bent, ben je namelijk ‘Last Season’… het ergste dat je kan overkomen. Je wordt bespot en uitgelachen. En terecht, want het is je eigen schuld; iedereen die wil kan hip zijn, je hebt gewoon niet je best gedaan.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Het paradoxale is dat de coolste types in de mode, vormgeving en muziek, die in een vroeger tijdperk als ‘hip’ zouden zijn aangemerkt, helemaal niet meer hip zijn. Een licht teleurgestelde vriendin merkte het op mijn verjaardagsfeestje al op: “hmmm… ik had hier eigenlijk allemaal hippe mensen verwacht...”&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Toen viel het muntje: hip is uit. Ga maar na: merken “kunnen” alleen nog als ze ‘echt’ duur, superobscuur of uitgesproken cheap zijn (bewijs: de coolste chicks dragen broeken van een ubercool en nauwelijks te vinden merk dat ‘cheap Monday’ heet) grafisch vormgevers hebben geen bugaboos maar van die drinky oude opvouwbuggys, dj’s dragen maatpakken en skateboarders lopen op brogues. Ik snap eindelijk waarom stylisten (the holy tribe of hipness) er al een paar jaar zo verrot uitzien… it’s Hip! Eh… unhip. Nou ja u begrijpt mij hopelijk.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Op zoek naar verlichting zocht ik de betekenis van het woord HIP op. Van Dale meldt: “modern, gedurfd modieus. =&gt; Blits”. Volgens het Britse Dictionairy.com gaat het echter niet zozeer om hip ‘doen’, alswel om hip ‘weten’; “[to be] familiar with or informed about the latest ideas, styles, developments, etc.”  Ziedaar waarom hippe Engelse mensen er doorgaans zo beroerd uitzien: ze weten het wel maar ze doen het gewoon niet. En wij maar ‘gedurfd blits’ doen.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Maar oei oei oei, waar moet dat heen als de hippen niet meer hip zijn. Naar wie kunnen wij ons wenden om te weten ‘what not to wear’? Stevenen we af op een periode van grauwe hiploosheid? Toekomstoloog Li Edelkoort voorspelt ‘het midden’ inderdaad als de toekomst.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Het midden….vergeet de Amsterdamse catwalks en Rotterdamse sidewalks: ze zijn weldra passé. We gaan ‘Terug naar Oegstgeest’, ‘mee naar Diemen-Zuid’ en ‘kadengkadeng’ naar Brabant op zoek naar de heilige graal van de nieuwe look. Vergeet modevrienden A en B, Rodrigo of Geer en Goor : Ted de Braak is ons nieuwe stijl-ikoon. Ik zie u bij C&amp;amp;A voor de nieuwe show - de afterparty is bij La Place boven de A4.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hip is Dood. Leve Hip.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4479538750513719075-6196945059951787351?l=fronteerstrategy.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://fronteerstrategy.blogspot.com/feeds/6196945059951787351/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4479538750513719075&amp;postID=6196945059951787351' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4479538750513719075/posts/default/6196945059951787351'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4479538750513719075/posts/default/6196945059951787351'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://fronteerstrategy.blogspot.com/2008/10/hip-is-uit.html' title='HIP IS UIT'/><author><name>The Fronteer Strategy team</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16008377686527184723</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_CmbK7pEvPwg/SO8OS53ZAFI/AAAAAAAAABM/R544ThR86TY/s72-c/images.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4479538750513719075.post-6378732721047315034</id><published>2008-10-10T10:07:00.003+02:00</published><updated>2008-10-12T14:37:41.556+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Column'/><title type='text'>MY FIRST TIME ON THE INTERNET</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_CmbK7pEvPwg/SO8Nm8eFPRI/AAAAAAAAABE/bqmqdcdJq94/s1600-h/DIGITAL.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_CmbK7pEvPwg/SO8Nm8eFPRI/AAAAAAAAABE/bqmqdcdJq94/s320/DIGITAL.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5255434252883148050" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;THIS COLUMN WAS ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED IN SECOND SIGHT MAGAZINE - WWW.SECONDSIGHT.NL - ONLY IN DUTCH, SORRY...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mijn Eerste Keer&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ik herinner me mijn eerste keer op internet. Het zal zo’n 15 jaar geleden zijn; vier jongens voor een piepklein scherm op een zolderkamer in Den Haag. Dit was de tijd van pioneers: piepende telefoonlijnen, obscure codes en heel veel errors. Na anderhalf uur frustrerend gepiel verscheen de site van de CIA (lachen…) eindelijk in beeld.  Net op t moment dat we de meest gewelddadige spionnen ter wereld zouden gaan zien riep de vrouw des huizes :“Jezus, zitten jullie nou nogsteeds op die computer te spelen?Ik moet even mama bellen”. Klik - ons internet-avontuur wreed beeindigd door de band tussen moeder en dochter.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;De specialist van een grote uitgeverij vertelde me onlangs dat vrouwen inmiddels meer online gamen dan mannen. Mede als gevolg van bovenstaande ervaring vond ik dat moeilijk te geloven. De meneer in kwestie was echter onbetwist deskundig en de meeste vrouwen in mijn omgeving zijn veel beter met technologie dan ik. Zou ik het mis hebben?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ik probeerde me er aarzelend iets bij voor te stellen: honderd-duizenden vrouwen die online Tetrissen, Puzzelen en Sudoku-en. Zoiets moet het wel zijn, dacht ik; het afmaken van grote groepen vijandige Orks of het managen van een fantasy voetbalteam lijkt me toch echt meer iets voor mannen. Poker zou nog net kunnen trouwens.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Maar wat een treurnis overviel me! Zie je het voor je? Van Houten tot Meppel, overal in ons land, de hele dag door, e-nor-re-me groepen vrouwen die op de computer spelletjes doen. En urenlang ook nog, schijnt. Vrouwen met computerspelletjes? Ik kreeg het maar niet in mn hoofd: wat zullen die bijbehorende kerels dan onvoorstelbaar saai zijn.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ik bleek er niet ver naast te zitten, want vandaag las ik in de krant dat 1 op 5 vrouwen aan cybersex doet! En ik maar denken dat het bij VrouwOnline over tuiniertips en Sonja Bakker gaat. Had ik dus twee keer gelijk – zowel over het game-gedrag van vrouwen (spelletjes, my ass!) als over die kerels: die zitten op datzelfde moment lekker een paar cyborgs verrot te schieten.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ze zeggen weleens dat al die aandacht voor sex en geweld nergens goed voor is.&lt;br /&gt;Gelul natuurlijk. Daar hebben we toch mooi het internet aan te danken.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4479538750513719075-6378732721047315034?l=fronteerstrategy.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://fronteerstrategy.blogspot.com/feeds/6378732721047315034/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4479538750513719075&amp;postID=6378732721047315034' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4479538750513719075/posts/default/6378732721047315034'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4479538750513719075/posts/default/6378732721047315034'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://fronteerstrategy.blogspot.com/2008/10/my-first-time-on-internet.html' title='MY FIRST TIME ON THE INTERNET'/><author><name>The Fronteer Strategy team</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16008377686527184723</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_CmbK7pEvPwg/SO8Nm8eFPRI/AAAAAAAAABE/bqmqdcdJq94/s72-c/DIGITAL.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4479538750513719075.post-379720873843425693</id><published>2008-10-10T10:03:00.003+02:00</published><updated>2008-10-12T14:37:41.556+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Column'/><title type='text'>YOU'RE ON YOUR OWN - RESPONSIBILITY</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_CmbK7pEvPwg/SO8NL7uNsbI/AAAAAAAAAA8/mFjbPFZGKao/s1600-h/RESPONSIBLE.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_CmbK7pEvPwg/SO8NL7uNsbI/AAAAAAAAAA8/mFjbPFZGKao/s320/RESPONSIBLE.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5255433788825907634" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;THIS COLUMN WAS PUBLISHED IN SECOND SIGHT MAGAZINE - WWW.SECONDSIGHT.NL - ONLY IN DUTCH, SORRY...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You’re On Your Own&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Het geheim van de smid inzake ‘Verantwoordelijkheid’ is dat beide kanten van de tafel het eens zijn over wie er verantwoordelijk is. Net als bij een kadootje: je kunt wel iets geven, maar als de ander het niet aanneemt is er een probleem. Geven en nemen van verantwoordelijkheid… je kunt er maar beter duidelijk over zijn.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Duidelijkheid alleen is helaas niet altijd voldoende. “Dit is mijn wijk niet, meneer – ik denk dat u beter even binnen kunt bestellen”. In die gevallen rest natuurlijk niets anders dan corrigerend optreden: ‘Nee juffrouw, ik denk dat ik beter buiten kan bestellen. Geeft u mijn bestelling even door aan uw collega? U bent hier immers de serveerster en ik de klant. Uw tafelschema is geenszins mijn verantwoordelijkheid.” Helaas zou deze opmerking, hoewel volstrekt terecht, mij in Nederland eerder ex-communicatie of een pak slaag opleveren dan het beoogde kopje koffie.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ik breek graag een lans voor de ‘eigen verantwoordelijkheid’. Uit het verleden  herinner ik mij een kristalheldere reclamespot over bosbranden. “Kan ik er wat aan doen?!” vroeg een stem. Jazeker, u kunt er wat aan doen: bijvoorbeeld geen sigarettenpeuken in een gortdroog bos weggooien of fikkies stoken op de hei. Sukkel!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;U denkt misschien tja, dat snap ik ook nog wel… toch zijn er op deze wereld nog klojo’s van zulk indrukwekkend niveau dat zelfs dit soort afspraken niet vanzelfsprekend genoemd mag worden. Stel nou: je doet je kat in een magnetron. Moeten we niet gewoon met z’n allen afspreken dat deze persoon eerst door ons allemaal wordt uitgelachen en vervolgens door de dierenbescherming op een taakstraf wordt getrakteerd? Liefst iets met heel veel dierenpoep. In plaats daarvan krijgt de mevrouw een paar miljoen mee.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Bah. Waarschuwingen op rolletjes snoep en bijsluiters voor pindakaas (pas op: nootjes!) ik word er moe van en stel voor, ze te vervangen door een zogenaamde Klootzak-clausule. Die clausule luidt: ja, wij verkopen u dit en zijn verantwoordelijk voor kwaliteit en deugdelijkheid. Maar als u niet een minimum aan eigen verstand hebt, zijn wij bij voorbaat gedisculpeerd van welk probleem dan ook. Stop de afstandbediening NIET in uw neus. Of wel, ook goed. Maar dan niet zeuren he?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Een voorbeeld: U rookt. Prima, u geniet en vele mensen verdienen er een leuke boterham mee. Maar laten we wel wezen: we weten allebei dat het ongezond is. Kom dus alsjeblieft niet zeuren als je ziek wordt. Hetzelfde geldt voor mensen die hamburgers echt HEEL erg lekker vinden en nooit meer iets anders eten. Joehoe: dat plakje augurk erop is niet voldoende voor een gezond dieet!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In plaats van nieuwe regels, stickers en garantiefondsen stel ik u de brede inzet voor van afgebakende verantwoordelijkheid en de klootzak-clausule. Een Gouden Duo!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Het goede voorbeeld werd onlangs gegeven door Governeur Lindal van New Orleans: ik ben verantwoordelijk voor uw veiligheid. Die is hier niet te garanderen, u moet dus weg. Neem vooral de gratis bus. Als u hier blijft, is dat ter uwer eigen verantwoording.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You’re on your own! En zo is het maar net.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4479538750513719075-379720873843425693?l=fronteerstrategy.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://fronteerstrategy.blogspot.com/feeds/379720873843425693/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4479538750513719075&amp;postID=379720873843425693' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4479538750513719075/posts/default/379720873843425693'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4479538750513719075/posts/default/379720873843425693'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://fronteerstrategy.blogspot.com/2008/10/youre-on-your-own-responsibility.html' title='YOU&apos;RE ON YOUR OWN - RESPONSIBILITY'/><author><name>The Fronteer Strategy team</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16008377686527184723</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_CmbK7pEvPwg/SO8NL7uNsbI/AAAAAAAAAA8/mFjbPFZGKao/s72-c/RESPONSIBLE.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4479538750513719075.post-6975581159103185381</id><published>2008-10-10T10:01:00.003+02:00</published><updated>2008-10-12T14:37:41.557+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Column'/><title type='text'>THE SCORN OF PLENTY - DE TOORN DES OVERVLOEDS</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_CmbK7pEvPwg/SO8MXniUzAI/AAAAAAAAAA0/iLsRWC28ON0/s1600-h/OVERVLOED.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_CmbK7pEvPwg/SO8MXniUzAI/AAAAAAAAAA0/iLsRWC28ON0/s320/OVERVLOED.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5255432890054134786" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;THIS COLUMN WAS ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED IN SECOND SIGHT MAGAZINE - WWW.SECONDSIGHT.NL - ONLY IN DUTCH, SORRY.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Overvloed. Van Dale zegt: “Een rijkelijke hoeveelheid”.&lt;br /&gt;Hmmmmmm, rijkelijk : lekker veel. Meer, meerder, meerst. Smullen of niet?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Was Overvloed voorheen een kenmerk van Het Paradijs, nu springen me bij het woord vooral beelden voor ogen van obese kindertjes op flabbercamp, overspannen subprime obligatie-handelaren en vuilstortwagens vol afgedankte levensmiddelen.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Overvloed... een schuldgevoel overmant me. Mea Culpa….&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;“Geniet, maar drink met mate” zeggen onze collega’s die werken voor de dranken-industrie. “Beter Niet” mompelen de tabaksboeren. Op deze specifieke gevallen na zijn wij als beroepsgroep juist in dienst om rucksichtloze meerconsumptie te stimuleren.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Meer ingewikkelde anti-verouderingscremes, meer muurvullende plasmaschermen en natuurlijk minstens 3x op vakantie. We zijn het immers allemaal waard, dus Hupsakee: als Midasjes verandert alles wat we willen kopen in goud. Wie het niet kan betalen, smeren we gerust nog een consumptief kredietje aan.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Eigenlijk best lelijk als de lijn tussen overvloed en overdaad wordt overschreden.&lt;br /&gt;En wij zijn er als ‘aansmeerprofessionals’ natuurlijk mede voor verantwoordelijk.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Maar wat is arroganter: de aanname dat wij ‘die arme domme consumenten’ in bescherming zouden moeten nemen? Of dat ons geen verantwoordelijkheid treft; ieder kiest immers zelf of hij of zij wel of niet iets koopt? “Laissez-faire” of  “Doe-effe-normaal”? Voor de aanschaf van een financieel produkt wordt ons sinds kort aangeraden, de financiele bijsluiter te lezen. Binnenkort een “Echt Nodig?” sticker op alle andere produkten?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Een duurzamere wereld vergt een beheerst uitgangspunt, niet alleen bij produktie maar ook alle andere schakels in de marketing-keten. EN aan de consumptiekant, de andere kant van de schutting. Maar wat betekent dat voor ons werk? Pfff.. dit wordt nog een lastig onderwerp. Maar wel een die wellicht wat aandacht verdient, ook buiten deze column. “Greed is good” oreerde Gordon Gecko in de legendarische film “Wall Street”. Daar zijn de meningen inmiddels over verdeeld, zeker nu de prijs van levensmiddelen 2/3 van de wereld aan de lippen staan.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Misschien corrigeert de markt zichzelf en leidt de veelbesproken hypotheekcrisis tot een heropleving van oud-Hollandse zuunigheid. Een pasje op de plaats zou misschien helemaal niet zo’n gigaramp zijn.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;En leuk: komt Zeeuws Meisje misschien toch nog weer terug.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4479538750513719075-6975581159103185381?l=fronteerstrategy.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://fronteerstrategy.blogspot.com/feeds/6975581159103185381/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4479538750513719075&amp;postID=6975581159103185381' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4479538750513719075/posts/default/6975581159103185381'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4479538750513719075/posts/default/6975581159103185381'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://fronteerstrategy.blogspot.com/2008/10/scorn-of-plenty-de-toorn-des-overvloeds.html' title='THE SCORN OF PLENTY - DE TOORN DES OVERVLOEDS'/><author><name>The Fronteer Strategy team</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16008377686527184723</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_CmbK7pEvPwg/SO8MXniUzAI/AAAAAAAAAA0/iLsRWC28ON0/s72-c/OVERVLOED.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4479538750513719075.post-8114337926999920358</id><published>2008-10-10T09:57:00.003+02:00</published><updated>2008-10-12T14:37:41.557+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Column'/><title type='text'>GIRL POWER</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_CmbK7pEvPwg/SO8L4YZgKLI/AAAAAAAAAAs/lvFyJvJDxrg/s1600-h/WOMEN.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_CmbK7pEvPwg/SO8L4YZgKLI/AAAAAAAAAAs/lvFyJvJDxrg/s320/WOMEN.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5255432353414654130" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;THIS COLUMN WAS PUBLISHED IN SECOND SIGHT MAGAZINE - WWW.SECONDSIGHT.NL - SORRY, ... ONLY IN DUTCH&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Mannen, hoedt u voor de vrouw.&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Zij mag dan dom zijn, in haar sluwheid overtreft zij zelfs de gemeenste wolf&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ziezo, zijn we wakker? Schopenhauer gaat, als ik me het citaat goed herinner, nog even verder met een meticuleuze uitleg van waarom mannen zich voor het zwakke geslacht moeten hoeden. Niet zozeer de stelling zelf (geen haar op mijn hoofd lieverd, echt niet), maar de kristalheldere scheiding tussen man en vrouw die eraan ten grondslag ligt, vind ik interessant.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Dat de zaken 150 jaar na Schopenhauer iets ingewikkelder liggen, ondervond ik laatst aan den lijve. Netjes Engels opgevoed, hield ik de deur voor een dame open. Nu verwacht ik hiervoor geen koninklijke onderscheiding, maar de ‘independent woman’ in kwestie maakte het wel erg bont: “Hoe zou jij het vinden als ik de deur voor jou openhield ?” gromde ze me zuur toe. Bah.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Nu ben ik zelf een modern ingesteld type en heb ik geen enkel probleem met assertieve, ambitieuze of intelligente vrouwen. Mijn probleem met feminisering gaat er dus niet om dat mannen en vrouwen een gelijke waarde, positie of carriere wordt gegund, integendeel. Mijn klacht is dat het role-model-rollenpatroon van de Charmante Spontane Vrouw en  Gewoon Leuke Man dreigt te verdwijnen. Wie regelmatig TV kijkt (ok, eigen schuld) ziet als voorbeeld De Ontevreden Trut en de Compleet Verwijfde Sukkel.&lt;br /&gt;(leuk spel: zoek hierbij uw eigen ‘Celebrity Couple’ voorbeeld)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;De Ontevreden Trut (DOT) wordt expliciet ge-girl-powered door “Because you’re worth it” en Desperate Buurvrouwen. Ze staat onder constante mediadruk om dunner, geiler, succesvoller en meer met Gucci te zijn behangen dan haar so-called vriendinnen.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;De Compleet Verwijfde Sukkel (CVS) wordt iets subtieler ontmand: “Mijn badjas staat haar beter, maar ze mag niet mijn antiroos shampoo gebruiken?” Sorry hoor, mag ik even braken? Nee, want we gaan nog even verder. Maik de Boer dicteert de nieuwe trends: allemaal gehipt, gehydrateerd en geharst. En: een Grote Sportieve Opel en een consumptief kredietje voor de nieuwe keuken. En dan heb ik t nog niet eens over die akelige Unilever ads waar kerels blij worden van een Swiffer.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Daar komt gedonder van. De CVS krijgt er genoeg van en ontpopt zich tot Part-time Ongenuanceerde Proleet. Hij kijkt Top Gear, koopt steeds meer Power tools en vindt politiek voor Compleet Verwijfde Sukkels. In het begin vindt De Ontevreden Trut het nog leuk – ze is immers een Echte Vent waard, maar als snel wordt ze ontevreden en verward. Op een dag, als een Gewoon Leuke Man hoffelijk de deur voor haar openhoudt, snauwt ze hem af.  Ondanks haar perfect gehydrateerde huid, dure nagels en geile broek (maatje 26 natuurlijk) is DOT niet gelukkig.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Wat DOT helemaal tot waanzin brengt is die onvoorstelbaar irritante, altijd maar gelukkig kijkende Charmante Spontane Vrouw met die o zo woede-opwekkende Gewoon Leuke Man van de overkant. Kijken die nooit TV ofzo? Zo doet toch niemand meer?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Misschien komt het allemaal nog goed. Ik houd alvast gewoon nog altijd de deur netjes voor dames open. Kom op, Gewoon Leuke Man, knijp eens een Charmante Spontane Vrouw ouderwets in haar bil. Als ze het niet lachen vindt, is het een Ontevreden Trut.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4479538750513719075-8114337926999920358?l=fronteerstrategy.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://fronteerstrategy.blogspot.com/feeds/8114337926999920358/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4479538750513719075&amp;postID=8114337926999920358' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4479538750513719075/posts/default/8114337926999920358'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4479538750513719075/posts/default/8114337926999920358'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://fronteerstrategy.blogspot.com/2008/10/girl-power.html' title='GIRL POWER'/><author><name>The Fronteer Strategy team</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16008377686527184723</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_CmbK7pEvPwg/SO8L4YZgKLI/AAAAAAAAAAs/lvFyJvJDxrg/s72-c/WOMEN.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4479538750513719075.post-1518960100536277740</id><published>2008-10-10T09:49:00.004+02:00</published><updated>2008-10-12T14:37:41.557+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Column'/><title type='text'>GRATIS</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_CmbK7pEvPwg/SO8KpV_iinI/AAAAAAAAAAk/gbKE4Ekuy4w/s1600-h/GRATIS.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_CmbK7pEvPwg/SO8KpV_iinI/AAAAAAAAAAk/gbKE4Ekuy4w/s320/GRATIS.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5255430995559221874" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;[THIS COLUMN WAS PUBLISHED IN SECOND SIGHT MAGAZINE - A DUTCH PUBLICATION ABOUT TRENDS AND FORECASTING - SORRY IT'S NOT IN ENGLISH]&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Gratis. Eén van de meest doeltreffende toverspreuken in het grote boek van reclame-makers. Een gegarandeerde formule om de aandacht te trekken. Het activeert een soort Hongerwinter-reflex: een gehypnotiseerde, manische blik verschijnt in de ogen: Gratis? Hebben, pakken, vooraan staan. Ik heb er recht op!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Aan “Gratis” is een grappig mengsel van schaamte en trots verbonden. Eerst schaamte: volwassen mensen die zich realiseren dat ze grabbelen als kinderen of vechten om een prul. En dan trots: “Tja, ge bent toch Nederlander he?” Dezelfde trots waarmee in Spanje de blikken doppertjes uit de caravan komen. En inderdaad: het is iets typisch Nederlands.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mijn eerste aanraking met de Nederlandse gratis-obsessie (mijn Engelse opvoeding had me er tot dantoe blijkbaar voor afgeschermd) had ik tijdens een bijbaantje. Een fonkelnieuw winkelcentrum in Buitenveldert trok middels een bon in het locale sufferdje de aandacht van oplettende shoppers: een gratis flesje wijn, voor Valentijnsdag. Bij inleveren van de bon, een gratis half flesje Chateau Migraine. “Kijk schat, ik heb voor Valentijnsdag een lekker flesje wijn gehaald!”. Brrrr..wat een kansloos idée dacht ik.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Het bewijs dat ik NIETS van reclame begrijp, was geleverd. Het winkelcentrum opende om 10uur en nog voordat we onze “Groot Gelderland Plein” promotie-polo aan hadden, stond er al een rij voor onze kraam die een Siberische supermarkt tot schaamte zou drijven. Ik herinner me 1 bepaalde meneer die – allegedly althans - voor alle dames in zijn serviceflat de fles wijn kwam “ophalen”: hij had 23 bonnen uitgeknipt. Mr Lover Lover…&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Dat is misschien nog wel het interessantste aan Gratis: het gevoel van RECHT. “Waar is mijn gratis puntje-puntje-puntje? Hier ermee, en rap wat!”&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ook op de onlangs gehouden Fashion Week bleek dat “Gratis” diep in de genen van onze natie zit ingebakken. De  hooggehakte en chicgejurkte dames keken spichtig om zich heen: Wat zit er in de goodybag? Wat?! Heeft die Bitch naast me er iets anders in dan ik? De partners in kwestie waren intensief gedrilled: nonchalant kijken en ZO VEEL MOGELIJK GRATIS SHIT in je smoking proppen. Een van de aanwezige dames nam het “Because I’m worth it” mantra wel heel serieus – zonder enige schaamte kieperde ze de overgebleven goodiebags geroutineerd in een grote tas. Honderden Redken-gels en Maybelline-eyeliners glommen me vanuit haar shopper toe. Grappig? Nee. Eigenlijk heel sneu.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Gratis. Je mag het hebben: het is immers een geschenk! Maar daar gaat het natuurlijk al mis. Een geschenk is pas een geschenk als de één iets geeft en de ander iets aanneemt: gulheid en dankbaarheid wisselen elkaar af. Het is net als bij oma vroeger: natúúrlijk mag je nog een koekje. Maar ze gewoon alle 10 van het schoteltje pakken is niet netjes en eigenlijk ook heel ongezellig.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Doe de omas van deze wereld een genoegen; ook voor Gratis geldt: netjes vragen en dankjewel zeggen. Zul je zien: is een gratis lippengloss ineens een echt kadootje.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;WWW.SECONDSIGHT.NL&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4479538750513719075-1518960100536277740?l=fronteerstrategy.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://fronteerstrategy.blogspot.com/feeds/1518960100536277740/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4479538750513719075&amp;postID=1518960100536277740' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4479538750513719075/posts/default/1518960100536277740'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4479538750513719075/posts/default/1518960100536277740'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://fronteerstrategy.blogspot.com/2008/10/gratis.html' title='GRATIS'/><author><name>The Fronteer Strategy team</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16008377686527184723</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_CmbK7pEvPwg/SO8KpV_iinI/AAAAAAAAAAk/gbKE4Ekuy4w/s72-c/GRATIS.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4479538750513719075.post-361074308790705847</id><published>2008-10-08T18:32:00.004+02:00</published><updated>2008-10-12T14:38:05.117+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='City Branding'/><title type='text'>INSPIRATION FROM BARCELONA</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_CmbK7pEvPwg/SOzho_C3kLI/AAAAAAAAAAc/z0En-aKVAew/s1600-h/IMG_0053.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_CmbK7pEvPwg/SOzho_C3kLI/AAAAAAAAAAc/z0En-aKVAew/s320/IMG_0053.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5254822959469007026" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"   style="  ;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;"&gt;&lt;div&gt;Last week, I had the opportunity to join 50 other delegates in the annual Amsterdam Partners network trip (&lt;a href="http://www.amsterdampartners.nl/"&gt;www.amsterdampartners.nl&lt;/a&gt;) to the wonderful city of Barcelona. The group - as always - consisted of influential civil servants, entrepreneurs and 'players behind the scenes' from in and around Amsterdam, and we met up with our counterparts from Barcelona. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;The trip was loosely organised around the topic "the Olympic Games as a catalyst for Urban Development"; very interesting indeed. The program consisted of a number of formal and informal presentations, a visit to Camp Nou, a supernice bicycle tour around the newer parts of town, some great food, some bad Karaoke (involving a certain mayor whose name will not be disclosed) and a flamenco dancing course. Great.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;As usual though, the greatest inspiration came from the small things: a 'Look Out For the Gimp' warning sign&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Posted by James&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4479538750513719075-361074308790705847?l=fronteerstrategy.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://fronteerstrategy.blogspot.com/feeds/361074308790705847/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4479538750513719075&amp;postID=361074308790705847' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4479538750513719075/posts/default/361074308790705847'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4479538750513719075/posts/default/361074308790705847'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://fronteerstrategy.blogspot.com/2008/10/inspiration-from-barcelona.html' title='INSPIRATION FROM BARCELONA'/><author><name>The Fronteer Strategy team</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16008377686527184723</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_CmbK7pEvPwg/SOzho_C3kLI/AAAAAAAAAAc/z0En-aKVAew/s72-c/IMG_0053.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4479538750513719075.post-3560075050267204997</id><published>2008-10-08T17:53:00.001+02:00</published><updated>2008-10-12T14:37:06.944+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Co-creation'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Brand Development'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Rooftop'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Innovation'/><title type='text'>GREAT! ANOTHER CONSULTING FIRM…</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_CmbK7pEvPwg/SOzczuHc_II/AAAAAAAAAAM/MSXoW5ROwrA/s1600-h/corporateIdentityCMYKVersion-1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_CmbK7pEvPwg/SOzczuHc_II/AAAAAAAAAAM/MSXoW5ROwrA/s320/corporateIdentityCMYKVersion-1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5254817646345256066" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"   style="  ;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;"&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style=" ;font-size:16pt;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;JUST WHAT THE WORLD NEEDED.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt; &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;Actually, no. Fronteer Strategy isn’t ‘just’ another consulting firm, but one with a clear idea of why, how and what. The ‘double e’ is a conscious typo (thanks for warning me though, mum) that refers to our backgrounds: engineer, marketeer… and anthropologist. We apply our wide variety of interests and experience to develop clutter-cutting marketing strategy: innovation, co-creation and brand development.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt; &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="  ;font-family:'Helvetica Neue';font-size:9pt;"&gt;As our name suggests, our main interest is in the ‘new’ and ‘unknown’. Whether it be new strategies, new markets, new concepts or products; we enjoy being ‘out there’ with our clients on the frontiers, where new value is created. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="  ;font-family:'Helvetica Neue';font-size:9pt;"&gt;No offense to other consulting firms, but I think we can honestly claim some points on the interesting-o-meter. The company was founded by Martijn Pater and myself, James Veenhoff. Martijn is an engineer with 8 years of consulting experience. Prior to launching Fronteer, he rode his motorbike from Amsterdam to China and back – as well as inventing, developing and marketing a new soft-shell helmet for outdoor &amp;amp; active sports. My own background is in growth strategy, and I have extensive experience in the fashion and luxury brand industry. My main field of expertise is brand strategy, specializing in the so-called niche, new luxury and ‘vanguard’ brands. &lt;span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;Due to my work as co-founder of Amsterdam International Fashion Week, I have also become very interested in Urban Development and hope to make use of my expertise in this area too.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:'Helvetica Neue';"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:'Helvetica Neue';"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4479538750513719075-3560075050267204997?l=fronteerstrategy.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://fronteerstrategy.blogspot.com/feeds/3560075050267204997/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4479538750513719075&amp;postID=3560075050267204997' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4479538750513719075/posts/default/3560075050267204997'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4479538750513719075/posts/default/3560075050267204997'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://fronteerstrategy.blogspot.com/2008/10/great-another-consulting-firm.html' title='GREAT! 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