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The Netherlands is a world leader in realising sustainable transport solutions and smart city planning. Twynstra Gudde is at the forefront of smart transport solutions, offering strategic advice to this century’s most complex mobility challenges. It is notoriously difficult to imagine what urban mobility will look like in 2040, but it will certainly be a […]
The client (a technology, defence and engineering group) wanted to turn around its Indian subsidiary (a well-known brand in the road construction equipment segment) and prepare it for strategic sale. Their business was underperforming with a huge negative gross margin and poor sales practices leading to weak pricing decisions. In addition, inefficient working capital management […]
So why is it then that we are in the year 2018, and many of us … should we say middle-aged … executives still struggle to find a foothold in the digital age and are unsure of which way to go? Based on my personal experience as an … experienced is a much better word […]
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Food has changed and so has the way we consume it. The fruit we eat at breakfast could have been grown on another continent, cooking food could mean only mixing and processing theingredients of a packet, or simply warming an already cooked packet of our favorite meal. The food industry has opened up an entire […]
Just like Tom Smykowski throwing up his hands and screaming, “I’m a people person!” after failing to succinctly define his job to the ‘two Bobs’ in the movie “Office Space” so has Project and Program Management become a catch-all name. The perception of it has become diluted, far from the dynamic and forward pushing discipline […]
A Dutch consortium led by Twynstra Gudde is working on the Bangladesh Delta Plan 2100 to make the country climate-proof for the future. Given the scope, scale, and time horizon of the plan, this is a unique and exciting assignment. The plan intends to provide solutions for current issues, but will primarily anticipate for the long […]
The following report draws on the results of a North Highland-sponsored survey conducted in April 2018. The survey identified the emerging trends in technology domains, along with the tactics and techniques that correlate with digital effectiveness. This report utilizes those insights to spotlight opportunities for organizations to capitalize on the promise of artificial intelligence (AI) […]
Today, companies have to accept two realities. The concept of “agile” can be very helpful, but it does not fit all parts of an organization. The key for a successful business transformation is to understand all the pieces of your puzzle and how they fit together. The real trade-offs in agile At the top of […]
The digital shift impacts all dimensions of the company and requires strong change management and program management support. On this basis, any transformation must have a two-fold goal: operations improvement and capitalizing on the new possibilities offered by digital development. A structured roadmap is mandatory, integrating an approach utilizing Proofs of Concept and pilots to […]