Intended as a starting point for a dialogue on how to get out of our dogmas and thinking patterns and take creative risks in a world that cannot be predicted. Someone who ends his management book with "get your hands dirty, it's about time"; Kees Tillema wrote a book about de-growing. Number 4 in the managementboek.nl top 100. In this episode of the Work Professor, we will discuss degrowth, what it is and why it is important.
Kees Tillema is co-founder and partner of Het Zuiderlicht Managementadviseurs. He has specialised in return issues in which both 'the economy' and 'the sociology' of organisations are linked. Kees is also a lecturer at the executive Master of Finance & Control at the University of Groningen.
Taleb's theory of antifragility
"This theory stimulated me to apply it in my own field and to focus on organisational science" says Kees. According to Kees, our reaction to vulnerability is to make things robust. This is also visible in practice and in leadership processes and can work against us. How do you recognise this? And what is needed to prevent this? Kees tells.
Seven issues, scientific knowledge for business
"Ifyou want to break patterns, you have to be able to step over science now and then. Rebelliousness is a key concept for leaders in organisations. Kees asked various organisations the questions: "What kind of issues are you facing and what are they about?". In the end, seven issues came out of this. Hear more about this in the episode.
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