Of we onszelf nu als de dappersten aller Galliërs of des petits Belges zien, de geschiedenis van België is geschreven door mensen die elk op hun eigen manier hun nek hebben uitgestoken. In Een kleine geschiedenis van grote durvers lees je het verhaal van enkele van de strafste ondernemers van de middeleeuwen tot nu.Van Omaar, Trudo en Begga, de founding fathers en mother van sommige van de invloedrijkste abdijen in vroegmiddeleeuws Europa, tot Ma...

Have you always known what you wanted to be in life?What are some “watershed moments” that made you who you are?When did you get on track to become a successful CEO?It started with three questions at Davos. The younger Peter Vanham looked to the answers from the elite leaders he asked to validate his own career choice, and the rich, private wisdom he received revealed more about building a career than he’d found any...

Learn how pioneering business leaders are resetting their companies' relationship to nature, society, and our common futureIn The New Nature of Business: The Path to Prosperity and Sustainability, businessman Andre Hoffmann and journalist Peter Vanham describe how companies should change their ways to have continued success, and why the current modus operandi is not working. They present a template for creating “sustainable prosperity”, and case-studies of...

Learn how pioneering business leaders are resetting their companies' relationship to nature, society, and our common futureIn The New Nature of Business: The Path to Prosperity and Sustainability, businessman Andre Hoffmann and journalist Peter Vanham describe how companies should change their ways to have continued success, and why the current modus operandi is not working. They present a template for creating “sustainable prosperity”, and case-studies of companie...

Welche Rolle sollten Unternehmen in Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft spielen? Wie können Wirtschaftsunternehmens einen Mehrwert für alle schaffen, und zwar so, dass es die Umwelt nicht schädigt? Kurz: Wie sieht ein verantwortungsvoller, nachhaltiger Kapitalismus aus? Darüber wurde und wird viel diskutiert. Stark beeinflusst haben die Debatte der Schweizer Unternehmer und Umweltschützer André Hoffmann, bekannt durch seine leitende Tätigkeit bei Roche und beim WWF, und der belgische Wirtschaftsjo...

Unser globales Wirtschaftssystem ist kaputt. Es ist geprägt von globalen Umbrüchen, Unsicherheit und mangelnder Nachhaltigkeit. Aber wir können das derzeitige ökonomische System durch ein anderes ersetzen - eine Wirtschaft, die für alle Menschen und den Planeten funktioniert. Was müssen wir dafür tun? Erstens müssen wir die steigende Einkommensungleichheit innerhalb von Gesellschaften beseitigen, in denen sich das Produktivitäts- und Lohnwachstum verlangsamt hat. Zweitens müssen wir die dä...

In The New Nature of Business: The Path to Prosperity and Sustainability, businessman André Hoffmann and journalist Peter Vanham describe how companies should change their ways to have continued success, and why the current modus operandi is not working. They present a template for creating "sustainable prosperity", and case-studies of companies that survived and thrived by opting for change. In doing so, they provide a way out of long-standing dilemmas, such as how to balance bus...

Reimagining our global economy so it becomes more sustainable and prosperous for allOur global economic system is broken. But we can replace the current picture of global upheaval, unsustainability, and uncertainty with one of an economy that works for all people, and the planet. First, we must eliminate rising income inequality within societies where productivity and wage growth has slowed. Second, we must reduce the dampening effect of monopoly market power wield...

Our global economic system is broken. But we can replace the current picture of global upheaval, unsustainability, and uncertainty with one of an economy that works for all people, and the planet. First, we must eliminate rising income inequality within societies where productivity and wage growth has slowed. Second, we must reduce the dampening effect of monopoly market power wielded by large corporations on innovation and productivity gains. And finally, the short-sighted exploitation of...