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Talks
Aligning an orchestra
Why professor Frido Smulders advocates an ‘entrepreneurial dialogue’ within large organisations
22 Jun 2021
- by Wouter Boon
Thinking like a startup
To become the first climate-neutral continent in the world, the EU should break out of its political and economic straightjacket
28 Jan 2020
- by Wouter Boon
The creative work environment
A model explaining the relationship between an employee’s creativity and the organization’s ability to innovate
22 Aug 2018
- by Wouter Boon
You can only imagine what you know
How an insatiable hunger for knowledge forms an essential foundation for world famous inventions
07 Feb 2018
- by Wouter Boon
Art with an extended arm
Why primates can’t use creativity to make art and why artificial intelligence can – in a few decades.
03 Oct 2017
- by Wouter Boon
Making the EU Great Again
Why not show European citizens the creative potential of the EU and improve its image along the way.
22 Nov 2016
- by Wouter Boon
A good plan violently executed
While young Boyan Slat is determined to rid the oceans of plastic, the experts keep telling him it’s not a good idea
25 Aug 2016
- by Wouter Boon
Standing out from the crowd
How Dutch artist and inventor Daan Roosegaarde is reduced to a showman and a fraud in Dutch TV program College Tour - and why it left me puzzled
25 Feb 2016
- by Wouter Boon
It takes three to tango
Walter Isaacson's book 'The Innovators' describes how successful inventions are built on vision, engineering skills and entrepreneurship
22 Oct 2015
- by Wouter Boon
Looking for perfection
Mischa Rozema recently sold his feature film 'Sundays' to Warner Bros. In an interview he explains how he got there and manages the creative process.
01 Sep 2015
- by Wouter Boon
Einstein’s cluttered desk
A ‘cluttered’ mind, overflowing with thoughts and emotions, may feed into creativity. But clutter is not enough.
29 Sep 2014
- by Wouter Boon
The New Rijksmuseum
How creativity and democracy are opposites in the creative process
20 Dec 2013
- by Wouter Boon