Govert van Sandwijk

Govert is Time To Grow Global's Managing Partner, specializing in Strategy Facilitation, Leadership development and Organisational performance. Reach him on our Time To Grow Global LinkedIn.

3 Leadership Lessons From Musk and Christensen’s Disruptive Innovation Debate

A few months ago, Harvard Professor Clayton Christensen shared his thoughts on Tesla’s plans for entering the Chinese market with its own factory. This came close on the heels of the 53 billion dollar giant announcing its intention to streamline its workforce by 7 percent, break out of its premium niche market, and move into …

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Exploit and Explore: What is Organizational Ambidexterity?

Literally, ambidexterity is being able to use both hands with equal effectiveness. In organizations, it’s about balancing two seemingly opposed capabilities: Exploitation, and Exploration. If the future were predictable, past performance would be the most reliable, straightforward way of knowing what lies ahead. We could then, quite relaxedly, focus our resources and efforts on analyzing …

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3 Ways to Boost Your Team’s Collective Intelligence

Imagine you could pick your own ‘dream team’ for different projects. What would it look like—the best possible combination of people? A group that together, would get things done amazingly. What would your approach be? For several years now, researchers have been looking into the idea of collective intelligence. Now we have a good idea …

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Communicating Your Organizational Vision: Stories, Symbols, and Rituals

Stories, symbols, and rituals. Almost as soon as you know what these represent in the Cultural Web, it’s easy to see how they shape a company’s culture. These are aspects that we tend to interact with directly, we hear, see, or actively take part in them. Where understanding structure often means taking a holistic perspective—stepping …

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