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Dragons’ Den gives BDO Belgium wings
Many companies and organisations lack a genuine innovation culture. With Dragons’ Den, BDO Belgium is not falling into this trap, as witnessed by this new internal innovation trajectory.
Future Forward Talk: Farys
At the Future Forward Talk Joachim De Vos sits down with a key figure from one of our partner companies. He had a conversation with Marleen Porto-Carrero, managing partner of Farys, the Intermunicipal Company of Flanders for water distribution.
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Welcome to the world… in 6G
Imagine a teleconference, with holograms instead of a checkerboard of faces. Or digital communication including smell, hearing and touch, in addition to sight and sound. Pure science fiction? Not really. It is what researchers think possible by 2030, through 6G. Today, we are surrounded by digital technologies that make our lives easier. Tomorrow, the immersive experience of 6G will blur the boundaries between the digital and physical world.
Why innovation fails
Why do businesses and organisations succeed so rarely in being truly innovative? Why is that a problem? And what solutions are there? Joachim De Vos, CEO of Living Tomorrow and TomorrowLab, explains in his new book ‘Why innovation fails" in great detail where the bottlenecks are and provides the keys to change course.
Artificial Intelligence: How Mercedes-Benz Helps Create a Better Future
Artificial intelligence or “AI” for short: these two letters symbolize a world of technological possibilities that seemed inconceivable only a few years ago. AI is no longer just a secret code among techies. It has quite literally taken up residence in our living rooms through connected home appliances, as well as in our offices, where intelligent systems in smartphones and e-mail boxes serve as our virtual assistants.
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These trends are entering our home
IoT, cobots, epigenomics, extended reality,… The future is changing while we are in the thick of it. New technologies are entering our living rooms. What impact do they have? And what kind of benefits do they offer us? When data enter our living environment, flexibility, comfort and convenience are key.
First stone Living Tomorrow Innovation Campus
Tuesday, March 16, 2021. Day on day 26 years after Bill Gates visited our first campus. What moment is more suitable to anchor our plans for the future?
Insulation: crucial in energy renovation
Energy efficient renovation requires a well thought-out approach to the entire building envelope. As far as new buildings are concerned, houses will be built to be increasingly energy efficient in the future, partly as a result of the increasingly stringent EPB regulations. For the existing housing stock, however, there is still a lot of work to be done!
Why is the digital meter useful and much needed now?
The ruling by the Constitutional Court, which abolished the reversing counter earlier this year, caused quite a commotion among owners of solar panels. A financial mechanism for this target group suddenly disappeared.
Living Tomorrow cooks up new room ‘Chef’s Table’
Fine dining while meeting in an innovative culinary setting? Living Tomorrow takes your business meeting to a whole new level with Chef’s Table, a unique experience of an exclusive setting and show cooking in the kitchen of the future.
What is IoT?
The Internet of Things (IoT) refers to physical devices which are connected to the internet to send and receive data and instructions. The popularity of the so-called IoT-devices is increasing every year, with more than 30 billion connected devices expected by 2023.
By 2030 only digital meters in Flanders
On 18 February 2022, a young family in Ninove in one go received three new utility meters in their home, all three replacing their existing analogue meters for gas, electricity and ... drinking water. Hence they kicked-off of a pilot project in which three Flemish drinking water companies jointly work together with network company Fluvius to install the new energy and water meters simultaneously for their customers. In this way, any inconvenience for customers is kept to a minimum, while beneficial effects are also achieved in other areas.
The importance of a safe home working environment
Creating a safe home environment where you cannot only live in the best conditions, but also work safely: a goal that is considered important worldwide. Especially since companies worldwide switched – during COVID-19 - to working from home to ensure business continuity.
HP’s three sustainable packaging strategies
Corporate social responsibility is the new hallmark for all modern businesses. For twenty years now, HP has been supporting numerous initiatives to work more sustainably. These initiatives are related to three different domains: people, society and the environment. One of the ecological initiatives being supported to stimulate the circular and CO2-neutral economy and to improve the customer experience, of course, is product packaging innovation.
Why innovation fails
Why do businesses and organisations succeed so rarely in being truly innovative? Why is that a problem? And what solutions are there? Joachim De Vos, CEO of Living Tomorrow and TomorrowLab, explains in his new book ‘Why innovation fails" in great detail where the bottlenecks are and provides the keys to change course.
Start to innovate: 7 keys to make your business future proof
With the launch of "Why Innovation Fails - 7 keys to success" Living Tomorrow CEO Joachim De Vos is handing a guide to the future for business leaders and policy makers. He provides insights into the technological revolution and how they can be turned into a concrete approach for successful innovation.