Posted: July 12th, 2011 | Author: Florine | Filed under: Amsterdam, Berlin, Denim, Design, Dutch Denim Diner, Fashion | Tags: Amsterdam, Berlin, denim, Design, Dutch Denim Diner, Fashion | 1 Comment »
Last week (6-8 July) Berlin Fashion city was enriched by the presence of Der Georg, THE Dutch Denim Diner in Berlin. Three days of Dutch Denim, one location, George Amsterdam, Lunch all day, networking possibilities, Bugaboo’s design carrousel and an awesome atmosphere. It was not in question where Dutch Brands would go besides their busy Bread & Butter schedule.
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Posted: September 24th, 2010 | Author: Ingeborg | Filed under: Amsterdam, co-creation, Creative space, inspiration, inspiring, NDSM-wharf | Tags: Amsterdam, co-creation, Creative space, inspiratie, inspiration, NDSM-wharf | No Comments »
Soon Fronteer Strategy will cross the water and move to the NDSM-wharf. We are getting a brand new office with a great space for our co-creation sessions, a historic hangar… The original frame of the building is still in tact as well as a lot of authentic details in the interior. The whole office will be of high quality and a great place to get inspired!
Formerly the NDSM-wharf was a shipyard and is located on ‘t IJ in Amsterdam-Noord. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted: July 19th, 2010 | Author: hein | Filed under: Amsterdam, brand development, Empathy, Hash-Tag Model, innovation, strategy, Touchpoint | Tags: Amsterdam, brand development, empathie monitor 2010, Empathy, Fronteer, innovation, onderzoek, research, touchpoints | No Comments »
On July 9th we held a workshop on business empathy with 4 major Dutch companies, all leaders in their category: banking, supermarkets, rice and cable companies.
This workshop was part of the Dutch Empathy Monitor 2010, conducted by Ruigrok | Netpanel in cooperation with Fronteer Strategy. One of the interesting outcomes: there is a positive correlation between empathy and attractiveness.
But how can these four large brands be empathic while serving literally all Dutch consumers between the four of them? How can they understand all these 17 million consumers? The truth is, they can’t. But they can at least start trying.
These are some of the brand challenges that came up during the workshop:
- How can a commodity- or technical brand be empathic?
- Is empathy the reason why people still write us real letters?
- Should we deal with all the millions of expanding on-line touchpoints our brand has?
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Posted: July 13th, 2010 | Author: Steven | Filed under: business modeling, co-creation, inspiration, open innovation, sustainability | Tags: Amsterdam, business model, Business Model Generation, business model innovation, canvas, Fronteer Strategy, osterwalder | 2 Comments »
Defining and choosing the right business model is one of the main problems when starting a new business or launching a new product / service. But also a change in market circumstances can force you to reconsider your current business model. Fronteer Strategy identified this need amongst many of our close contacts and decided to act upon this increasing need.
On Tuesday July 6th, a diverse audience of entrepreneurs, consultants and investors assembled in Amsterdam for an inspirational workshop for the Business Model Generation facilitated by Fronteer Strategy. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted: January 26th, 2010 | Author: martijn | Filed under: Amsterdam, co-creation, crash course, Event, Uncategorized, Whitepaper | Tags: Amsterdam, co-creation, crash course | 1 Comment »
Fronteer Presents: An introduction to the theory and practice of co-creation in business
Co-creation is currently one of the hottest topics in innovation and management theory, but the benefits, risks, best practices and repercussions are less than clear to many managers.
Each session will include a presentation & discussion of a recent case by one of our clients and end with informal drinks, during which you will have the opportunity to share thoughts & experiences with colleagues from other companies & industries. Register now – a limited number of seats are available per session. Mail us at events@fronteerstrategy.com
When? March 24th & 31st or April 7th
What time? 12.30 – 18.00
Where: Amsterdam centre, The Netherlands
EUR 125,- Download the flyer here
We definitely hope to see you there.
Posted: October 16th, 2009 | Author: admin | Filed under: AIFW, Amsterdam, Fashion Week | Tags: Amsterdam, Award, Fashion Week, IJ-prijs, James | 1 Comment »
Amsterdam, 16 oktober 2009
Oprichter Amsterdam International Fashion Week en partner bij Fronteer Strategy wint ondernemersprijs
James Veenhoff winnaar IJ-prijs 2009
De jury van de IJ-prijs heeft vandaag bekend gemaakt dat de IJ-prijs 2009 gaat naar James Veenhoff. Veenhoff was jarenlang als directeur en medeoprichter de drijvende kracht achter de tweejaarlijkse Amsterdam International Fashion Week (AIFW). Veenhoff is nog steeds als bestuurslid verbonden aan de Amsterdamse modeweek. Volgens de jury heeft Amsterdam, dankzij de inzet van James Veenhoff, een internationale reputatie opgebouwd als modestad. De IJ-prijs is een initiatief van PricewaterhouseCoopers en de Gemeente Amsterdam en wordt jaarlijks toegekend aan een persoon die een duidelijke bijdrage levert aan de promotie en de economische ontwikkeling van Amsterdam. De IJ-prijs wordt traditiegetrouw overhandigd door de Burgemeester van Amsterdam, dit jaar op 19 november in De Hermitage in Amsterdam. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted: July 16th, 2009 | Author: martijn | Filed under: co-creation, public speaking | Tags: Amsterdam, co-creatie, co-creation, inspiratie, inspiration | No Comments »
Here comes an inspiring story.
When researcher Alex Osterwalder was looking for a model for making business models, he could not find it. Or he could not find one he liked. None of them he found he could use across mutiple industries. So he decided to makes his own model together with a few other people. Enter Patrick. When Patrick van der Peijl found out about Alex’s project, he joined in and suggested to set up a community to make the book and model even stronger. The Hub was born.
What was so inspiring? When coming up with the idea to co-create abook on business modeling, they invented a new businss model with it. It was done before, but not with people actually paying for contributing. 400 People paid an average of 50 euros for being part of it, being able to suggest content, get the book first and be mentioned in the book. I thought it was a great examples of our 5 guiding principles of co-creation and presented my toughts on the official launch of the beta version of the book a few weeks ago in Amsterdam. 60 People showed up for a very well organised and inspiring day. The drawing is our model summarised by Paul den Dulk. The book launches later this year.
Anyone else with a new co-creation business model that works?
Posted: January 27th, 2009 | Author: J A M E S | Filed under: AIFW, Amsterdam, Fashion Week | Tags: Amsterdam, Fashion Week | No Comments »
DUTCH CREATIVE (AND) INDUSTRY LEADERS RUB SHOULDERS AT AMSTERDAM INTERNATIONAL FASHION WEEK
This week sees the 10th edition of AIFW – a platform to put Amsterdam on the fashion map, launched (almost) exactly 5 year ago. The official show schedule starts tomorrow night with the Fortis Opening Soiree, but a number of ambitious young designers make use of ‘empty’ slots in the schedule by showing ‘guerilla-style’. Tonight, Antoine Peters showed his AW09 collection, titled “I’m With Stupid”. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted: December 10th, 2008 | Author: J A M E S | Filed under: column, inspiration | Tags: Amsterdam, Monocle | No Comments »
WHAT MAKES A CITY SUCCESSFUL?
Amsterdam Topstad is an ambitious project initiated by alderman Lodewijk Asscher, to mobilise entrepreneurs and individuals into a movement to get Amsterdam in the Top 5 lists of most popular, succesful, habitable, etc, etc cities of the world. The Topstad team organise regular ‘inspiration & network’ meetings to keep the fires burning.
Yesterday’s session (charmingly organised at a former pathology lab) focused on consequences of ‘The Crisis’ and what it means in terms of challenges and opportunities for Amsterdam. Guest lecturer was none less than Tyler Brulee, founder of our Wallpaper and Monocle (our favourit magazine of the moment) – arguably one of the world’s most inspiring lights on the topics of ‘How to make urban living as rich as possible’. Read the rest of this entry »
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