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✍️ By: Team BC1.NL
Jan Rotmans on transitions and the new economy
A good start to the new year 2020. In the striking De Rotterdam building, with a spectacular view over the Erasmus Bridge and the city of Rotterdam, we sat down with Prof. Dr. Ir. Jan Rotmans. Rotmans is a leading authority on transitions and professor of Sustainability and Transitions at Erasmus University. He is also the founder of ICIS (the International Centre for Integrated Assessment and Sustainable Development), Drift (the Dutch Research Institute For Transitions), and Nederland Kantelt. Together with Marjan Minnesma, he founded Urgenda, an organisation working to make the Netherlands sustainable at a faster pace.
In our conversation, he makes clear just how important it is to think about climate change, the energy transition, the digital age, and the new economy.
What we asked him, from business plan to legislation
We put questions to him about his book Omwenteling ("Upheaval"), in which he uses real examples to explain how change and transformation come about. In the short films below, you'll find tips and answers on how entrepreneurs can keep pace with all the changes we're encountering on the way to the new economy.
To stay on top of the many developments as an entrepreneur, it helps to ask the right questions. So which questions should you be asking yourself?
It's important for companies and organisations to be agile, but also to be transformative. What exactly is the difference between the two?
A business plan is often used to map out long-term goals. What do you want to achieve, and how are you going to get there? And how do you make one work for you these days?
There are more and more entrepreneurs in the Netherlands. Is it easier for young entrepreneurs to keep up with all the rapid change?
Innovation is essential if you want to change. Yet many companies working on it find themselves held back by legislation that lags behind. How can we overcome that?
With thanks to De Rotterdam
More information
ICIS, the International Centre for Integrated Assessment and Sustainable Development, a research institute at Maastricht University focused on sustainability.
Drift, the Dutch Research Institute For Transitions at Erasmus University, which studies how societies can move towards a sustainable future.
Urgenda, the action organisation working to make the Netherlands sustainable faster, known among other things for its landmark climate case against the Dutch state.
See also:
Council and businesses work on a circular future
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