raul lansink
Raul Lansink is founder of Favela Fabric.
Raul shares his experiences and thoughts about digital, change, collaboration and social innovation
For once a post in Dutch.. I have written this article together with Sarriel Taus, social entrepreneur and founder of Fifteen in Amsterdam. It is about community-based social innovation (and how difficult it is..) Zaterdagochtend acht uur. De Zuidermarkt in Amsterdam-Zuid wordt opgebouwd. De eerste vrijwilligers verzamelen zich bij de coöperatieve kraam. Nieuwe leden van de coöperatie ontvangen instructies van de marktmeester. De marktmeester,...
I live in the Netherlands, notorious for its bluntness in social interaction. The Dutch are often depicted as a rude and insensitive bunch. They blurt out what is on their mind, address issues head-on and touch on private matters without much empathy for their audience. Being direct is regarded as an act of honesty and therefore as a virtue. Of course this is a...
Last week I spoke to a mid-level manager of a large bank. I explained the kind of work we are doing. He quickly grasped the essence and shared his views on how our proposition would have a hard time taking off in his company: Top management lacks a coherent and energizing vision on the destiny and purpose of a deeply troubled bank in a...
Transparency has been hailed as one of the most striking achievements of digitization. Thanks to social media and mobile devices, we increasingly live in a glass house. Our daily activities are visible to a ever wider circle of intimates, colleagues and stakeholders. Even if we do not purposely share our daily affairs, we often find ourselves exposed by the omnipresent social media and...
The new tantrum is adaptivity. Every company needs to be intimately connected with the in- and outside world, constantly absorbing and reacting to emerging opportunities and changes in its ecosystem. Unsurprisingly, we at Favela Fabric applaud this new principle. We think the capacity to connect and engage constituencies in a productive, mutually consensual way represents one of the great challenges of corporate management. Many...