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Mass surveillance of web traffic is not an ‘expansion of existing jurisdiction’
This Monday, the investigation report of the Commission Dessens was presented; the commission was tasked by the Dutch House of Representatives last year with evaluating the ‘Wet op de inlichtingen- en veiligheidsdiensten’ (Law on the Intelligence and Security Services, abbreviated ‘Wiv’). That commission is now suggesting an ‘expansion of the jurisdiction’ of the Dutch AIVD…
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Innovation: speed boats and oil tankers
A faltering economy leaves little room for innovation within a large, established company. More than ever, employees with good ideas who want to innovate are met with critical scrutiny and demands for a well fleshed-out investment proposal: before an innovation gets the green light, it needs to be proved that this innovation will be successful.…
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The “new” online world?
The online world has been the subject of the past few weeks: virtual threats, traffic jams blocking digital bank offices, air travel companies and newspaper websites, the Twitter message by the Associated Press saying something happened to Barack Obama in the White House, leading to a brief stock market crash — and that’s just the…
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Out of touch
I’ve had my first five years of being a management consultant. When I started doing this, I expected to end up in a different place in society — in board rooms — where I could work on grappling with the big issues that politics has been going on about all my life. But strangely enough,…
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Innovation harbour
A brick, you can buy in a store. A special kind of brick has to be custom-made. But if you need a thousand bricks, you contact a wholesaler to buy them in bulk, and if you need a million bricks it might be a better idea to place an order directly with the factory. But…
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Unemployment or job shortage?
It might seem obvious to take on a job that doesn’t suit you all that well if you’re unemployed, but in that situation there will often be discouraging practical issues, or we could be dealing with a legal economist calculating to so-and-so-many decimals that working a job for four days a week is less lucrative…