Words are simply not good enough

Ir. J.M. (Hans) Rutten  -   8 juni 2008
Last Friday the Healthy Society (Gezonde Samenleving) innovation group came together at Spirit, the Youth Care Home where one of its participants, Mariënne Verhoef, sits on the Board. Read more »

With both feet on the seabed

Dr.ir. J.G. (Jan) de Wilt  -  29 mei 2008
There are many ways to thwart innovation. At our office we have a list of 26 ‘idea killers’, varying from “we’ve already tried that once before” to “that is not my responsibility” or “we need more research first”. Since the algae congress.. Read more »

A feast for all the senses

Noud te Riele  -  22 mei 2008
A bare-feet experience path in the woods, the upper tones of a wind harp, a huge divining stone dangling overhead, the primeval forces of an old tree – a place to climb, clamber, swing and shout; tumble over and bounce back up. This is the park of Schloss Freudenberg. Read more »

Insel Hombroich, meditative oasis

Noud te Riele  -  16 mei 2008
As an architect with a green heart I found Insel Hombroich an uplifting experience, particularly now that a former NATO missile base has been added to the existing park. It’s a place full of wonder, set in the middle of nowhere. Read more »

Water and innovating is connecting

Drs. C.M. (Charles) van Schaik  -  13 mei 2008
There was a buzz in the air right from the outset, the room packed full of professionals with a passion for innovation in water management: the cream of creative and innovative minds from the world of water: the Water Knowledge Conference 2008. Read more »

"People want to feel useful”

Ing. H. (Hiske) Ridder  -   8 mei 2008
In connection with the Health without Borders (Gezondheid zonder Grenzen) concept, Noud te Riele and I visited three projects in Germany as members of a fact-finding mission. “People want to feel useful”, so we heard at one of the projects from the mouth of Manfred Sauer. Read more »

Is fish too expensive?

Drs. H.J. (Henk) Riphagen  -  28 april 2008
Not by the sound of it. I am attending a meeting of fish auction directors. Every week these men see a bountiful harvest of fresh fish from the North Sea - sole, plaice, turbot, tub gurnard and Norwegian lobster - pass through their auction to the retailers. Read more »

Utile dulci

Ir. J.M. (Hans) Rutten  -  22 april 2008
It’s not often that I leave a conference in high spirits. Frankly, I’m not a great fan of these events – they are often dull affairs with too much one-way traffic and rarely produce any lasting benefit. That’s my opinion, anyway. But the annual conference of InnovationNetwork (17 April) was a different kettle of fish. Read more »

Guest blog: Brain-racking at the Fort

Hans Hillebrand  -   9 april 2008
This time I’ve received a blog by e-mail. It’s from a young woman who took part in one of the New Netherlands workshops in which we searched for solutions to the spatial problems of today and tomorrow. Read more »

Fabulous in Amersfoort

Dr. H.J. (Henk) Huizing  -   4 april 2008
It was on 21 January 2004 that the very first Taste Lessons (Smaaklessen) took place in Rotterdam, organized by InnovationNetwork together with Pierre Wind and the then Member of Parliament Ms Albayrak. Now in Amersfoort, four years on, our Minister of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality Gerda Verburg...
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