Thursday, February 25, 2010

Question for today

Several responses on previous questions suggested to specialize in just a few sectors, such as water, even more than we do now. What do you think?

Should we focus on our traditional strenghts (water, greenery etc) or on developing new industries (nanotech, bio-economy, financial services, life sciences, etc)? Please explain your thoughts!
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4 comments:

  1. Leo F. JacobsFebruary 25, 2010

    Should we focus on our traditional strenghts (water, greenery etc) or on developing new industries (nanotech, bio-economy, financial services, life sciences, etc)?
    I reckon that one of the strength of the Netherlands is the way it is capable to show the world how things can be done different. It is a country with innovative and creative idea's concerning the development of people and their rights. Therefore I think we should transfer our idea's and models, protocols in such a way that people from other cultures could adapt them to their needs. We learned amongst others of the colonization period in which we transferred our knowledge and technologies but then we were dominant , whereas I think we are now capable of diplomatic negotiations and coaching people by their own development.

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  2. Ties KroezenFebruary 25, 2010

    This is the wrong question. The best strategies are not developed by analysis and design, but by trial and error. In the end the market will decide. As a country we should therefore not choose, but rather do both. Build on our strengths and experiment. Time will tell what was succesful and what wasn't.

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  3. Mission Top 5February 27, 2010

    Indeed, we could experiment and just learn through trial and error, on the other hand we could also see if more focus on just a few industries will be more succesful. What do others think?

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  4. gwenn kockenMarch 08, 2010

    Agree with Ties, so maybe the question is how can we encourage 'trial and error' and get that into our corporate landscape too, if only (still a huge job) the entrepreneurial scene is more encourage the anti-power by large corporates will off-set all the gain, so how do we foster 'trial and error' in general? It seems an obvious question:'What is it that we don't dare to make mistakes and take risks?' but is it so obvious?

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