Entries by Alex

Decentralised Finance – Innovation versus Compliance!

Zero to $1.27 bn in a week – too good to be true? Yes – because SushiSwap founder ‘Chef Nomi’ cashed in and disappeared causing his innovative new proposition to collapse in value. All this within a week – Zero to $1.27 bn back to (near) zero. But how is that possible? I hear you […]

Managing risk in agile organisations

The concept of agility is currently being extended to apply to governance and organisation, business functions such as operations, and corporate support functions such as IT and HR, but what are the implications for risk management?

Why should business leaders learn to apply Automated Machine Learning?

From data analysis to decision engineering: Why business leaders should learn to apply Automated Machine Learning The largest companies in the modern world as measured by equity value (market capitalisation) are high tech companies – Microsoft, Apple, Amazon, Alphabet/Google and Facebook.  These companies have data as a key asset and have proven that this data […]

Libra (Facebook-coin) – a first analysis

Ten years after its own launch, Facebook, in cooperation with 27 other parties has announced the launch of the Libra project. The project is run by the Libra Association, a Swiss, not-for-profit membership organization. They released various documents, including a clear whitepaper where the Libra blockchain and cryptocurrency is explained. We believe this is a […]

AXVECO Fit-for-the-Future: building the capacity to lead and innovate

Digital transformation is about people, not technology. Real change starts with individuals who have the capacity and drive to embrace uncertainty and lead change. We believe becoming fitforthefuture requires a human centric approach, aligning three elements: people, structures and new ways of working. People with the capability to lead change must find the courage to […]

Teaching the caterpillar to fly

We should stop treating training as a solution. By constraining our thinking, we are limiting the potential of our people to develop, innovate and transform themselves and our organisations.

Three lines of defence: a panacea?

AXVECO performed a short survey among Dutch Financial Institutions to establish whether the three lines of defence model was still viewed as valid and identify implementation challenges.