Chair of the Board, Vodafone
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“digital is only a one channel more to communicate to sell communicate internally externally and and also sell to your to your clients that is what we realized and so it's it's a natural evolution of society it's not for us a revolution um but it's certainly a very strong Evolution”
“big organizations like like Heineken are used to Flawless planning and execution and don't know how to deal with problems along the way so it's developing the adapt adaptative capacities when things don't work out to take a step back to saying it's not a problem if it doesn't work that way we try another way”
“The first one is Mexico where of course you sell directly to your customers and how to be supporter wat haar tof initiatief maar dan de were two things that was the worst de de versie van was een run in fire ik wil digital het me you're getting to our our customers customers typically mix ik word poncho's smosh ooms en...”
“South Africa is a market where smolt reden is still very dommelend en de emoji sticks idee deze worden is in afrika explore this for many je water countries but still miss mary dispersed is een baas country and the rio hem zo'n ding voor een challenger bent geen ik een is in zuid-afrika hoe is het market share back the...”
“every time technology makes that you have to retrain people but every time you never have to doubt and for a second that you have to embrace the latest technology because you know that you go never back you have only one way it is forward”
“digital is only a one channel more to communicate to sell communicate internally externally and also sell to your clients that is what we realized and so it's a natural evolution of society it's not for us a revolution but it's certainly a very strong evolution”
“I strongly believe that Heineken has a bright future ahead as a leading independent and global brewer. The future might now look a bit bleak but we have seen more storms and won more battles. I have all confidence that you will get through these difficult times together. I have often mentioned that our culture is what...”
“I am very proud of what we achieved together. I am especially proud of the fact that a company is active in many more countries today that we have become a real multi brand company and at at the same time we still have huge success with the Heineken brand all over the world.”
“I think when when you look at our industry a company that does not grow is a company that will die it's very simple so I don't know any substitute for success of a company then being able to engineer its growth that means that you have to evolve constantly and the book is never finished of a company.”
“if you absolutely want to make a philosophy it would be mix always price wherever you can in a nation as you you heard about my Nigeria story that latter part is a bit more difficult.”
“sustainability is is the buzzword today everybody speaks about sustainability and everybody does something about it our company has been in existence for 150 years and the fact that we're still kicking alive after 150 years means that my predecessors and all the people who worked at the heineken for the past one and a...”
“everything we do in that direction will also benefit our business i'm not in philanthropy i'm in business but the business has to be sustainable in 150 years we should still stand here me down there with our business up here”
On The Captain’s Table we are joined by Jean-Francois van Boxmeer, chairman of Vodafone and one of the most influential global business leaders of the past 30 years. He shares with us his passion for leadership, mentoring across a multitude of business sectors and geographies. Brought to you by Chair Mentors International
Heineken’s former CEO, Jean-François van Boxmeer and Alexandra Jankovich, Co-founder & Managing Partner of SparkOptimus are looking back on the past 5 years of global partnership. Together they discuss digital initiatives, transformation strategies and innovative start-ups and what it takes to lead in digital as one of the world’s largest brewers.
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Read our book Make Disruption Work: https://www.makedisruptionwork.com Contents: 01:00 Digital is an evolution, not a revolution 02:58 History of innovation at HEINEKEN 05:23 Start of the digital journey & doing it locally 07:29 Digital is a different mindset 11:31 Change in doing business, from personal contact to added value 14:29 Bottom-up strategy and HEINEKEN set-up 17:51 Mexico: Two initiatives 22:45 People change first, then technology 24:51 We work for personal pride 25:50 South Africa: Point of sale 31:20 Getting employees to use data 35:51 Beerwulf: Direct-to-consumer venture 45:47…
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