WHY Consulting

Since 2024 is almost a wrap, it's time for some reflection. WHY Consulting is looking back on yet another successful business year. 📈Here are some of our highlights and achievements. 👇🏻 Many thanks to all of our #clients, #partners and #collaborators for your unwavering support and trust in us.🫶🏻We hope to see you soon in 2025. Together we can turn the future into #bright, #digital and #green. Just remember, the best is still to come. ✌🏻

WHY Consulting wishes all of our nearly 1k followers a very merry Christmas and an #innovative, #digital and #green 2025. 🎄🎅🏻

🔎Insightful overview by TNO on private R&D in the #Netherlands over the past 25 years. Dominated by Philips' inventiveness at the turn of the century, the country' innovation capacity gets taken over completely by one of its spin outs ASML.🦾 Interestingly, the top R&D investors include a former #Philips subsidary and acquired company: NXP Semiconductors and Thales.💡 https://lnkd.in/et2YUkF2

Great news article by Mark Say of UKAuthority. The Milton Keynes City Council has outlined its #SmartCity Action Plan, including new partnerships, engagement and testbed capabilities. 🏙 The city has been established as a place where researchers can test initiatives to improve cities. ⚗️Currently the city is experimenting with self-driving #shuttles, urban #drone deliveries, and advanced #communications. https://lnkd.in/e8ht76FA

Interesting view by Forbes Technology Council member Rignesh Soni on the impact of technology on the booming last-mile #delivery market. 🌐As global e-commerce demands grow to $256B by 2030, cutting-edge technology like #cloud, #IoT, #AI and real-time #data analytics are bringing a revolution to goods #logistics and #parcel delivery. 📦 https://lnkd.in/gicNJj95

🔜We are currently preparing the upcoming #NL #BE national campus of URBACT's Action Planning Networks in #Liège. During the 2day campus later this month, we will guide and facilitate the Dutch and Belgian #URBACT network partners in developing their Integrated Action Plans. We will focus on #implementation and #resourcing, for the follow-up phase of their innovation projects. Agents of Co-Existence | BIODIVERCITY | C4TALENT | U.R.Impact | WELDI | Cities@Heart

✳️With its latest Sustainable Cities Index 2024, Arcadis has issued a rallying call to cities worldwide. Cities really need to accelerate action in tackling #ClimateChange and other #UrbanSustainability challenges. Overall, European cities dominate the top of the index. Notably all four German cities included in the index – Frankfurt, Munich, Hamburg, and Berlin – claim spots in the top 10. They show achievements in water sanitation and waste management, as well as low greenhouse gas emissions. 💧♻️🌿 https://lnkd.in/eYMUc2CF

Exciting news: WHY Consulting will join the Green Supply Chains partnership meeting next week in BrestPort during the #SeaTechWeek 2024. 🛟⛵️As part of the Interreg North Sea Programme, we are helping the partnership in developing a #roadmap towards an #emission free port. ⚓️🚢

📃Great article on World Economic Forum by Tanya Filer and Chloe Chadwick, stating how many cities face gaps in implementing digital tools to improve urban resilience. The risk-averse cultures of city governments, as well as their organisational silos and limited collaboration between digital and policy teams, are barriers for effective implementation. 📉 https://lnkd.in/euZqs_yh

🌍🌏In this insightful article on Modern Diplomacy, Tuhu Nugraha describes the potential of #SmartCities and #DigitalTwin technology for cities in developing countries. These cities often have depleted resources and limited infrastructure, whilst #ClimateChange as well as #urbanisation are accelerating. 🌆 https://lnkd.in/e6Em_YrW