Listen "MVRDV: How To Win Work (w/ Inger Kammeraat, Jan Knikker)"
Episode Synopsis
Systems are essential to organizing your workplace and maintaining order during a project. But how can you build systems to win new work? In this Best Practice interview, MVRDV Managing Director Inger Kammeraat and Strategy and Development partner Jan Knikker explained how they structure their firm to facilitate a healthy pipeline of new projects. They talked about how they use PR to drive business development, how they balance profit with their mission and how they close the cycle at the end of each project.Interview TakeawaysDocument new systemsBuild a supportive cultureDon’t kill creativityUse PR to showcase your winsClose the project cycleCheck in regularlyAlign with the client’s goalsBalance profit with missionOverbook your projectsSet boundariesShow LinksConnect with Jan Knikker on LinkedIn or TwitterConnect with Inger Kammeraat on LinkedInCheck out MVRDVConnect with George Valdes on LinkedIn or TwitterConnect with Chris Morgan on LinkedIn Check out MonographFollow Monograph on LinkedIn or InstagramListen and about Monograph
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