Citizen Development is currently on a rapid rise and this is something that excites us tremendously. With companies like Dutch insurance firm Univé, EY, Gasunie, and many others pioneering this movement, we’ve already seen amazing results. For...
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Dennis Stoelwinder
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A Brief History of the Citizen Developer
If you were at Betty Blocks on Stage, you met the guru of Citizen Development: Bouwe Koopal. In his recently published book (co-authored with Bert Annink) “The World of UDI” he explains the journey to the cloud like an atlas with different places to...
How Governments Get Unstuck from Outdated Legacy Systems
A couple of weeks ago, my grandpa showed me how to burn CDs. I said, “Wow, cool grandpa, I will try it out back home.” A little later, I walk out the door with Spotify Premium streaming through my smartphone. I applaud him for making the effort to...
Women Hold Up Half the Sky (But Not in Tech, Yet)
Remember when tech was a boring place for boring men? Yeah, those days are over. Tech has become a vibrant and fun ecosystem that moves faster than ever. What hasn’t changed much is that it’s still a predominantly male world. But we think that...
The Impact of Citizen Development According to Early Adopters
I could start by telling you that innovation is at an all-time high, how exponential growth is happening now, and that you should definitely digitally transform just to keep up. But, that has all been said and done. So, let’s just get pragmatic: We...
Microsoft and Betty Blocks: Different Journeys, Same Destination
Last week the big news came out that Microsoft and Betty Blocks entered a strategic partnership to democratize application development. Ridiculously bananas as that news is, we understand that it opens the door for a lot of questions. We even had to...
How to Create a Future Proof Innovation Strategy (and Successfully Implement it)
Innovation is one of the buzzwords of the last couple of years and for good reason. We are at the tipping point of technology and actual innovation is happening faster than ever. But, there’s more to innovation behind the buzz and that’s where many...
3 Key Takeaways from Betty Blocks on Stage 2019: Foundation for the Future
Alright, let’s just put this out there: Betty Blocks on Stage was insane and went above and beyond anything we could ever imagine possible! Apart from the atmosphere and great energy, the main function of the event was providing valuable insights...
5 Ways Digital Transformation Impacts Organizations
The growing connectivity between people, machines and organizations has changed the world completely. A big statement, which also demands a lot of adjustments from organizations. We see it regularly: digital transformation is not a choice anymore,...
Betty Blocks Acquires Application Developer Holder
PRESS RELEASE - The Netherlands - 18 February 2019 - No-code platform Betty Blocks announces today that it has acquired application development partner Holder. The companies had already worked together extensively and share the same history and...