Metasystems

In the past 30 years, technology has caused waves of disruptive developments,
each crashing onto society and business alike. With the tide building and the
pace accelerating, the next wave promises to come in big. These new challenges
have a societal and environmental impact, are systemic and increasingly
complex.
Our old ways of doing business don’t suffice anymore. Furthermore, the future
is too fast and too complex to go at it alone. In the future, competition will
happen on the level of ecosystems, not just on the level of companies,
products or services.
This book gives companies the tools to build mutually beneficial, equal and
sincere partnerships. We call them metasystems. And we believe them to be the
most suitable armor for the next decade. Metasystems are built on trust and
purpose. The biggest challenge is how to leverage the soft side, the human
factor again.

“It’s a pivotal time, both exciting and frightening. By joining forces, we
believe businesses can accelerate, innovate and create a desirable future
horizon.” - Dado Van Peteghem

“The war of all against all has ended. It’s time to reinstate the essence of
business: collaborating to fuel progress and a prosperous future.” - Nils van
Dam

ABOUT THE AUTHORS

Dado Van Peterghem \- Dado is a founding partner at the transformation
advisory firm Scopernia, and co-founder of startups Social Seeder and
Speakersbase, giving more than 100 speeches a year on topics as digital
transformation, innovation and ecosystem thinking.
Dado studied Communication & Computer Sciences at the University of Ghent and
is a published author of 3 business books: Digital Transformation (2014) with
Jo Caudron, Corporate Venturing (2018) with Omar Mohout and Metasystems (2020)
with Nils van Dam.
Dado actively helps organizations with their innovation vision and strategy.
As a member of the strategy committee of leading fashion group Chalhoub Group
in Dubai, he often spends time in the Middle East and Asia.

Nils van Dam \- Nils is CEO of Belgium’s largest dairy cooperation,
Milcobel.Nils built an impressive track record in the Food & Beverage sector
thanks to his career with Unilever, first as SVP in Europe and Russia, later
as SVP Marketing in Benelux and finally as CEO Belux. After his period at
Unilever Nils became partner at Scopernia. As CEO of Unilever, Nils actively
and successfully transformed the company into a sustainable frontrunner.
Thanks to his extensive experience in the field of sustainable transformation,
Nils also lectures on the topic at the University of Antwerp. Apart from being
lecturer and CEO at Milcobel, Nils is also active as Non-Executive Director of
Spaas, Westmalle and Jacoti.