Facilitating the transition towards desired behaviour in the ICU

The Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of the Leids Universitair Medisch Centrum (LUMC) focuses on vitally threatened patients, who cannot survive without daily intensive treatment. As the patients in this department could easily deteriorate and (potentially) pass away, the staff members of LUMC’s ICU often need to act rapidly and make decisions within a...

Use the user: Achieving energy reduction of an office building by activating pro-environmental behaviour of office users

The Dutch government claims that upgrading office buildings to an energy label C building is enough to reduce the environmental footprint of companies for now. Research has shown that when a building receives an energy label, it does not mean that the operational energy use of the building is in line with the received energy label; this results...

Redesigning Routines: A visual thinking service for Ink Strategy to activate organisational change

Organisations need to go through continuous change in order to maintain a sustainable competitive advantage. This change is often expressed in a vision which should engage and involve all stakeholders. However, implementing change successfully turns out to be a challenge since two in three change processes stall. Ink Strategy is a visual...

Performance of Existing Integrated Car Following and Lane Change Models around Motorway ramps

Models are an important tool for decision making. However, in order to get proper results, these models must be validated and only be used in situations where the conditions of the validation apply. Blind trust on a model can lead to unexpected and inaccurate results. Advancements can be made to reduce the number of situations where this occurs....