We're thrilled to welcome Pétanque NXT to the Optimod Community. Imagine business as a majestic yacht gracefully sailing across the vast ocean. Just like a yacht, a business embarks on a journey filled with both challenges and opportunities. Pétanque NXT's role is to equip our clients with the right tools, techniques, and skills to navigate their unique voyages.

In this analogy, the ocean represents the dynamic and unpredictable business landscape, full of uncertainties and competition. Just as a yacht needs wind to move forward, businesses need resources and strategies to succeed. Pétanque NXT provides clients with the expertise, knowledge, and guidance that act as the wind in their sails, driving them towards their goals. With this support, businesses can seize opportunities, adapt to changes, and navigate challenges. They ensure clients have what they need to steer towards success like a skilled captain guiding a yacht. 

Michélle Booysen's participation in our Improving Entrepreneurial Journey Initiative 2023 highlights the company's dedication to empowering businesses and driving success, providing clients with the tools and guidance needed to navigate the dynamic business landscape effectively.

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COMPANY DETAILS:
- Company Name: Pétanque NXT
- Industry: Management Consulting 
- Company Size: Small
- Headquarters Location: The Hague, Netherlands
- Founder: Dr Michélle Booysen

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> Company Website

Founder's Details, Story & Company Journey

MichélleBooysen is a seasoned professional with over 35 years of experience spanning the legal profession and economics, driven by a passion for using enterprise as a catalyst for societal progress. She holds a PhD in Economics, a Bachelor of Law and Economics degree, and a multitude of other qualifications. Michélle specializes in business process analysis, performance management, and enterprise management, leveraging her unique talent for visualizing solutions effectively. As co-founder and co-CEO of Pétanque NXT, she leads the European office, focusing on innovation, process optimization, and successful change to drive enterprise success. She obtained her PhD in Economics at an early age and has won numerous local and international awards recognising her Entrepreneurial, Leadership and Innovation achievements respectively. She holds a Bachelor of Law and Economics degree, an Honors degree in Economics, a Master’s degree in health economics along with various certifications, including the Project Management Professional certification from the Project Management Institute. Michélle is based in The Hague, Netherlands, but also spends time in Cape Town, South Africa. Outside of work, she enjoys gardening, interior decorating, jogging, and learning new skills such as sailing and mastering the Dutch language. Her dedication to creating positive change through successful enterprises is evident in her life and work philosophy, encapsulated by the belief that progress stems from ethical, socially, and environmentally aware businesses.

Company Description

Pétanque NXT is a premier group offering comprehensive solutions in strategy, process, project, and change management globally. Based in The Netherlands and South Africa, they are committed to driving sustainable change and innovation, they leverage their expertise to empower organizations to achieve their full potential. 

Their diverse portfolio includes specialized practices in:
- Strategy and Process Management Practice: Developing strategic frameworks and optimizing business processes to enhance efficiency and drive growth.
- Project and Change Management Practice: Providing end-to-end project management services and facilitating smooth transitions during organizational change initiatives.
- Compliance Practice: Ensuring regulatory compliance with a focus on data privacy, anti-money laundering (AML), counter-terrorism financing (CFT), and counter-proliferation financing (CPF).
- Blockchain and Data Practice: Offering insights, guidance, and transition support to navigate the complexities of Web 3.0 and harness the potential of blockchain technology and data analytics.
- People Practice: Equipping businesses and projects with skilled resources to foster growth and innovation.

VizPro®, their proprietary methodology, underpins all their practices, providing a visual, storyboard approach to mapping, clarifying, and measuring processes for optimal results. Its innovative framework facilitates transparent communication, stakeholder engagement, and effective decision-making throughout the transformation journey.

Pétanque NXT provides business leaders with the clarity to implement necessary changes swiftly and effectively. By co-creating solutions in storyboards, roadmaps, and milestones, they address complex challenges faced by businesses, including opportunities, risks, vulnerabilities, performance demands, automation needs, regulatory compliance, technological and web 3.0 transitions, role clarity, and ESG integration. Through co-implementation, they deliver tangible results, enabling clients to lead their organizations through successful transformation with confidence. With the right insights and strategies brought through clarity, businesses can thrive in the ever-evolving world. The Pétanque NXT team makes a change not a challenge but an opportunity for growth and success. In short, clarity builds confidence for change with results.

Main Services & Offerings: 

- Business X-ray: A 90-minute workshop that link people and processes to goals and strategies
- Navigator: A one-day online workshop that defines the tasks needed to achieve business goals, assigns the tasks to accountable persons and tracks progress monthly during dashboard reviews.
- Process mapping: 4 hours per process to clarify tasks, roles, performance targets, risks, discover opportunities for improvement and tech integration and ensure compliance.
- Project health checks
- PMO set-up
- Data privacy risk assessment and mitigation
- Resources to fulfil Board Advisory, senior management, and mentoring roles
- Part-time and full-time project managers and change managers.
- Four Module Workshops to understand, plan and integrate Web 3.0 into business.
- Business Destination Mapping: the roadmap to achieving business results
- The Changemaker Programme: Designing, planning, implementing change, supporting Software companies to have their software gain acceptance and buy-in on the value of the software through effective integration

SHOWROOM 

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Case Numerous Awards

Pétanque NXT and its team members are recipients of numerous awards for innovation and excellence in process methodology and management practices. They are acknowledged for their contributions to organizational transformation and regulatory compliance and are trusted advisors in navigating change, including the transition to Web 3.0, and harnessing the potential of blockchain and data analytics for business success.

More Information 

> Pétanque NXT as Change Maker
> The Change Maker
> What do we do?
> Navigating ESG
> Sailing and Business
> Weathering the Change Storm
> Transitioning from Web 2 to 3
> Michélle’s story

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