Last week I attended a congress for women by women. Not only Dutch Queen Maxima spoke, also Neelie Kroes, Uberhead at Uber and previously President of Europe and several women entrepreneurs. And the message from all these ladies were the same. Women still have less career chances, earn less compared to men and women need… [Read More]
PLAYING.IS // Breaking old habits and hire a bit of craziness
People do what they do. Have everyday rituals and breaking a habit can be quite challenging. There is the category of household habits, but there are also the company habits. How often don’t you hear, this is how we do it or we’ve been doing this for years and it works great. The question of… [Read More]
PLAYING.IS // Finding your creativity
Nowadays we expect people to be creative, to embrace change, come up with ground breaking innovative ideas at work and create new thinking. We also need to be flexible, happy and find our purpose. How are we going to keep up and deliver what is being asked? So we read books and blogs about successful… [Read More]
PLAYING.IS // Total Living
Last week the world was in shock twice. First the terrible bombings in Brussels and then there was the news about Johan Cruijff. Johan Cruijff, the person I grew up with. I always say I was born on the football field. With a father and brother playing at the local football club. And when not… [Read More]
PLAYING.IS // Working with Nature
I learned that more than half the population is overweight. And 32% of the population has a chronic disease with will grow to 40% in 2030. It’s just a matter of time before we can’t pay the healthcare bills anymore. Interesting that mainly the government, tech companies and science is looking for solutions, while there… [Read More]
PLAYING.IS // working with people from all walks of life
Currently I am working on projects that has the challenge to find answers on how to include every one in the Dutch workforce. This means how to get companies to hire for example people with a disability, seniors, school dropouts or long term unemployed people. The motto is: Every one should work. Programs are… [Read More]