Speaking
Speaking on leadership,
vulnerability and complexity
Keynotes, panels, moderation and interactive formats, in Dutch and English, for boardrooms, organisations and conferences.

Speaking Topics
Five lenses on
leadership
01
Leading in a Wicked World
How do you lead when there is no single right answer?
- For
- Leadership teams, managers and conferences on change.
- What we explore
- The difference between complicated and complex questions, and what that asks of how you decide and act. Cynefin and the Stacey matrix serve as supporting lenses.
02
Vulnerability as leadership strength
What happens when leaders show they don't have all the answers?
- For
- Executives, leaders and HR or L&D audiences.
- What we explore
- What leader vulnerability is and is not, and how it relates to psychological safety, drawing on my current PhD research.
03
The board perspective
What happens in boards and leadership teams that never makes the minutes?
- For
- Boards, supervisory boards and C-suite audiences.
- What we explore
- Roles, patterns and dynamics in boardroom conversations, and what helps a board look at an issue from more than one perspective.
04
Intercultural leadership
How do you lead across cultural and professional differences?
- For
- International teams and public-sector organisations.
- What we explore
- Different expectations about authority, communication and feedback, and how to collaborate across cultural and professional boundaries. The Ubuntu philosophy is one supporting lens.
05
The Wicked World Experience
What if your audience experiences complexity instead of hearing about it?
- For
- Conferences and leadership events.
- What we explore
- A live format created with artists, leaders and others, in which participants take part themselves.
15-min keynote45-min keynotePanel discussionMasterclassFull-day programmeTalkshow / interviewNL & EN
TEDxTwenteU · Rijksmuseum Twenthe · 2021
Reveal Your Hidden Treasures
Recorded in an empty museum during the pandemic, with no audience. Speaking without a room to respond became, for me, a lesson in what leadership asks of us in uncertain times.
Watch the talk →Read the story of this talk →"We live in a wicked world. Don't you think? I am here to invite you to dance with it."
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