Inspiration trough Creativity
Lounge Music project
These tracks come from a ‘to be’ CD release I was preparing last year. Unfortunately, the hard disk crashed and all material was lost, except for 3 low resolution tracks …. UPDATE: But little did ...
Working abroad
I love delivering training courses abroad. To me, this is the real challenge. When you are delivering courses in a different language than your own native tongue, you will have to find a way to ...
Working with the iPad
The Apple iPad is a wonderful machine. It has taken over a lot of tasks that I used to do with the MacBook. I especially like the fact that I can make handwritten notes on ...
Modereren versus Faciliteren (in Dutch)
Laatst kreeg ik de vraag tijdens een training wat nu eigenlijk het verschil is tussen ‘Modereren’ en ‘Faciliteren’. Ik pakte het woordenboek er maar eens bij. Modereren is volgens het woordenboek ‘Beperken / zachter maken’ ...
Consulting life
In my life as a consultant / trainer, I work with a few guiding principles, that seem to work for me (and my clients): The first is: Provide value by showing different perspectives of a ...
World Foresight Forum
Recently, I was facilitating at the World Foresight Forum in The Hague. Participants from all over the world came to the wonderful Lange Voorhout to discuss ways of moving the world forward in a way ...
Thoughts on Training
I noticed during my years working as a trainer, that there seems to be a natural drive for the following process in trainings: Step 1: Find the ‘weak spot’ of a participant Step 2: Confront ...
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