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Thoughts on leadership


Leadership in the age of AI
" Reinventing Organizations " by Frederic Laloux has been featured in my newsletters before. Laloux's vision on the development of...
Jan 232 min read


The canary in the coal mine...
Bear with me. I'm no strategy consultant, let alone a macro-economist. And by nature, I'm certainly not a pessimist! But… previously in...
May 20, 20241 min read


Succession without successor
Many family-owned businesses grapple with the issue of succession. This question is becoming increasingly urgent not only in the...
Feb 22, 20242 min read


Leadership in 2024: From Turtle Wisdom to Sustainable Success
In my last newsletter of 2023, I already wrote that I wish you all the best for this new year. I gladly repeat that now, as we can never...
Jan 25, 20242 min read


Communication crisis: How leadership failure ruined Credit Suisse
Shoot the messenger! It seems to be that easy. Well, that's just crazy... Journalist Caroline de Gruyter recently wrote an essay,...
May 30, 20233 min read


Why do so many incompetent men become leaders?
Most leaders fail. That has always been the case: the majority of nations, companies, societies and organizations are poorly managed....
Apr 20, 20232 min read


Extremely out of office
Research has shown that nature has a positive effect on your concentration level and overall sense of welfare. Organizations whose...
Mar 28, 20231 min read


Self-awareness, essential for effective leadership
Willem Vonk, 27 years old and a master's student in psychology, wrote a thesis about his high school romance. Unfortunately, his feelings...
Feb 16, 20232 min read


What is true diversity?
Diversity, equity and inclusion Earlier this month, I attended a speed dating event organized by the SER in The Hague, smartly branded...
Nov 17, 20222 min read


Resilient leadership in uncertain times
Recent conversations at my kitchen table have all been about the same topics. Current times are turbulent and unpredictable, and what is...
Oct 27, 20222 min read


A war recession is not a an economic recession
It doesn’t go unnoticed that the war between Ukraine and Russia has a major impact on western societies. Up to the night before...
Sep 29, 20223 min read
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