ABOUT ME

My PERSONAL story

I currently live in Amsterdam. Though honestly, I've never quite stopped looking at the horizon. I've lived abroad before (Jakarta & United States) and part of me never fully came back to the Netherlands. My dream is to live abroad again, California is high on the list, but knowing myself I could end up anywhere.

When I'm not working you'll probably find me somewhere unexpected. A last minute trip, a good conversation that runs way longer than planned (with good coffee), a Pilates class or down a rabbit hole of something that caught my attention at 11pm. I need lots of intellectual stimulation and I don't do things halfway.

I'm curious and can be direct. Sometimes disarmingly so. I ask questions people don't always see coming. And small talk is something that doesn’t come easily to me, unless we can make it funny, in which case: I'm 100% in!

People usually say I seemed intimidating at first. They also say they were wrong.

The core values that drive my decisions and ways of working: integrity, autonomy, people centered, goal oriented, enablement

My VISION

Tapping into the organization’s own change capacity, is the most effective and sustainable way to create change.

Too much of what gets labeled as change management shouldn't rest with a change manager at all, it belongs with the people inside.

Traditional change management is missing an important layer. The change manager's real value lies in enabling people ín the company, overseeing the change, and most importantly, spend the majority of their time consulting on the human complexity that can't be scripted: the resistance, the unspoken dynamics, unresolved conflict lingering, the moments people get stuck.

Too many times the Change Manager becomes the center of change. Which works well, until they leave (or a new change is necessary) and the organization is left without the muscle to keep going. I believe companies already carry the capacity to change. My job is to stand next to you and help you utilize it.

My experience

The companies I worked with: PON.Bike, Achmea, Boels Rental, ERIKS, Wehkamp, LOAVIES, STAN Partners, Mourik Industry, DAF and many others.
US based: Cervélo (part of PON.Bike), Iwatani, Lube-Tech and State Industrial.

In a nutshell, typical change projects I worked on:

  • Changing business strategies (and supporting on execution)

  • Cultural changes (Datadriven- or digital change)

  • Implementation of roadmaps and digital products requiring large-scale adoption

  • Building new (change) departments and integrating in companies processes

  • Continuous improvement projects (such as enhancing data quality)

I have also conducted numerous workshops for companies looking to enhance their change skills.