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How future-oriented is your organization?

How will people and organizations thrive in the future? By preparing for all kinds of scenarios. But how do you prepare? By opening yourself up to information, also from outside your bubble. By learning and being inspired through dialogue, brainstorming, analyzing, interpreting, and developing scenarios. “What if….?” Forward-looking organizations are learning organizations that are willing […]

This is a new beginning

How can you contribute to the necessary organizational change, personal change, and climate change? Alone we can do little, but together we can do a lot. Check what you can do and how you can start small and persevere until more people join in. Inspired by the book This is Not the End – A […]

This is not the End

With a new year, we make new resolutions. What are yours? And why is it not easy to change? Let’s contribute to necessary organizational change, personal change, and climate change. Inspired by the book This is Not the End – A Good Life in the 21st Century, by the philosopher Jan Drost. Stefan Zweig wrote […]

Let’s prepare for a positive future

How was your year? I hope you can find some time for reflection after the rush of the holidays. What went well? What would you like to change? How can you prepare for an awesome new year? How can you prepare for the challenges that people and organizations face regarding climate change and social issues? […]

Make your organization future-fit

Yes, we know that climate change is happening. But we’re so busy…. Many of us, leaders and employees, are overwhelmed enough as it is. But if we keep doing what we’ve always been doing, we’ll keep repeating the same old story and produce the same results. Ecological and social challenges may not be your favorite […]

Positive, sustainable culture: do small things a little better

How to combine sustainability with a positive organizational culture? Let’s learn from Ynzo van Zanten, the former Head of People & Culture at Tony’s Chocolonely and former head of Innocent Drinks in the Benelux. The short answer: let’s do small things with great passion, and: have fun! Where to start? The IPCC reports send a […]

Why a corporate context entices transactional behaviors

A colleague sends an email asking for information, but your helpful response doesn’t receive a Thanks! A prospect wants a video call with free advice, then a customized proposal, but you never hear back, even after sending multiple requests for an update. Do you recognize this? A leader expects you to reschedule your appointments so […]

Looking forward to a Positive Year

Was 2016 a positive year for you? It has been an interesting turn around the sun – with many ups and downs for me personally – a blend of good and bad luck, good and bad decisions, and likewise responses. Looking back, how much of your year happened to you? And how much of it was within your control – ...

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The 21 best articles on Positive Leadership, Culture, and Change

Here are the 21 best articles on Positive Leadership, Culture, and Change to date… As the year draws to a close it’s time to reflect and develop new intentions. My intention is to inspire toward positive organizations where both people and performance thrive. Positive organizations are better at change, more innovative, competitive, profitable, and they contribute to the world – while ...

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What story do you tell yourself? About learned optimism and success

Why do some people walk so much easier through life than others? And why do others attract bad luck, time and again? Maybe some people are born under a lucky star. Is the universe unfair? Is life a random sequence of events? Or is there some correlation between cause and effect? What if good fortune is the result of an ...

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