My professional journey from Beta to Gamma to Alpha In the last 25 years I have been active in the Technology (Beta) domain with 10 years active within Singularity University. In the last 8 years I moved increasingly to Organizations and Economics (Gamma) due to my bestselling book Exponential Organizations. I noticed some gaps in the reasoning within both the…
Nick van Breda - General Country director Campus Party Digital The Netherlands Social entrepreneur and founder of, among others, Vertelknuffel and Stamboom (family tree) to help people build a meaningful relationship with a complete stranger and then develop into a world citizen. He supports organizations with digital transformation processes, starting with desired scenarios and translating back to realizations in the…
René Donders, started as an Artist and Painter, and was invited to join the HAN University of applied science as an Art Teacher. During the years, he kept fighting for the importance of personal growth and the human aspect in education. In his view, schools should become a kind of home and a playground by being efficient and the best;…
Can VR experiences positively change behavior? Freek Teunen explores how virtual reality can be utilized to help climate change. The past 30 years we have all seen the shocking statistics about climate change and the video’s of climate disasters. A large group of people has changed their own behaviour, but not everyone. Freek thinks there is no such thing as…
The Story of Digitalism The story of Digitalism explains the future as a struggle for data among companies and (certain) governments trying to collect as much data as possible and citizens trying to protect their data and privacy. Digitalism envisions a world where data is the most important resource in society. It thrives on capitalism and depending on the role…
Chiara Moenter is a 21-year-old student of project and change management at Windesheim University of Applied Sciences, as well as a co-founder of the “SDG 18: Space for All” initiative. Her interest in space began with the Overview Effect, to bring the topic of space closer to people and create a collective sense of responsibility. She wants to strive for…
Hi everyone, my name is Anouk Brinker, I am a student at the HAN University of Applied Sciences and I work at the HAN Green Office in Nijmegen. For the past 1,5 year we as a Green Office have been working on making our University a more sustainable place by developing educational programmes, supporting student projects and creating more awareness…
In the spotlight, Igor Beuker is an international marketing innovation speaker known for his radical vision of trends and technologies that impact business, the economy and society. Behind the scenes, Igor is a 5-exits serial entrepreneur and angel investor in 24 social startups, award-winning marketing strategist for brands like Amazon, L'Oréal, Nike and Unilever, and futurist for Fortune 500s, World…