You build new services and products from internal knowledge and past wins—while customer expectations keep moving. The result: solutions that feel right internally, but miss what customers need now (and next).
Quarterly reporting is always around the corner, so the focus shifts to short-term certainty. Without fast experiments and permission to learn, teams optimize what’s safe instead of discovering what works.
You either start too big (company-wide, all at once) or you keep pilots small and isolated. Turning a proof into a repeatable, organisation-wide rollout is hard in performance-driven environments—so promising ideas stall before impact.
You need Empathy
To understand shifting expectations and context.
A thoughtful Process
To experiment quickly, learn fast, and scale what works.
A focus on Impact
To make the right bets, and clarify the differnce you want to make.
And a supportive Culture
To favour and sustain change in a trusting environment.
A case that has been stuck too long? From stalled to go, pivot or stop in ten weeks. You set the decision criteria upfront, your team gathers the evidence. € 7,500 fixed.
SEE THE CASE SPRINTOne stuck case, five one-to-one sessions, a pitch your sponsor can say yes to. Start any time. € 3,250.
SEE SOLOSix months with up to 16 peers, your own case all the way to a real defence. Next cohort March 2027, early bird until 15 December.
SEE THE PROGRAMMEAre you eager to enhance your innovation skills and master design-research techniques for significant impact?
Do you recognise the importance of business model innovation and are you focused on achieving meaningful outcomes?
Start date: March 2027 (waitlist open)
Duration: 6 days | six month period
Location: De Krook Ghent
Language: Dutch
Participation fee: € 4950 (early bird € 4450 until 15 December)
Innovation as a strategic advantage. You learn from experts in the field of strategic innovation, open innovation, future foresight and venture building.
Start date: New dates to be announced soon
Duration: 6 days over a one-year period
Location: Wintercircus Ghent
Language: English
Participation fee: € 5750,00
I’m only one click away—and I’m looking forward to connecting and exploring how we can work together.In the form, you can select the topics and types of collaboration you’d like to discuss.
If you can’t find what you’re looking for, feel free to send a message. I enjoy collaborating with high-performing, ambitious teams in an interactive way.
Hope to hear from you!
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