• miscellaneous July 2026

    Best Dutch managementbook of the year 2026

    I am happy to share that I have received the award for the best Dutch management book of 2026 for De logica van de lappendeken—roughly translated as ...

  • miscellaneous June 2026

    Test yourself as a change agent

    What is your style as a change agent?  This improved interactive test helps you identify your convictions about change. The test results can be used to assess ...

  • conferences June 2026

    IODA Conference 2027 in the Netherlands

    After more than twenty years, the IODA conference returns to the Dutch countryside. IODA is an international network of organization development professionals, consultants, practitioners, students and social ...

  • miscellaneous January 2021

    Joining the Dutch Safety Board

    Since the beginning of 2021 I am a board member of the Dutch Safety Board. The board is an independent institution that investigates accidents or disasters that ...

  • miscellaneous March 2020

    Most influential Dutch consultant?

    The magazine ‘Management Team’ ranks the most influential consultants in the Netherlands every few years. To my surprise I top the list in 2017.   …

  • conferences, education June 2019

    International festival on systems thinking

    From May 24th to June 7th Sioo organizes 15 days on systems thinking: a festival with 3 masterclasses, 26 workshops and 25 experts. The sessions range from ...

  • inspiration November 2018

    Podcast with Joost Oorthuizen: how to push sustainability impact to scale

    An inspiring interview by Mallen Baker with Joost Oorthuizen, the chief executive of IDH, the Sustainable Trade Initiative.  …

  • inspiration May 2017

    Consultation for Organizational Change Revisited

    Buono, Jamieson and Barnett have launched a new volume in the ‘Research in management consulting’ series. They delve into consultation methods for consulting change …

  • miscellaneous August 2016

    AoM Action Research Award 2016

    Yesterday we received an award for the best action research paper at the Academy of Management Annual Conference in 2016 by the Organization Development & Change Division. Underneath ...