I’ve been journaling the past 8 years. I started journaling in a structured way after I followed the Theory U, presencing foundation course in 2004. I never read it back. Wim stimulated me to do so: to see what red threats are there. Here are already a few: – insight comes when I am travelling [...]
Journaling 2004-2012
I’ve been journaling the past 8 years. I started journaling in a structured way after ...
Vision Quest in Anza-Borrego Desert State Park
The Animas Quest catalyzes the encounter with soul by temporarily displacing everyday consciousness through five primary means: (1) solitude for four days and nights while (2) fasting (i.e., drinking water only), (3) being fully exposed to and enfolded within the forms and forces of nature, (4) enacting a series of ceremonies, and (5) employing a [...]
World Business Council for Sustainable Development
Last fall I was impressed by Paul Gilding and his book: The Great Disruption. The World Business Council for Sustainable Development shares many of his ideas and bring them a few steps further. They foresee that we’re entering the ‘turbulent teens’: up to 2020 we will meet many challenges, crises and disturbances. From 2020 to 2050 [...]
2012: Old beech comes down
In the Netherlands we have a saying: ‘Under an old beech nothing grows.’ That problem is solved. In the storms of the past week the beautiful old beech in the garden of our office (Landgoed Duinlust) came down. It is already cut into pieces and the deer seem to have adjusted themselves to the new [...]
The Holy Man of Amlapura
Today we visited the Holy Man in Amlapura, Bali. We were told that he could look into our future, was well known and very respected. For sure, he gave a boost to my self esteem. He told me that he saw that I meditated and that the aura above my head was purple and smooth, [...]
Eva Luna versus Steve Jobs
What a beautiful book, Eva Luna by Isabel Allende. Written mesmerizingly and when you think you’re done, it becomes a thriller. The way Steve and Eva live their lives are completely opposite. Steve Jobs: he lives his life on willpower and becomes extremely successful. Planning and fighting are an integral part of his life. Eva [...]
Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson
It took me the first week of the holidays to read the 630 pages biography of Jobs, written by Walter Isaacson. And it was never a bore. You get a straight insight how Apple works, their culture, the way they design their products and their philosophy. I was stunned how much detail Walter was [...]
She is Home, worth dying for…
Yann Arthus-Bertrand made a beautiful and challenging movie a few years ago called : Home. I’ve used it several times in workshops for Triodos Bank and the Managing Global Governance program in Germany. You feel the beauty of Nature and sense how wonderful the world is through his astonishing pictures, most taken from the air. [...]
Merry Christmas & Happy New Year!
I wish you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! 2011 has been special for me, some highlights: We created the second (and evaluated the first) 3 year strategy plan with Triodos Bank and finished the Visionary Leadership Program. The masterclass Theory U in Cambridge and Cape Cod and the coaching groups really [...]
General Peter van Uhm on making it a better world
Peter Van Uhm brings a dangerous looking gun to TEDx Amsterdam. He tells the audience that a gun and soldiers are needed to make it a better world. Killings have been dramatically decreased over the past 300 years. It’s beyond our imagination that there are soldiers who offer their health for a better world. It’s [...]
