Lectures & workshops

Transformative thinking in three steps:
1. Analyse why we do things now
2. Radically change our thinking
3. Experiment with a radical new approach

Reframing: we challenge our current assumptions to generate radically new approaches.
Reframing AI : we rethink and redesign our workflow from performing tasks to managing AI-augmented output.
Paradigm Shifts: we identify internal or external shifts and design approaches to fit the new paradigm.
Simplify: we ruthlessly examine our current workflow in order to work smart, not hard.
Shaping our Future: we explore how to turn our core individual or corporate purpose into impactful action.
Climate Positivity: we investigate how we can impact the climate crisis at scale through our professional role.

Interactive lectures combine a slide presentation with several rounds of pair discussion and plenary debriefs. They last between 45-75 minutes, can be given live or online, and scaled from dozens to hundreds of participants.

Workshops follow the same topics and structure as interactive lectures but have much deeper analysis and group discussion. They include preparatory research into organisational priorities, sector shifts and future strategies, and have the most impact at pivotal points for teams or organisations. Workshops are better live but can be given online, take 2 to 6 hours, and are scalable from small groups of 6 to dozens of participants.

Worldwide clients include tech: Nokia, Amazon AWS, Oracle; consulting: EY; PwC; banks: Rabobank, Handelsbanken; pharma: Amgen, teva; service: JustEatTakeaway; housing corporations; secondary education; government: European Commission, Dutch ministries, municipalities; and business schools: AOG School of Management, Nyenrode University.

Exploring radically different ways of working

Artificial intelligence is profoundly changing our work. We can use AI to automate repetitive tasks, and to augment ourselves by working faster and producing more. The real shift, however, is reframing work: combining our human imagination and conscious needs with the powerful capabilities of AI models. That means moving from performing tasks to managing output, from doing everything ourselves to conducting a team of tireless assistants, from doing to asking. In this interactive lecture we explore the potential and pitfalls, where to start experimenting in your daily work, and how to make the shift to a profession which will never be the same.

Why do we do the things that we do? And: how could we do things differently? All of our thinking and actions are based on assumptions, most of which remain unexamined. We analyse our assumptions in order to reframe our approach and experiment with new actions. We do this with personal, team and organisational projects.

The world is changing rapidly on many levels. This is a challenge for established businesses but also provides great opportunities for innovative approaches. Paradigm shifts help us to make sense of these momentous changes: we analyse the disruptive consequences and golden opportunities of paradigm shifts in your sector.

We use the Reframing methodology to overturn our core beliefs. By questioning our assumptions, we can start to think differently about products, projects, stakeholder, business models and customers. We design experiments based on radical assumptions to turn our innovative thinking into immediate action.