Emotional Intelligence, a crucial skill to develop!

We have encountered several challenges the past years: Covid, scarcity of materials, scarcity of people,… How to build an organization that is able to cope with all these unexpected issues? And how to keep your staff happy, motivated and engaged in these challenging times?  Emotional Intelligence is the key! 3 facts about Emotional Intelligence Emotional Intelligence:…

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Are Self Managing Organizations a Hype?

In September Heiske participated in a MBA talk with subject ‘Self Managing Organizations’. This conversation was organized by the VU University Amsterdam as Executive Education. You can read the discussed questions and answers about self managing organizations and Heiske’s add ons below. Are Self Managing Organizations a hype? It depends. We see organizations moving to…

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Fading Boundary between Human and Robots

As a Contemporary and Impactful Leader you have to be aware of the CONTEXT you operate in. Only then you can make the best decisions for your organization. But this is quite a challenge in our fast changing world. In my role of Organizational Futurist I try to keep up with most important trends and…

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How to make a virtual Strategy Session work?

Do you recognize one of the following concerns? The team is not 100% aligned on what to work towards and focus on The team had a clear strategy but due to working remotely the focus diffused It is time to reflect on the strategy but how to do that with all team members working from…

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