Skydive Costa Rica. In February 2017 I had two great experiences in our beautiful skies. Early February, as part of a group of around a hundred experienced International skydivers, we skydived above Tambor in Costa Rica. The view from above was amazing and landing at the beach in front of the resort made it all […]
Pride!
The wonderful theme of the Project Control Congress of PCO Kennis in Driebergen on the 2nd of February, was ‘Pride’. I gladly accepted the invitation to present at the congress. As you might have read in my “about” page as Global Program Manager, I am responsible for several international projects. Next to that I have several […]
Redefining Happiness and Project Management trends 2017
Happy new year! Every evening when I bring my 7 years old daughter Charlotte to bed, I ask her the following two important questions: What did you like most today and made you smile? What have you learned today? Today I received two powerful messages which, in essence, reflected in a beautiful way to the […]
How to manage virtual teams
On the 30th of November I gave a presentation about managing International teams at Valid. Valid is a company in the Netherlands who implements Information & Communication Technologies with over 300 employees. Among these employees many knowledgeable project managers. I received the invitation to tell my story due to the fact that I manage extensive […]
IPMA International Project Excellence Gala and IPMA Congress 2016
17 and 18 November 2016 I visited the IPMA International Project Excellence Congress in Warsaw. Competences of Professionals The theme of this year’s event was the importance of the PM competences which integrate knowledge and experience of project management professionals. The absolute top of international project managers were present and several of them presented their: Project […]
From unknown to known
October 18th, 2016. I am in a plane flying back from Vienna to Amsterdam. The last days were very intense for me, specifically today. A well known skydiver disappeared. This all started on 13 May 2016. Well-known skydiver and tandem master John Verduin from my home drop zone Skydive Teuge disappeared suddenly when he did not show up for […]
First flights with my new Orbiter
Last week of May 2016 I flew my new hang glider (an Orbiter from Icaro) for the first time, above lake Annecy in the French Alps. Please see here a short movie that I made. On my way back home Radio538 called me for a short interview. Below you will find this funny and spontaneous interview at […]
Are you up to date?
April 19th 2016, I gave a presentation on behalf of ISES about the strength of the modern project manager at the Dutch Project Management congress. Please click here for the congress website. Over a hundred visitors of the congress visited my parallel session, clearly showing that the topic was deemed an important topic for the […]
Customer Arena
In my role as Global Program Manager I hire data specialists and architects from “the smart data company” Kadenza. Last month Jeroen Blankendaal (MD) invited me to join a so called customer arena to openly discuss the current relationship, both tips and tops. As I embrace the idea of a fully open and transparent […]
Global Project Management Training in three different continents
In February 2016 I have trained project management teams in Brasil, New Zealand and India. I use the IPMA (International Project Management Association) International Competence Baseline as a baseline. To give (in just one week) a training in three different continents is both a challenge and a gift. The interactions with people from very different […]
Hang gliding above Rio de Janeiro
On Thursday 4 February 2016 I made one of my dreams come true during two great hang gliding flights above the blue skies of Rio! Over a year ago I saw great footage from hang gliders above Rio de Janeiro and specifically Corcovado on You Tube. This is the mountain with the impressive statue of Jesus overlooking […]
IPMA Project Excellence Award Training on the new PEB model.
On Monday 28 October 2015, the new Project Excellence Baseline (PEB) was introduced at the World Congress of the International Project Management Association (IPMA) in Panama. Please ready my blog about this World Leading Project Management Congress here. As a consequence, all international assessors and jury members had to go through an intensive three days training. I fully support that IPMA […]