LeasePlan’s What’s next campaign with Richard Hammond
Ever since June 2003, I am proud to work for the global leader in fleet management and driver mobility! Today we launched a launched a major global marketing campaign, featuring Top Gear and The Grand Tour presenter Richard Hammond, highlighting LeasePlan’s commitment to offering What’s next in mobility to its customers via an ‘Any car, Anytime, Anywhere’ service. CEO […] Read More
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 […] Read More
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 […] Read More
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 […] Read More
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 […] Read More
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 […] Read More
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 […] Read More
The Social Enterprise 2015
Some weeks ago I was interviewed as the chairman for the Social Enterprise Congress 2015. Tips from a social business pioneer Pitfalls for organizations that have an internal social platform How do you prevent an internal social platform from fading away after an enthusiastic start? And how do you get everybody involved? Legitimate questions that […] Read More
Lecture at the University of Utrecht
I was asked to give lecture as part of the program Project Management at the University of Utrecht. In this minor students learn about all aspects of project management. My focus was on actual experiences with the international aspects of Project Management. Early January 2015 the lecture took place. Apart from expert knowledge, I used […] Read More
Update Congress The Social Enterprise
Last Wednesday, the 24th of September, the congress took place. Please see my initial blog on the subject here. Over 125 people participated actively and I was asked to chair this inspiring day. The feedback received from the participants during the day was very positive. On twitter (#tse2014) you are able to read what has […] Read More