I'm one of the experts in 'The Lab' @ Welcome to the Jungle, writing on purpose and work. WTTJ is a leading media company in the area of work, that aims to inspire every individual to thrive in their professional lives.

I served as Interim People and Culture Lead in The Wellbeing Project. The Wellbeing Project is catalysing a culture of inner wellbeing for all changemakers. I helped the leadership with assessing and setting priorities for creating an equitable, caring and safe container for the global team and helped prepare the ground for a more structural fulfillment of the HR function in the project.

At The Hague University of Applied Sciences I supported the Centre of Expertise Global & Inclusive Learning and the Centre of Expertise Mission Zero in the process towards their 6-yearly research audit (visitatie) and facilitated processes of forming shared research agenda, narrative and future vision for the Centre of Expertise Global & Inclusive Learning.

Since 2015 I have been organizing Nature Quests near Barcelona. Shorter and longer ones. Both open registration and for groups and organizations. For more info see the Nature Quest Barcelona website.

In 2017 and 2018 I was part of PlayGround's director's committee taking on responsibility for building up the People Department, especially focusing on leadership, talent, culture and learning. I helped build a vital and vibrant, creative and entrepreneurial tribe around PG's mission: inviting people into a new awareness and empowering them with the tools to build a more ethical, creative and participatory world. PlayGround has become a global player with over 16 million followers, #1 video channel on Facebook in Spanish, in top 15 worldwide.

Since 2012 I have been organizing and co-guiding nature quests for Knowmads students. Supporting the deep inner healing and purpose finding work that I believe is essential for any social entrepreneneur looking to dedicate his or her working life to positive change.

I co-founded KaosPilots.NL - an international school for young entrepreneurial talents who want to make a positive difference in the world. In 2010 KaosPilots.NL transformed into Knowmads and it has been running under that name in Amsterdam since.

I have been envisioning and prototyping a community and platform to support people journeying beyond the status quo of their lives, seeking for meaning, purpose and a personal answer to real needs in the world – The Journey Network. Inspired by the ways many cultures help their people move from one phase of life to another – rites of passage.

With Tsila Piran I have been supporting Woodstock School - one of the top international boarding schools in India - with advancing an ambitious strategic vision for an empowering and holistic education that truly elicits the greatness of the students. Until now we worked mainly with the staff (leadership, teachers, boarding staff, administration) to foster the culture and community that has to be the context for such an education.

For the United World Colleges in the USA and in The Netherlands I initiated and co-created the Social Entrepreneurship Incubator / Impact Lab. A space where the most entrepreneurially talented students could work on their projects and grow as young changemakers, within the IB curriculum. We introduced a new action learning methodology to the UWC’s, sharing responsibility for the learning space with the 16-18 yr old students.

I started my career at Utrecht University where I was part of the founding team of University College Utrecht as a tutor/teacher, worked as a project manager in the support staff of the university board and then became managing director of the Faculty of Philosophy.