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Exploring my thoughts. Essays, recordings and insights on regeneration and leadership, from experience in the field.

Currently writing aboutthe second mountain
  • EssayOct 2026 · EN
    Shenzhen, China - a trip down future lane

    This summer, I received a phone call: do you want to join a trip with 40 fellow female entrepreneurs from across the globe to China?

  • DraftSep 2026 · EN
    What the hut warden knows about leadership

    Unfinished. A few notes from the Verwall, may change or disappear.

  • EssayAug 2026 · EN
    The second mountain, and why I keep walking up it

    The first climb is towards success. The second one is towards significance. Most of us never notice we've reached the saddle.

  • RecordingJun 2026 · EN · 42 min
    Going all in: Lorraine Huber on focus, flow and expanding limits

    A Freeride World Champion on commitment, stepping stones and finding flow under pressure.

  • DraftMay 2026 · NL
    Over regeneratie, zonder het woord te gebruiken

    Een poging. Nog niet af.

  • EssayMar 2026 · EN
    A sneak peek into the art of de-velopment

    "There's nothing to learn. It's more a matter of remembering." So said Plato. And he would know, right?

  • EssayJan 2026 · EN
    Data driven leadership, the real deal

    "My intuition says we should turn right." In most boardrooms, not yet a decisive argument. Keynote, Erasmus Enterprise.

  • EssayNov 2025 · EN
    Redefining corporate gatherings

    That moment you are about to kick off a two-hundred-people offsite.

  • EssaySep 2025 · EN
    A giving mind is a joy forever

    Everybody has something to bring into the mix. Time, money, network, talent and, perhaps most importantly, presence.

  • EssayJun 2025 · EN
    Leader-shizzle

    Regenerative, conscious, connected, cyan. Adjectives on future leadership fly around fast. Do I really need to choose?

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