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Book Nomination!

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We are very pleased to announce that the book of Alette and Vasco has been nominated for the BCA African Business Book of the Year Award 2026. It is a great honor to be included on this shortlist of eight distinguished books, and we look forward…
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Newsletter IODA NL 2027

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The first Newsletter is out! In 2027 we are organizing the IODA conference in the Netherlands: International Organisation Development Association. With our host team of 5 we're very busy organizing already. We're being supported by a wide range…
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Christmas on Iceland

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Christmas is a blend of Christianity and older traditions. It celebrates both the birth of Jesus and the winter solstice and other rituals; it is about light and darkness. The celebrations are magically intertwined, and thanks to our ancestors,…
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Preparing IODA – NL 2027

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Together with Fer van den Boomen, Sonja Wekema, Gerard Zwerver en myself, we meet regularly to prepare the IODA conference in 2027 in the Netherlands. Save de date: 25-27 August 2027!
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Dutch Pilotage

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Together with the other trainers from the Cultural Insights Cooperative, we will be training Dutch pilots in intercultural communication. This week, I had the opportunity to spend a day sailing with them. I was impressed by these people's…
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15 Years De Vonk Advies

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My company De Vonk has been around for 15 years! 🌼 Actually, it was by chance that I started my own business. After returning from 10 years of development work and organizational consulting in West Africa, I wasn't really happy in my temporary…

Soft stuff or hard cash?

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Cultural competence is classified as a soft skill. Soft skills are personal and social characteristics that you need to be successful, which describe how you tackle challenges, interact with people and organize your work. In a multicultural…
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IODA Connects

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“Connection ís the content,” according to Peter Block. He spoke these words during the conference in Ghana of IODA - International Organization Development Association, last week. Author of many books and spending a lifetime working…
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“Wonderful experience”

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After a few online trainings, I finally got the chance to do a face-to-face training with this management team in Ghana. We had covered quite some ground online, yet they all felt the incredible difference with this one. Being in the room,…
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Book launch in Portugal

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On the 4th of July, we were happy to present our book once more! This time for a room full of Portuguese businessmen, academia and (former) colleagues ánd former professors of Vasco Freitas Silva (co-author). In a pretty Casa do Corim, in…