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What can I do for you ?

* Independent international consultant, executive (team)coach, trainer, teacher, writer and keynote speaker on three continents.

* What can I do for you?

Inspire and help you to become a better manager, a better leader, a better team, especially in times of change, downturn, insecurity, stress and turmoil.

* Areas of expertise

improve your stress management as a manager, executive, and your team, department, or organization.
boost productivity, creativity, and self-fulfillment by better understanding the human brain, particularly in relation to modern communication technology and apps;
boost safety in your organization by taking into account the impact of stress and the singularities of the human brain on work processes and safety procedures.
the comparison between AI and human intelligence (see Substack)
the cognitive biases and heuristics, which often trick your gut feelings and lead to incorrect decision-making

* Medical doctor, neuropsychiatrist

* Author of several books such as "Stress: Friend and Foe", "BrainChains" and its concise version "How To Unchain Your Brain"; translated in Dutch, French, Russian, Korean, and Chinese. (see below) Most recently, only in dutch, for teachers "Van brokkelbrein naar focus" (with G.Derksen and G.Verreck) and for parents "Ontketen het brein van je kind" (Unchain Your Childs Brain") See https://bit.ly/theosbooks .

Currently I am researching and writing about the differences between AI and Human Intelligence. You can follow me on this journey at my Substack https://bit.ly/theosubstack

*Formerly I was a Professor at the Free University of Amsterdam, Suez Chair in Leadership and Personal Development at the Solvay Business School of the Université Libre de Bruxelles, Adjunct Professor at the INSEAD, Visiting Professor at the Vlerick School for Management and TIAS, department head at the Psychiatric Clinic Triversum and at the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, University Hospital, fellow at the University of Pennsylvania, resident at the Universities of Leiden and Amsterdam.

* What can I do for you?

as a Board Advisor >>more
as an Executive (Team)Coach >>more
as a Teacher/Trainer >>more
as a Keynote/Motivational Speaker >>more
as a Coach for Families with a Business >>more
as a Consultant >>more
as a Program Designer and Facilitator >more

What motivates me ?

>Driven by curiosity: especially about the modern brain workers, their intellectual productivity, their life balance, their personalities, their brains, their leaders, their companies. Since 2008, I have been preoccupied with the way they utilize their advanced modern technologies, which undermines their intellectual productivity, creativity, memory, health, safety, and happiness.

>Passionate about simplicity: burning the midnight oil to get to the essence of what I learn from scientific research and conversations.

>Zealous about teaching; transmitting scientific knowledge in a simple, but not simplistic, lasting, and useful way to professionals, students, and the public at large.

Writer of books and articles

As a translator of complex scientific knowledge into a simple but not simplistic language, I wrote several books. Some of them became bestsellers and three became longsellers. (for articles see tab : free texts")