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Be the Change You Want to See in the World!

It is in those very moments when everything looks hopeless that we have a real chance to reflect and transform into something better: what the caterpillar calls the end of…

Feb 2021

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leadership

How can we stay genuinely optimistic in a pandemic?

Leaders today face nearly impossible tasks. Managing the impact of the COVID pandemic and inspire broadly while everybody is working from home. They are forced to do more with less…

Feb 2021

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Global Risks Report 2021: what are our biggest risks?

The 16th edition of the Global Risks Report, published by the World Economic Forum, highlights the disruptive implications of major risks, including the COVID-19 pandemic, that may reshape our world…

Jan 2021

4 - 6 min reading time

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Vital ideas for the world of tomorrow [1 van 5]

Wat zijn de imperatieven en ontwerp-principes voor de wereld van morgen? En waarom moeten we eerst deciviliseren voor ‘the Great Reset’?

Jan 2021

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From moment to Movement [2 van 5]

To create the world we all desire, we must reconnect. With nature, each other and with Self. Who do you want to be and what do you want to mean…

Jan 2021

10-15 min reading time

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A last hurray – why doesn’t the market save KLM?

Why are business acumen and common sense buried under blue KLM sentiment? There are far more important social issues on our plate (climate, inequality, education, healthcare, crumbling social cohesion). Let…

Dec 2020

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Trilogy [3 of 3]: future of humanity – for optimists, pessimists and realists

Final part of the trilogy ‘Future of humanity – for optimists and pessimists’. According to Steven Pinker, Yuval Harari and the 15th edition of the World Economic Forum’s ‘Global Risk…

Dec 2020

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Sustainable Throne Speech 2020

The corona crisis has shown irrefutably that the axiom of a purely return-oriented market thinking is outdated. We must let go the myth and obsession of economic growth. We will…

Dec 2020

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Economie Laatste posts home

Salvation shareholder capitalism is near – everyone loses!

Humanity is still wandering totally disoriented in the corona swamp. Meanwhile, in The Hague, the men and women of State watch over the conflict of interests and lead society and…

Mar 2020

8 - 10 minuten leestijd

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Toekomst

Trilogy [2 of 3]: future of humanity – for optimists, pessimists and realists

Part 2 of the trilogy “Future of Humanity” describes the possible perceptions and visions of the optimist and pessimist. Based on an interview with two of the greatest thinkers of…

Mar 2020

9 - 12 minuten leestijd

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Mens en samenleving

Trilogy [1 of 3]: future of humanity – for optimists, pessimists and realists

“If someone is a pessimist before the age of 50, he or she knows too much and if someone is an optimist after that, this person knows too little” said…

Mar 2020

6 - 8 minuten

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Economie

Hooray! – the recession is coming

The corona crisis is a tragedy for everything and everyone. Thousands of people are dying in solitude and isolation. Leaving their relatives disillusioned and in shock. A humanitarian disaster that…

Mar 2020

9 - 12 minuten leestijd

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Coronacrisis

Corona crisis as a prelude to a MEXIT

The corona crisis is a blessing for humanity and planet. It shows us the way to the MEXIT; an exit from our mindset. An immense crisis is an excellent opportunity…

Mar 2020

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Gezondheid en welzijn

COVID-19: how to proceed?

Insights on dealing with Coronavirus based on a report from the World Economic Forum and the Harvard Global Health Institute. As early as 2019, warnings of such a virus were…

Mar 2020

Leestijd 6 - 10 minuten

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SDG Doing Good

Decade of ACTION – ten years to transform our world

The 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)-our shared vision to end poverty, save the planet and build a peaceful world-are gaining traction around the world. With only 10 years to go,…

Feb 2020

15 min leestijd

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ecologie Klimaat

Global Risk Report – World Economic Forum 2020

The world cannot wait for the fog of geopolitical and geo-economic uncertainty to lift. Opting to ride out the current period in the hope that the global system will “snap…

Feb 2020

15 min leestijd

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Doing Good

Do what is right, not what is easy.

In his latest essay, “Humans/Inhumans,” Bas Heijne doesn’t mention neoliberalism, and precisely because of that, liberalism and social democracy get an “uppercut” of sorts. This is not entirely justified, since…

Feb 2020

15 min leestijd

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samenleving

Confusion about truth and identity

In our society there is – according to Bas Heijne author of Human/Unhuman – a deep conflict in which two obsessions are central: identity and truth. According to Heijne, this…

Feb 2020

9 - 12 min leestijd

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Klimaat

Climate: five things I learned in Davos

According to the media, the January 2020 World Economic Forum meeting was one big Donald Trump and Greta Thunberg show. But, of course, the reality was different. According to the…

Jan 2020

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