We are humanizing work, to drive human initiative and outrun change. We are using four different perspectives, in their own unique context, to continuously improve the conditions you work in and the practices you work by. Time to cause some good trouble and bring your ideals to life!
cultivating a learnership mindset
stimulating conscious behaviour
embedding an all-aboard culture
creating responsive structures
From knowing to learning
From one-sided to collective
From me, them to us
From revolution to evolution
cultivating a learnership mindset
stimulating conscious behaviour
embedding an all-aboard culture
creating responsive structures
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From knowing to learning
Knowledge has become a fly-by-night commodity. Innovation cycles spin so quickly that, despite years of experience and success, more than 50% of what we know might become irrelevant in the next 10 years. To stay alive and kicking we need to cultivate the learnership mindset deeply within organizations and all its people.
From one-sided to collective
Doing business is an intricate and interconnected web of relationships. Conscious behaviour contributes to an inclusive and interconnected way of working. If we act more humanely and meaningfully, we can create sustainable relationships and optimize the value creation of everybody involved.
From me, them to us
Unleashing organizational power is about realizing its human potential. What we need is a culture that lives out a shared vision and is safe and demanding enough that everyone comes out of hiding. A human-centric DNA that makes it possible to maximize contribution.
From revolution to evolution
Once there was hierarchical structure, a culture of internal competition combined with deference to remote leaders, and that’s-just-how-it-is-attitudes. In these times of relentless technological innovation, we need responsive structures that venture boldly into the future. Only if we are able to drive human initiative, we can tackle the dynamics of uncertainty and outrun change.
We are a hodgepodge of rookie-minded people with a diversity of professional backgrounds. From branding to legal and from controlling to HR. The cause we are all fighting for is to humanize work. In which each of our areas of expertise gives substance to in their own, unique way.
We love to cultivate a mode to humanize work. By redeveloping people and their teams through customized training-, coaching and e-learning programs. Using themes that make your work more human, as the tender and essential ingredients for a unique developmental journey.
We stimulate human initiative to outrun change. Embedding your human-centric principles in every structure, system, process and practice. Creating environments in which people can work to their natural best.
What drives me? Honesty, trust and attention. When someone comes to me with a (legal) question, I am particularly interested in the values of the person in front of me.
The best compliment? If a client says to me: now I’ve found a legal professional who really understands my business. Then I know for sure that I have been curious enough. That emerges the true Rookie Mind in me!
At the Rookie Minds I find everything what makes me happy: energy, positivity and new perspectives. That experience from looking at things differently I want to give other people too. My goal is therefore to spread that specific rookie-experience as much as possible.
I support people, teams and organizations to solve development issues using Design Thinking. Through my background in the creative industry it was something I always did myself and now it is also something what I release in other people.
Unleashing as much potential energy as possible in organizations, that is my ultimate goal. Remove all obstructive factors, so that people truly flourish and change from within will follow naturally.
I like to challenge organizations to look at their processes from a different perspective. Challenging them to seek improvement. It’s the dynamics of change that makes it worth while.
I have learned to embrace new possibilities and to face life open-minded and without inhibitions. To really be young of spirit. Change means a fresh start and it will open doors. That’s the message that I, as a change manager, want to convey to others.
As a lawyer at The Rookie Minds, I want to give companies a head start by making them feel comfortable with regulations. How? By handling rules creatively, and by making sure they do not become obstacles.
My heart lies with structurally helping people and organizations. I do that while paying as much attention to business purposes, as to the people who are going to make it all happen. Fully convinced that standard solutions do not exist and that genuine results will only be achieved when talent gets to rein freely. And when people feel connected, both to the goal and to each other.
That’s what I love about The Rookie Minds: everything is possible. And we are always open to new initiatives and embrace everyone’s unique ideas and talents.
The Rookie Minds has an organization structure that makes it possible to anticipate change continuously. We enable curious people to create their own opportunities.
I am a legal counsel through and through. Analyzing and providing legal advice and solutions is what I thoroughly enjoy. To transform a negative situation into a positive one is my pragmatic and distinctive approach.
At The Rookie Minds I have found the best of both worlds: I determine my own path, but I can always fall back on the knowledge and experience of my colleagues. Their entrepreneurial spirit and the stimulating environment keep me inspired.
A Rookie Mind is curious by nature, energetic and always full of ideas. And certainly a bit idealistic. C’est moi! Sit down with me and you will get insights you didn’t get before. Why? Because I always want to know what’s really going on.
I love to keep developing myself, both at work and in my private life. As everyone at The Rookie Minds.
At The Rookie Minds nobody tells me what to do, I am in charge of my own journey. I love working in dynamic environments that change constantly.
We believe that real vibrancy comes when we keep looking at the world through rookie eyes. When we free ourselves from the conventions that constrain our truths, we can move organizations and humanity forwards and tackle our planet’s biggest challenges. All we need is the courage and determination to bring this perspective to work and choose the principles, values or ideals we are willing to fight for.
Rookie minds have the tender and essential ingredients to deal with the extraordinary opportunities that lie in front of us.
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An insatiable curiosity, for instance. A thirst for knowledge and understanding. That unstoppable hunger to discover and learn that makes them lifelong students. When we feel free to wander and explore and learn to put assumptions aside, we can broader our perspectives and become wondrous again. |
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And then there is that plain humility. This involves accepting that you don’t know everything and the ability to be open to the perspectives of others. If we are able to recognize our own shortcomings and limitations, we can mobilize the expertise of others. Without being bothered by an excessive ego or any concern about status. |
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And finally, the courage to rumble with vulnerability. That means having the guts to show up in uncomfortable territory, where you can’t control the output. This includes learning to recover after setbacks, failures, and disappointments. After all, innovation and creativity cannot exist without them. |
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Imagine what happens if we tap into this beautiful, unencumbered mindset. When organizations create the space and get out of the way. Everybody will be able to contribute impassioned to something that really matters now!
