Amersfoort, Utrecht, Netherlands
Hi there, I'm Dennis van der Spoel; trainer and coach; consultant and leader; business owner and investor; author and speaker. I'm passionate about leadership & coaching in innovative environments where elevated levels of uncertainty make continuous change key to strategic success. I believe that conscious leadership and an agile and inclusive mindset whilst balancing the interests of all stakeholders is the only path to sustainable competitive advantage. As a multipotentialite, I use idea synthesis, rapid learning, adaptability, and my interpersonal skills to coach leaders who are willing to challenge the status quo, so they can make more impact. I also help individuals, teams, and organizations to thrive in times of extreme uncertainty. In other words; I help organizations to unleash innovation. My expertise and/or interest is in: ❶ Start-ups, scale-ups & exponential organizations; ❷ The transition to a lean-agile way of working; ❸ Lean-agile portfolio management; ❹ Facilitating strategic dialogues & large-scale interventions Transactional Analysis, Spiral Dynamics, Conscious Capitalism, Reinventing Organizations, Theory U, Storytelling, Lean, Lean Startup, ExO, Agile, Scrum, DSDM, Atern, PRINCE2, MSP, MoP, ToC, Systems Thinking, Design Thinking, Facilitation, Prosci ADKAR, Kotter, DevOps, Scrum, LeSS, Nexus, Liberating Structures, Management 3.0, Sociocracy 3.0, online marketing (traction, funnel & growth hacking). Registered Change Management Practitioner and Certified SAFe Program Consultant. Conscious Capitalist, protector of biodiversity, and catalyst towards the singularity.
Coaching the teams and leaders of several Value Streams of End User Services and Enabling Functions.
We believe in business as a healing principle. To change our planet for the better we need to exponentially increase innovation: technically, ecologically, socially, economically, and politically. This means being spunky in letting go of the status quo and creating space for new paradigms. That is why we help leaders to create the conscious organizations we believe will become a Force for Good. Better leaders. Better organizations. Better world. Dennis’ aim is to liberate individuals and organizations from fear and anxiety. He creates a safe space for everyone to experiment and learn by bringing in fresh energy and humor. With over 30 years of experience in large corporations and startups, he has lived innovation and transformation hands-on in roles varying from program manager and product owner to COO and leadership coach. As a trainer & facilitator with The Dragon Tail Company he nudges participants to cross epiphany bridges, let go of limiting beliefs, and shift paradigms concerning leadership and innovation. As an expert on self-organization and empirical ways of working, he frequently speaks at conferences and events worldwide.
A group of independent professionals with specific experience in subjects such as clientship, governance, architecture, technology, data, cybersecurity, and communication skills around large ICT programs, have set up their agency with the aim of transferring knowledge and experiences to governments. They are concerned about the inadequate IT in government.
The ExO Sprint is a repeatable innovation process to help large organizations move the needle on big-picture results such as share price, profitability, customer satisfaction, and employee engagement. It is also a framework for digital transformation and becoming an Exponential Organization. Today’s executives looking to boost innovation must do two things simultaneously: 1 - Suppress the immune system response of their organizations; 2 - Find new ideas that can grow a company 10x. Think that’s not possible? Consider that in 2012, 80% of Apple’s revenues came from products less than four years old. The ExO Sprint aims to achieve these goals, and our experience indicates that in just 10 weeks it can launch your leadership, culture and management thinking three years ahead.
Various assignments to improve Project and Product Portfolio Management with clients in Energy, banking, Payments, Insurance, etc. Initially in traditional FEL environments (e.g. MoP, SPfM), later in Agile and Lean environments (e.g. SAFe LPM, APfM).
Liberating Structures are easy-to-learn microstructures that enhance relational coordination and trust. They quickly foster lively participation in groups of any size, making it possible to truly include and unleash everyone. Liberating Structures are a disruptive innovation that can replace more controlling or constraining approaches.
Our mission is to create a world of abundance by leveraging exponential technologies. Abundance is all about creating a world of possibility: a world where everyone’s days are spent dreaming and doing, not scrapping and scraping. This means a world where food, water, shelter, energy, education, communication, information, freedom, and health will be a commodity to everyone. These items are not scarce to begin with; they are merely inaccessible because we either lack the technology or the will to meet demand and make them affordable for all. That is why we invest in purpose-driven start-ups in exponential technology sectors, such as sensors, 3-D printing, nanomaterials and nanotechnology, artificial intelligence, robotics, water and sanitation, genetics and synthetic biology. We also invest in developing conscious leaders that help build conscious businesses and promote conscious capitalism and a progressive political agenda. http://cofounderslab.com/profile/dennis-van-der-spoel https://angel.co/dennisvanderspoel https://consciouscapitalism.org