Maarten Van Damme

I strengthen the transformational capacity of people and organizations at a tipping point so they can bring their mission and strategy to life. πŸ”₯ Fire for Change

Antwerp, Flemish Region, Belgium

About

Welcome on my profile fellow human, Thanks for having a look at my profile. Please reach out if you have any questions or want to have an interesting dialogue about the transformation of leaders, teams, organisations and society as a whole. I'm the Firestarter and Changemaker of Enthusiasm. Enthusiasm is about Leading, Working and Transforming with Enthusiasm from your Essence. Enthusiasm makes leaders and organisations ready for tomorrow, and helps them activily shape the future. We strengthen the transformational capacity of leaders and organisations at pivotal moments, so they can make a meaningful difference in times of transition. We work integrally, in phases, and with agility across three key domains: 1) Diagnosis & Strategy 2) Leadership & Human Capital 3) AI & Digital Innovation We bring flow and energy into transformation journeys when things become slow, difficult, or stuck. We do this by working at the intersection of human, organisational, AI/Digital development. We actively engage with what happens beneath the surface across all three domains, transforming them into strength. We work tailor-made, with a multidisciplinary team of top experts, to deliver maximum value for you. Originally I'm a trained Criminologist and worked +/- 10 years as Justice Assistent, which means guiding and controlling people who have alternative sentences like electronic surveillance. I have a passion for personal development, systemic thinking, integral approaches or holistic thinking, leadership-, organisational-, business- and technological development and transforming shadow dynamics into renewed energy. Changes and transformations have always existed. Today, leaders, teams, and organizations face numerous challenges in the transition to a new economy and forms of society. My leading principles and values: Plus est en vous - Working with progressive insight and substantiating with data - Co-creative - Human - Meaningful - Dialogue - Impact - Collaborative intelligence - Positively pragmatic - Non-judgmental - Methods and approach as a means and not as an end in themselves - Integral - Systemic

Experience

  • Firestarter & Changemaker at Enthusiasm.be
    Mar 2015 - Present Β· 11 yrs 4 mos

    Lead, work and transform from your essence. Build an organisation that’s ready for tomorrow β€” and actively shaping the future. βœ” Human-centered in both culture and structure βœ” Driven by genuine care for customers and employees βœ” Empowered by AI and digital innovation βœ” Agile and resilient in a world in transition βœ” Meaningful for people, economy and ecology We strengthen the transformational capacity of leaders and organisations at pivotal moments, so they can make a meaningful difference in times of transition. We work integrally, in phases, and with agility across three key domains: 1) Diagnosis & Strategy 2) Leadership & Human Capital 3) AI & Digital Innovation We bring flow and energy into transformation journeys when things become slow, difficult, or stuck. We do this by working at the intersection of human, organisational, AI, and digital development. We actively engage with shadow dynamics across all three domains, transforming them into strength. We work tailor-made, with a multidisciplinary team of top experts, to deliver maximum value for you.

  • Partner Benelux at The Maturity Institute
    Apr 2025 - Present Β· 1 yr 3 mos

    The Maturity Institute (www.hrmaturity.com) strives to create vibrant, healthy and successful organizations through maximizing the value of their people. For leaders and organizations seeking a new way of working; Maturity provides a vision, a framework and a rigorously defined way forward to achieve sustainable value creation, both for themselves and the societies in which they operate.

  • Senior coach & trainer at SkillsGym
    Apr 2017 - Present Β· 9 yrs 3 mos

    We are the Habit Company, we live by 'learning a little a lot". Small daily habits are the key for being happy, agile and productive at work. We deliver training programs that result in sustainable habits. The most important thing we are doing is closing the knowing doing gap by teaching the habit loop to people and then let them experiment with it. I work as a freelance trainer for CUTESolutions and I'm very happy and proud to be part of the CUTIES team

  • Senior coach & trainer & consultant at KEYCONSULT
    Sep 2020 - Present Β· 5 yrs 10 mos

    People and Organisational development and change with a focus on leadership, mainly in governemental settings.

  • Career Coach at Human Results Career Coaching
    Feb 2016 - Sep 2023 Β· 7 yrs 8 mos

    Human Results offers career coaching for employees and entrepreneurs who are looking for a new vision or another perspective in their career. We help them in making choices in their careers. We are people - and results oriented. My specific focus: -People who are having entrepreneurial dreams -Entrepreneurs who are struggling with performance and time mgmt issues, or entrepreneurs who want to reevaluate their mission and vision or purpose. - ... Off course everybody is welcome with a question around their career -> Mostly common with all of my customers is that they are perfectionists ( people pleasers, people who need a lot of confirmation, procrastinators, ... ), creative and highly gifted people.