The best way to predict the future  is to  create  it
(Peter Drucker)

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I am a ‘doer-thinker’ at the crossroads of expertise, policy, society, and industry.

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I am a strategist. I am a student of history, of geopolitics and the major trends of our time. I connect these to the contemporary reality of organisations and businesses to help them renew themselves, so we can all contribute to making the world better.

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Labour market, HR, and the welfare state, are the bedrock of my academic activities. Globalisation and the European Union are my intellectual and professional habitat.

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I have had leadership roles at universities and in the think-tank world, in Europe and Australia. Ghent University is currently my academic home.

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I am fascinated by policy and politics. I was the foundational CEO of the Itinera Institute. I am an opinion contributor for domestic and international media outlets. I also have a column in Trends magazine.

Collaborating, connecting and partnering for impact, that makes me tick. Feel free to contact me for questions or suggestions.

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