From the day the best vegetarian restaurant in Amsterdam opened (in 2022) I helped Chez Nina run more smoothly and have better data. Chez Nina was taken over in 2025. What I did Some of the things I worked on: The result By having “what to do” described clearly, it takes much less time to bring new Chez Nina team… Continue reading Project case study – Chez Nina
Almost a month of work & weekend trips (for Sanne & me) and full holiday (for my parents) in Oman. It was beautiful, the country as well as the chance of being able to do this magic trip with my parents! Workation in European winter in Muscat Oman – the summary:🍚 Multicultural: Arab vibes, but sometimes more India / Pakistan… Continue reading Workation: Oman 🇴🇲
Sanne is an occupational therapist and ergonomist. She’s also my spouse! In 2022 she set up DeskGuru – to fully focus on online ergonomic workstation assessments. In a 45 minute session, she helps employees of her clients create a more pleasant working environment. At home or at the office. She’s good (I’m objective: a near 5 star rating from 100+… Continue reading Project case study – DeskGuru
I’ve been fully booked since announcing my new venture! Before I even had a company name. Or a logo. Since yesterday I do though, and Ordo ab Chao is now officially a company! With Ordo ab Chao (loosely translated: “from chaos to order”) I help entrepreneurs organize their back-office or execute projects so they can focus on what they do… Continue reading It’s official: Ordo ab Chao
This lucky bastard worked from Guwahati (Assam) for a month in January, with weekend excursions into Assam and Meghalaya.
The best podcast I’ve listened to this year is an interview by Lex Bolmeijer with Bart Brandsma (in Dutch), an expert in the field of polarization. Brandsma is a Dutch philosopher. He travels the world to study and train governments about the dynamics around “us versus them” thinking. He wrote Polarization: Understanding the Dynamics of Us-Them Thinking in 2016. Brandsma… Continue reading An eye-opening podcast about polarization
Dit is een gastbijdrage van Dam! Bart en ik hadden ons er iets anders van voorgesteld, deze avond, waarbij de herstart van Best of 160 na 16 jaar zou plaatsvinden. Kijk, aan een competitie kun je slechts deelnemen als je er vol voor gaat, hetgeen mijn team deed. Toen echter na een voortreffelijke maaltijd duidelijk werd wat er van ons… Continue reading Best of 160 – Editie 7
Sometimes, you read or hear something that explains something important about yourself that you’ve always known, but never knew how to articulate. It happened to me this week! Ever since I can remember (which is not a very long time), I’ve found “loving your country” a strange concept. I feel extremely fortunate that I was born in the prosperous, well-located… Continue reading Camus: “I love my country too much to be a nationalist.”
Recently, we drove our little stealth camper from Athens to Amsterdam, via North Macedonia, Kosovo, Bosnia, Croatia (no stops), Slovenia, Austria (no stops) and Germany. It was an amazing trip. In all the countries we visited, wild camping is not allowed by law. Before we left, I thought that would mean we would have to stay in hotels at least… Continue reading Wild camping in Kosovo & Bosnia and Herzegovina