I’ve always been curious about what could be
Understanding what is changing, seeing possibilities others might overlook, bringing people together and turning ideas into action.
Curiosity about the future
I’m interested in what is changing, in technology, markets, society and the systems around us. Not because I believe we can predict the future, but because understanding change helps us see different possibilities.
Seeing the bigger system
Data matters to me. But so do people, interests, behaviours and relationships. I like stepping back, connecting what may initially seem unrelated and understanding the system before jumping to the solution.
Embracing diversity
The most interesting challenges rarely belong to one organisation. I enjoy bringing together people who see the world differently and helping them find enough common ground to move.
A bias for action
Ideas only become interesting when something happens with them. My entrepreneurial background means I naturally move between strategy and execution: challenge, experiment, learn, adapt and keep going.
Corporate. Innovator. Entrepreneur.
I started my career in larger organisations including Siemens, Wolters Kluwer and Immoweb/Axel Springer, learning how complex organisations operate and change.
I then moved closer to innovation and entrepreneurship, working at VUB/iMinds, ffor European programmes and initiatives such as Open Creatives, and helping build Belgium's startup and innovation ecosystem through Startups.be.
I crossed the line from helping entrepreneurs to becoming one myself. I founded DataScouts and spent the following years building a technology company around data and market intelligence, developing the product, finding customers, building a team, raising funding, working with investors and navigating all the uncertainty that comes with entrepreneurship.
Today, as founder and Executive Chair of DataScouts, I combine that entrepreneurial experience with the broader systems work that has always fascinated me.
Why World of Futures?
I like the plural in World of Futures.
Because there is never just one future waiting for us.
There are possibilities, choices and different paths we can take. We cannot predict or control what comes next.
But we can understand the world around us, imagine what could be different, choose what we want to work towards and start making it happen.
That is what World of Futures is about.