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And we're fully booked for next week's leadership breakfast Dealing with Change! Change is the only constant factor and we need to increasingly get comfortable with it. Within our companies, within society and within ourselves. What can we learn about dealing with change from a futurist, a historian, a neuroscientist and a journalist? A sneak peak into their TED style talks next week emerged when I was browsing through their past work, prepping to first speak with them together with Eke Bon. Its quite an impressive bookshelf: - Driving Performance: 10 Lessons About Building High-Performing Teams from Neuroscience and Formula One Dr. Marcia Goddard - Sunday's Children: An indispensable book on the threat of war, European peace, and historical lessons Caroline De Gruyter - The Google code: an early study of Googles corporate culture and massive influence on society Andreas Ekström - Swimming with Sharks: a journey into the world of bankers Joris Luyendijk You can imagine we're super excited! See you next week! To everyone that's joining: THANK YOU for contributing to our charity of the day Sheltersuit Foundation (over 50k raised!) And yes, we're fully booked for breakfast. If you're really really enthusiastic to join, send me a DM and I'll see what I can do. So much fun putting this together with Eke Bon Femke Weller Lea Duk Rogier Sterk Bente van der Roest and all others at World Trade Center (WTC) Amsterdam

FULLY BOOKED. ALLE STOELEN VOL. (iiieee mum, PINCH ME) Who would have thought so many people would want to join our WTC LIVE breakfast?! Well… apparently, quite a lot. And honestly? That makes me incredibly proud. Because the topic couldn't be more relevant. Change is no longer the exception. Its the environment we all operate in. Were being asked to adapt faster than ever, often without knowing exactly what comes next. So the question isn't just how do we keep up with change? Its how do we navigate it, make sense of it, lead through it, connect with it? That is what we will discuss on the 29th! Im so excited to bring this conversation to life with an incredible line-up of speakers: Indra Diallo, Caroline De Gruyter, Andreas Ekström, Dr. Marcia Goddard and Joris Luyendijk. To everyone who secured a ticket: I cant wait to see you in 10 days. Thank you for your for those who donated. The ticket contribution was voluntary. All proceeds go to Sheltersuit Foundation , a non-profit organization dedicated to helping people without shelter. If you would still really want to join, I have a FEW SPOTS LEFT on the guest list! Send me a DM and Ill share the ticket with you! Still reading, you deserve an explanation. 😂 Yes, thats an creepy AI-generated version of me having a classy breakfast. Did I have an actual photo of myself enjoying a sophisticated morning croissant? Of course not. My usual breakfast involves three small humans in rush hour and a high probability of spilled milk, and lost socks. So.......AI gave me the elegant breakfast aesthetic my real life simply cannot provide. #ForgiveMe Team appreciation: Femke Weller, Rogier Sterk, Lot Frijling, Thijs Sprangers Lea Duk Bente van der Roest, Rik Kooi, Liline Arends, Ilse J., Josine Hendriksen, Max van Hoof, Marjolein Frijling@

We zijn er bijna, de afsluiting van het jubileum jaar 2025/2026 van World Trade Center (WTC) Amsterdam. Voor mij echt een magisch jaar waarbij Change, op alle vlakken, centraal stond. Maar die reflectie bewaar ik voor mijn einde jaar post :). Vorig jaar hebben we het jaar ingeluid met het "40-hours welcome to change festival". De afsluiting van het bijzondere jaar gingen we klein houden.....Nou, dat is niet helemaal gelukt! En gelukkig maar. Want dat zou niet bij ons passen. Dus hebben we nu op 29 oktober het "WTC Live Dealing with Change" event en zijn we “maar” 24 uur in touw. Maar eigenlijk zijn dit de momenten waar ik naar toe leef, waar ik het voor doe. Ja, het is keihard werken met het team, maar geeft ook heel veel energie. Natuurlijk beginnen we deze dag met koffie en taart en een hele gave (uitverkochte) sessie over CHANGE, met een super line-up aan sprekers. Deze dag is ook de première van de documentaire van onze ambassadeurs over CHANGE en de lancering van de WTCA Discovery Tour, een manier waarop we al onze nieuwe en bestaande collega WTC’ers meenemen in de wondere wereld van WTCA. En dan is het tijd voor een drankje met de heerlijke muziek van Mees Salome, eindelijk dansen in de Lobby. Dat wil ik al heel lang! We eindigen de avond met de Zuidas sleepout en een bijkom-ontbijt op vrijdag! Nieuwsgierig en zin om langs te komen (om te dansen) meld je aan, first dance on me! WTC After Hours w/ Mees Salomé · Luma Sweet memories of last year 💜

Zaterdag 10/10 is World Homeless Day. Een mooi moment om de Zuidas sleepout op het Zuidplein van World Trade Center (WTC) Amsterdamonder de aandacht te brengen! Vorig jaar was ons, mijn, eerste sleepout. Ik was erg onder de indruk van de verhalen van Sheltersuit Foundation en HVO Querido. Het grootste gedeelte van de nacht lag ik wakker, van het geluid (van de ring), van het licht (van de omgeving), maar vooral van de kou (met dipjes onder nul). Maar ik was veilig. Ik dacht alleen maar, hoe voelt het als je het koud hebt, en je onveilig voelt. Het is onmenselijk. Een schrale troost is dat we met deze actie kunnen helpen de kou gedeeltelijk buiten te sluiten. En daar zet ik, mijn team, collega's, partners, suppliers, huurders ons voor in! In onze centrale lobby geven we live het opgehaalde bedrag weer. Mooi om te zien dat we vandaag alweer boven de 13.000 euro zitten (onderstaande foto is van gisteren :). Dus - de oproep vandaag.... Slapen jullie mee? Sponsoren mag natuurlijk ook! Link naar mijn pagina in de comments. #World Homeless Day #Zuidas

Change. Nobody is comfortable with it. Yet we need to embrace it. Whether it's in defending the values that Europe was built on, our capacity to create prosperity for next generations, complete the big transitions to save the planet, or to rediscover our most human qualities in the age of AI. That's why Dealing with Change is the theme of October 29th at World Trade Center (WTC) Amsterdam in a full day program! Registration link in comments. 08:30-11:00 Breakfast Session for Business Leaders (limited capacity) with: Caroline De Gruyter One of Europe's leading political commentators and geopolitical thinkers, explores how Europe responds to a world marked by uncertainty, shifting power, and increasing complexity. Andreas Ekström As journalist, author and speaker he states that AI is transforming the world, but to understand machines, we first have to understand ourselves. Dr. Marcia Goddard Drawing on neuroscience and lessons from Formula 1, Marcia reveals what adaptation looks like in practice and how individuals and teams can perform at their best amid constant change. Indra Diallo Through music and spoken word, Indra creates moments of reflection and connection, allowing ideas to resonate and offering space to reconnect with ourselves and one another. Joris Luyendijk Anthropologist, author, and journalist will guide the conversations throughout the morning. If you decide to stay for the day - feel free to work with us in the renewed central lobby - you'll be around long enough to enjoy good vibes at WTC After Hours with Mees Salome (17:00) and join us for the Sleepout (20:00) to raise funds for Sheltersuit Foundation Welcome To Change Welcome To Convergence Welcome To Connection

EXCITED UPDATE! I am squeezing "mijn handjes samen" (not sure how to translate) because we are hosting a WTC Live Breakfast Edition at the end of this month with incredible speakers and good coffee!!! Why am I so excited you ask... unknown fact to most...Breakfast is my favourite meal of the day! Combine that it with big ideas on Change from some of the best minds....mic drop 🎤 💥 We had so much fun curating and complete creative freedom, (thanks to Femke Weller 🙏) landed on a very eclectic mix of experts who will guide us through 3 ACTS on Dealing with Change. ACT 1 | System Change Caroline De Gruyter , what is happening geopolitically, and how is Europe dealing with a world in turmoil? ACT 2| Technological Acceleration Andreas Ekström, on AI, and why understanding human intelligence might be the place to start. ACT 3 | Human Adaptation Dr. Marcia Goddard zooming into what human adaptation actually looks like when uncertainty kicks in? Indra Diallo helps us create a little space to breathe, soften and actually receive all these ideas. Joris Luyendijk will be guiding the conversation. This breakfast is for leaders, founders, creatives, strategists and curious minds navigating change. Come have breakfast with me. 29 October | 08.30 start | WTC Amsterdam | Free to attend Want a ticket - DM me for a seat! Currently 20 tickets left.