Where Gijs van Wulfen has spoken

Training a new cohort of 10 Japanese innovators as certified facilitators to 'Double your innovation effectiveness' in Japan, in cooperation with the BMIA.

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In a workshop Gijs van Wulfen inspired 15 innovators from the BMIA network in Japan to boost their innovation impact.

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Inspiring 250+ innovation professionals to 'Double your innovation effectiveness' in Japan, at ISPIM Sendai.

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Inspiring 250+ top managers to 'Double your innovation effectiveness' in Slovenia.

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In a keynote Gijs van Wulfen inspired 50 professionals from the IBDF in The Netherlands to boost their innovation impact.

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Kicking off a new radical innovation project with the 12 persons innovation FORTH team of Schattdecor and their leadership team.

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A workshop with 17 Startups in the Film Business Accelerator in Riyadh, organised by the Film Commission of Saudi Arabia to help them to setup OKRs and KPIs for their new concepts to measure their progress.

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A workshop with 17 Startups in the Film Business Accelerator in Riyadh, organised by the Film Commission of Saudi Arabia to help them to win buy-in from stakeholders in the Film Value Chain for their new concepts.

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In a workshop Gijs van Wulfen inspired 15 innovators from the Innox network in Austria to boost their innovation impact by implementing the proven FORTH innovation method

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In a keynote Gijs van Wulfen inspired 50+ innovators from BEUMER Group in Germany to boost their innovation capability.

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In a keynote Gijs van Wulfen inspired the leadership at Mawhiba in Riyadh to boost their innovation capability.

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In a workshop Gijs van Wulfen inspired 20+ innovators from the National Development Fund in Saudi Arabia to boost their innovation impact by aligning innovation to strategy.

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In a keynote Gijs van Wulfen inspired the leadership at SIMAH in Riyadh to boost their innovation capability.

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In a keynote Gijs van Wulfen inspired the 3rd cohort of 50 innovation champions at SAB Bank in Riyadh to innovate.

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In a 2-day innovation workshop we generated 633 ideas with high new business potential for United Initiators in the USA

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Introducing the FORTH Innovation method in Austria for the Innox Network

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I facilitated a workshop aligning innovation with strategy for the leadership team of Schattdecor, Germany.

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In 'Breaking Innovation Barriers in Health Care' Gijs van Wulfen shares practical strategies to win management buy-in for innovation.

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Keynote voor 900 ondernemers in Belgie op het UNIZO Top Seminar in Gent om hun innovatiebarrières te doorbreken.

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Facilitating a 15 week innovation expedition for BREMAN, a market leading technical installing company in the construction sector, to deliver new AI Robots innovation business cases.

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A keynote at the Innovasjonsdagen in Norway 2025 to inspire Norwegian corporate innovators to boost their innovation effectiveness.

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A workshop at the Innovasjonsdagen in Norway 2025 to learn corporate innovators to boost their innovation effectiveness by winning management buy-in for innovation.

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A workshop at the Innov8rs Berlin conference to learn corporate innovators to boost their innovation effectiveness by writing a decisive assignment for a new innovation project.

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A keynote to inspire 200+ corporate innovators to boost their innovation effectiveness by winning management buy-in for innovation.

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Keynote op het Kennisfestival 2025 in Deventer om 100+ professionals te inspireren om draagvlak te krijgen voor verandering en innovatie.

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Workshop for Austrian Innovators in Vienna together with FORTH facilitator Bianca Prommer to introduce the proven FORTH innovation methodology in Austria.

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6-Day Training and certifying 12 Innovators from all over the world in the proven FORTH innovation methodology in Besate, Italy

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A 6-day intensive training as Certified FORTH Innovation Facilitator in Japan, Shonan, starting May 27, 2025

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Webinar and online workshop for EPIROC Sweden at their EPIROC Innovation Week 2025 inspiring their top innovators worldwide 'How to Break Innovation Barriers'.

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Keynote and workshop at NTT-AT in Tokyo inspiring their top innovators 'How to Break Innovation Barriers' in Japan.

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Webinar in Tokyo for the Business Model Innovation Association inspiring top innovators 'How to Break Innovation Barriers' in Japan.

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Keynote and workshop at NTT DATA Foresight Day 2025 in Tokyo inspiring top clients 'How to Break Innovation Barriers' in Japan.

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Keynote for 100+ consultants, mainly from Middle - and South America on 'How to Innovate the Expedition Way' to increase their innovation impact on their clients culture for innovation.

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Keynote speech for 100+ innovators in the meat-tech industry in the Netherlands at their yearly Inspiration event in Paleis Soestdijk.

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Book Launch Keynote at the University of Pavia inspiring innovation professors, students and professionals.

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Keynote speech for 100+ people in the Netherlands at a jubilee party of BESA, a Dutch Engineering Firm, celebrating their 20th year anniversary.

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In 2024, I facilitate a strategic innovation journey with the Dutch Institute for Sound and Vision, creating new business cases with an internal team of around 25 innovators and the CEO with the FORTH innovation methodology (www.forth-innovation.com). We we create 1000+ ideas, and delivered four new business cases for educational purposes June 2024.

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Training in Italy this time, yearly since 2013, around 8-10 innovators from big corporations and consultants from all over the world, to apply the FORTH innovation methodology in an immersive 6-day training event.

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In a 45 minutes keynote Gijs tells stories, at The SOUTH SUMMIT Madrid 2024, one of the biggest STARTUP Events in Europe, on how you as startup entrepreneur or corporate innovator can become more effective sharing his ten guidelines on your path becoming an amazing innovator.

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A TEDx Talk of 15 minutes at TEDx Vitosha, Sofia, Bulgaria on 'Why People Reject Ideas', published by TEDx as 'Why Ideate Together and WEnnovate?'.

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A Keynote Talk of 20 minutes at the major innovation event in Sofia, Bulgaria : INNOVATION EXPLORER on ‘HOW TO INNOVATE BULGARIA?

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Becoming an amazing innovator is a long journey. You face endless challenges, especially when you want to change a 'big old elephant’, your challenge gets exponentially more difficult. Many ambitious innovators are looking for "the holy grail'. Unfortunately, becoming a successful engineer you can't learn at university. Leading an innovative project professionally is a discipline you learn by experience only. Gijs van Wulfen has been struggling himself, making 1000+ mistakes, for 40 years. That's why he likes to share with you ten practical guidelines for your path as innovator leading you to the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow. In essence it's very simple. Organisations consists of people. So, when you have innovative people, you have an innovative organisation. That's why his ten guidelines focus on people, like you. Now, you can point to others in your organisation claiming they are not willing to change. But when you point at them, take a look at your hand. Three of your five fingers point to yourself, reminding you that the change starts with you. Your take-away from Gijs’ lecture are ten practical guidelines helping you to become an amazing innovator, leading others to let the old elephant dance again.

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A keynote speech of 45 minutes in Dutch sharing ten tips to become a great (corporate) innovator, at De Duurzaamheidsfabriek in Dordrecht, The Netherlands .

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Speaking to an audience of over 500 professionals of HITACHI live in Tokyo and online all over the world how to create a culture for innovation in a Japanese company.

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Speaking to an audience of over 150 professionals of MURATA live in KYOTO how to create a culture for innovation in a Japanese company.

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Leading a workshop for 30 innovation professionals of the BMIA live in Tokyo how to create a culture for innovation in a Japanese company.

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A keynote speech on 'How to Create a Culture for Innovation in Japan?' at the Dutch Embassy in Tokyo, at the launch of my 3rd book in Japanese: HYBRID Innovation.

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Training yearly since 2016, around 10 Japanese innovators from big corporations like NEC, NTT-AT, NTTDATA, Murata, Hitachi, Fujitsu, to apply the FORTH innovation methodology, in cooperation with the BMIA.

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Leading -, and speaking in a webinar for 100 innovation professionals worldwide, how to apply AI in innovation processes to create more value.

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A 45 minutes speech at ISPIM LJUBLJANA 2023 on ‘Ten Guidelines on Your Path Becoming an Amazing Innovator’ for innovation academics and practitioners.

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Training yearly since 2013, around 8-10 innovators from big corporations and consultants from all over the world, to apply the FORTH innovation methodology in an immersive 6-day training event.

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Inspiring an audience of over 100+ innovation professionals of the PDMA Europe in an online webinar on how to innovate online, based on my book ‘ONLINE INNOVATION’ (see books).

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In 2023, I facilitated a strategic 'must-win-battle' for the Energy Division of Wärtsilä, creating new business cases with an internal team of ten innovators and three top executives with the FORTH innovation methodology (www.forth-innovation.com). We created 1052 ideas, and delivered five new business cases. From the steering committee the results were awarded with a 5 out of 5 on bringing new value.

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Inspiring an audience of over 50+ innovation professionals of the BMIA in Japan in an online webinar on how to innovate online, based on my book ‘ONLINE INNOVATION’ (see books).

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Training ‘live’ during six days a group of 10 business professionals and consultants from NTT DATA on how to start innovation effectively with the worldwide proven FORTH Innovation methodology, certifying them as official FORTH innovation facilitators.

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A keynote lecture for 300 directors, managers, consultants and business professionals of the NTT-DATA in Tokyo, Japan in their studio, and broadcasted to all their branches in Japan.

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Lecture for the 250 top talents of BAIDU, the leading Chinese ICT company, on "How to Start a Innovation the Right Way?', online.

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When COVID hit us, we started to train in 2020-2022, around 100 innovators from big corporations and consultants from all over the world, to apply the FORTH innovation methodology in a six-week online training course.

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In 2020, I facilitated a strategic innovation challenge for Continental Candy Industries in The Netherlands, creating new business cases with an internal team of ten R&D engineers and three top executives with the FORTH innovation methodology (www.forth-innovation.com). The journey included even the supervisory board and got great compliments not only because it delivered concrete innovation results, but also as the FORTH journey sparked an internal culture for innovation. From the 1257 ideas five new business cases were presented!

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Training online during six weeks 8 professionals of NEOGEN (USA) online on how to start innovation effectively with the worldwide proven FORTH Innovation methodology, certifying them as official FORTH innovation facilitators.

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Co-Inspiring an audience of over 100+ professionals at the launch of the FUTURE FIT MANIFESTO in an online webinar.

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Inspiring an audience of over 100+ professionals of the BMIA ONLINE in X on how to navigate the innovation maze, based on my ‘Management Book of the Year’ The Innovation Maze.

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Lecture for the Top !00 Clients of AMON, a headhunter in ICT, on "How to Start a Culture for Innovation?', in Gent, Belgium.

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In 2020, I facilitated a strategic innovation challenge for a smoke-free future for tPhillip Morris International, creating new business cases with an internal team of ten R&D engineers and three top executives with the FORTH innovation methodology (www.forth-innovation.com). The Top Executive wrote a letter for recommendation not only because of the concrete innovation results, but also as the FORTH journey sparked an internal culture for innovation.

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Inspiring an audience of over 100 Dutch professionals of Studio Why in an online webinar on how to innovate online, based on my book ‘ONLINE INNOVATION’ (see books).

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Inspiring an audience of over 250 professionals of the Chamber of C0mmerce in The Netherlands in an online webinar on how to innovate online, based on my book ‘ONLINE INNOVATION’ (see books).

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Lecture for 350 innovation professionals at the yearly ISPIM conference, the leading association for innovation professionals in the world, on "How to Start a Culture for Innovation?', online.

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Inspiring an audience of over 50 professionals of the Harbour of Rotterdam, live in Spijkeniss, The Netherlands, on how to start innovation effectively.

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A keynote lecture for 1000 managers and business professionals of the UNIZO business association in Gent, Belgium

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Training 'live' during six weeks 12 professionals of NEC Japan on how to start innovation effectively with the worldwide proven FORTH Innovation methodology, certifying them as official FORTH innovation facilitators.

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Inspiring an audience of over 100 entrepreneurs live in Innovatiehuis De Peel, The Netherlands, on how to navigate the innovation maze, based on my ‘Management Book of the Year’ The Innovation Maze.

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A keynote lecture in a theatre in Guadalajara, Mexico for 300 directors, managers, consultants and business professionals on the book The Innovation Expedition, translated in Spanish.

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Inspiring an audience of over 500 professional clients of the ABAB Group live in Tilburg, The Netherlands, on how to navigate the innovation maze, based on my ‘Management Book of the Year’ The Innovation Maze.

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Speaking to an audience of over 75 professionals of the Dutch Ministry of Infrastructure live in Den Haag, The Netherlands, on how to create a culture for innovation in public services.

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Inspiring an audience of over 100 participants of the bookstore Van der Velde in de Broeren, live in Zwolle, The Netherlands on my award winning book 'The Innovation Maze.

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Inspiring an audience of over 100 participants of the SMART Zwolle Hub, live in Zwolle, The Netherlands on how to innovate a SMART City.

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Inspiring an audience of over 100 participants of the 'FInancial Systems Fair live in Nijkerk on how to start innovation effectively in the financial sector.

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Inspiring an audience of over thirty topmanagers of clients of CEGEKA live in Amsterdam on how to start innovation effectively.

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A corporate lecture for managers, R&D engineers and other innovators of FUJITSU in Tokyo, Japan

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In 2013-2014, I facilitated a strategic innovation challenge for a Dutch SME concrete-producing family company BRUIL in The Netherlands, creating new business cases with an internal team of ten R&D engineers and three top executives with the FORTH innovation methodology (www.forth-innovation.com). The journey got great compliments not only because it delivered concrete innovation results, but also as the FORTH journey sparked an internal culture for innovation. From the 961ideas, five new business cases were presented! The journey resulted two years after introduction in tripling the market share in BtB tile-glues, and the opening of the FIRST 3D-PRINTING FACTORY of Architectonical Concrete in Veenendaal, The Netherlands.

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In 2017-2018, I facilitated a strategic innovation challenge for The Elastomer Division of HUNTSMAN in Europe, creating new business cases with an internal team of ten R&D engineers and three top executives with the FORTH innovation methodology (www.forth-innovation.com). The journey got great compliments not only because it delivered concrete innovation results, but also as the FORTH journey sparked an internal culture for innovation. From the 1311 ideas, five new business cases were presented!

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Inspiring an audience of over 100 professionals of the City of Amsterdam live in Amsterdam on 'how to navigate the innovation maze', based on my ‘Management Book of the Year’ The Innovation Maze.

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Inspiring an audience of over 43 management professionals of Gezelschap 43 live in 'De Maas' in Rotterdam on how to navigate the innovation maze, based on my ‘Management Book of the Year’ The Innovation Maze.

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Lecture for 50 Startup innovators, all members of ENTERPRIZE, on "How to Start Innovation the Right Way as Startup?', in Hobart, Tasmania, Australia.

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Lecture followed by a full day workshop at the Top !00 Managers Conference of ALFRED HEALTH, on "How to Start Innovation in Healthcare?', at Albert Park lake, in Melbourne, Australia.

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Lecture for 100 public innovators, all members of Ynnovate, on "How to Start Innovation the right way in Public Service?', in Utrecht, The Netherlands

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Inspiring an audience of over 200 Students of Innovation at the Saxion University of Applied Sciences in Deventer, The Netherlands, on how they can become amazing innovators.

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Inspiring an audience of over 100 entrepreneurs of the community of Zwolle, The Netherlands, on how to start innovation effectively, powered by the innovation lab of Zwolle: BRAINZ.

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In 2016-2017, I facilitated a strategic innovation challenge for the Language Institute Regina Coeli in The Netherlands, creating new business cases with an internal team of ten people and two top executives with the FORTH innovation methodology (www.forth-innovation.com). The journey got great compliments not only because it delivered concrete innovation results, but also as the FORTH journey sparked an internal culture for innovation. From the 1108ideas, five new business cases were presented! The journey resulted two years after introduction in tripling the market share in BtB tile-glues, and the opening of the FIRST 3D-PRINTING FACTORY of Architectonical Concrete in Veenendaal, The Netherlands.

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Inspiring an audience of over 150+ business professionals of British Telecom, online in a webinar, on how to start innovation effectively.

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Inspiring an audience of over 100 entrepreneurs of the community of Eemsdelta, live in Eemsmond, The Netherlands, on how to create a culture for innovation .

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Design Thinking Innovation Training ‘live’ during 6 days a group of business professionals from Zilveren Kruis Healthcare Insurance, in the Netherlands on how to start innovation effectively with the worldwide proven FORTH Innovation methodology.

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Inspiring an audience of over 100 clients of Advertising Agency 0to9, live in Rotterdam, The Netherlands, on how to navigate The Innovation Maze.

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Training ‘live’ during 3 days a group of 25 business professionals and consultants from ENZEN, in Bangolore, India on how to start innovation effectively with the worldwide proven FORTH Innovation methodology.

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Training 35 young middle management talents of Airbus in Toulouse France in their FAST management development programme on 'How to Start Innovation', three years in a row, from 2016-2018.

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Design Thinking Innovation Training ‘live’ during 2 days a group of business professionals from ACHMEA, in the Netherlands on how to start innovation effectively with the worldwide proven FORTH Innovation methodology.

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Design Thinking Innovation Training ‘live’ during 6 days a group of business consultancy professionals from Fast Track, in Bulgaria on how to start innovation effectively with the worldwide proven FORTH Innovation methodology.

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Training ‘live’ during 3 days a group of 25 business professionals and consultants from ENZEN Global, in Birmingham, UK on how to start innovation effectively with the worldwide proven FORTH Innovation methodology.

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Inspiring an audience of over 150 business innovation students of the Dutch AVANS University of Applied Sciences, live in Den Bosch, The Netherlands, on how to start innovation effectively.

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Inspiring an audience of over 100 professionals of the Belgian Emplyers Association, VKW Limburg, live in C-Mine, Genk, Belgium, on how to start innovation effectively.

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A kenote speech on ‘How to Start Innovation’ based on the innovation bestseller ’The Innovation Expedition’ for clients and staff of Vectorworks in the USA .

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Inspiring an audience of over 300 professionals of the Dutch public libraries live in Tivoli, Utrecht, The Netherlands on how to start innovation effectively.

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Keynote at the SA Innovation Summit in Cape Town, South Africa, plus a masterclass for 30 participants.

Keynote and workshops at Innowiz in a box 2015, organised by Howest in Belgium.

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Keynote for around 400 people from the marketing and advertising industry in Warsaw, Poland.

Keynote on innovation for the management meeting of ARAG SE in Den Dolder, the Netherlands.

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Keynote speech of Gijs van Wulfen on "How to Start Innovation?" at the Turkish Innovation Week 2014 for 2500 Turkish innovators in Istanbul, Turkey. More on Gijs's keynotes at www.gijsvanwulfen.com.

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Keynote for more than 200 young employees of Tebodin in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

Keynote at the 2014 Annual Conference of the CCSBE in Nova Scotia, Canada, for more than 175 delegates.