Stop saying your employee with burn-out is an incident

I visit a lot of organizations throughout the year. I like to do that, because it always gives me insights on trends within organizations. About what things are specific for them and what are issues every organization is struggling with. Think about digital transformation, more prototyping ways of working and what are we going to…

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How to utilise the L&D playground

I have been doing extensive thinking around the success and failure of learning programs. Of course we can never allocate failure or success to one particular factor. I think there is an L&D playground with so many factors to take into account, that this in itself might be the reason for some failure of learning…

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Onboarding, give it a year!

I have to warn you, before you start reading this. It is not just about learning. It is also about my first year as a mum. But just to be clear, it is not a blog about being a mum. There are a lot of those out there, and I am not that type. It…

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MapsTell sluit strategische samenwerking met Pink Coat

Samen met het netwerk van geaccrediteerde MapsTell Guides werkt MapsTell aan een Begripvolle Wereld! De producten en applicaties van MapsTell zijn ontwikkeld vanuit de visie dat ieder mens en iedere organisatie de kans moet krijgen om te groeien. Het opleiden van Guides om aan de slag te gaan met associatieve cartografie en de producten van MapsTell…

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Pink Coat needed a breath of fresh air

2017 was quite the year… First of all, for me personally as I became a mum. Because of my leave I have had something I never had in my life. 3 weeks of doing nothing, and being unable to do anything. And then 3 months of not working. That gives you time to reflect. After…

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Learning 2017: Blog 1. Key take aways.

Keep things short and simple is the message. We don’t read lengthy articles and watch video’s longer than 30 seconds. Unless it truly touches our intrinsic motivation. With that in mind I have cut my complete set of notes from Learning 2017 into 5 blogs. This first one is about my 4 take aways. Learning…

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The power of a training design

2 weeks ago I attended a very special training program. A whole weekend, or actually 3 days, no phone, no smartwatch (Yes…) 50 strangers, 2 trainers and more importantly no idea what to expect. For years friends have encouraged me to go to “Be The Change”, in the Netherlands famous for the tv show “Over…

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Pink Coat a year down the line

21st October 2016 Pink Coat’s 1 year anniversary has led to a lot of congratulations and amazingly sweet messages. Thank you so much for that! According to you guys the first year has been as success. That’s my assumption based on your reactions. And they made me blush. I hadn’t realized it that much to…

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Two words for L&D: Analysis and self development

2016 has been an interesting year for the world of Learning and Development. We have seen major changes in the workplace of the L&D industry, more and more people starting their own business, independent consultants going back on the pay roll, more and more technology providers emerging and people struggling to find their way in…

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