Artikelen door theohermseno

The Power of Football

Through *Meer dan Voetbal* and KNVB Expertise, I am involved in the research project “Kracht van Voetbal”. There is an increasing demand from professional football clubs, the KNVB (Royal Dutch Football Association), and the government (ministries and municipalities) for facts and figures that make the social power of football clear. Can we demonstrate that the […]

Uber, Uber, and once again Uber

Read about my experiences from the Management Consulting Week 2016 in Toronto I attended on behalf of the Orde van Organisatieadviseurs (Ooa) during the fifth Management Consulting Week. Management consultants from all over the world gathered around the theme ‘Consulting 4.0, are you ready?’ How can we make our consulting practice more disruptive? How do […]

Process Facilitation in Somaliland

At the end of the summer of 2016, I left for a week to Somaliland to carry out an assignment for the local non-governmental organization Gargaar (NGO). In this blog post, I will reflect on my experiences as a process facilitator. How do you approach such an assignment? What happens in the meantime? And how […]

Democratization of Change Management: A Good Conversation with Hans Vermaak

February 22, 2018. A cold winter day in Amsterdam. Four thirty-somethings (see box) are in conversation with their colleague Hans Vermaak (56) about his new book: Everyone Changes, Now It’s Our Turn. Not a classic interview, but an unusually good conversation about the field of Change Management, its democratization, professional standards, and how to measure […]

On the edge of innovation

On the edge of innovation On Making Choices When It Gets Really Exciting This article appeared in the Journal for Guidance Studies (2019 8 (4), 50-57). In this article, I describe and reflect on two exciting moments in an advisory assignment. I find myself, in the heat of the moment, facing a fundamental choice as […]

Corona and our profession: the end of hierarchy?

Corona and our profession: the end of hierarchy? This article appeared in the online magazine of ICMCI, the global community of management consultants, of which I am a delegate on behalf of the dutch institute for management consultants, the Orde van Organisatieadviseurs. I have been thinking about the dominance of hierarchy thinking that is still […]

Op het scherpst van de snede

Op het scherpst van de snede Over keuzes maken als het echt spannend wordt Dit artikel verscheen in het tijdschrift voor begeleidingskunde (2019 8 (4), 50-57) . In dit artikel beschrijf en reflecteer ik op twee spannende momenten in een adviesopdracht. Ik kom in het heetst van de strijd als begeleider voor een fundamentele keuze […]

Democratisering van de veranderkunde; een goed gesprek met Hans Vermaak

We schrijven 22 februari 2018. Een koude winterdag in Amsterdam. Vier dertigers (zie kader) in gesprek met hun vakgenoot Hans Vermaak (56) over zijn nieuwe boek: Iedereen verandert, nu wij nog. Niet een klassiek interview, maar een ongewoon goed gesprek over het vak Veranderkunde, de democratisering ervan, de professionele standaarden en hoe je jezelf de […]