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The latest trends & insights about customer centricity, growth hacking, artificial intelligence, storytelling, virtual reality, self-steering organisations, blockchain & many more subjects.
Practical cases from innovation pioneers like CitizenM & many more!
Our disruptive bootcamps are NOTHING like any other training program in the market! Prepare for radical subjects, unexpected coaches and real impact on how you think and solve problems.
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Setting the scene - The Day After Tomorrow
Our nexxworks partners will introduce you to how new technologies and business models are changing the world. We'll dig deeper into how our customers and society are changing as a result of this. To conclude, we'll meet some entrepreneurs and companies with a clear vision on their Day After Tomorrow. How do they tackle their challenges?
Even if you think you know a lot about radical innovation, the first day of the Bootcamp might be just a little bit scary. It's like watching a scary movie: you know something is about to happen, still you scream from the top of your lungs the moment it actually does.
These first sessions will open your eyes to a new reality. The rest of the week will help you on your own way to survive this jungle.
Some of the speakers you'll be seeing today are: Peter Hinssen, Steven Van Belleghem, Wim Rombaut, Vincent De Dobbeleer, Yan Ketelers, Arthur Le Boudec and Bart Geers.
Peter is a serial entrepreneur, Forbes contributor, LinkedIn Influencer, best-selling author and one of the most sought-after thought leaders on organizing for the Day After Tomorrow, radical innovation, leadership and the impact of all things digital on society and business. He has given numerous keynote speeches around the world, among which those for Google Think Performance, Nimbus Ninety, Gartner, NEXT Berlin, Tedx, PayPal, MasterCard, Microsoft, CIO City, SAS, Accenture and Apple. He lectures at renowned business schools like the London Business School, the MIT Sloan School of Management and the Paul Merage School of Business at UC Irvine.
More about PeterWelcome and intro to the Day After Tomorrow by Peter Hinssen
Steven is an expert in customer focus in a digital world and in how our customers will behave in the Day After Tomorrow. He is a popular speaker at home and abroad. In his keynote presentations, Steven takes his audience on a journey to the world of modern customer relationships in a clever, enthusiastic and inspiring way. So far, he gave more than 750 keynote presentations, reaching more than 200.000 people in over 30 countries around the world and received several best speaker awards.
He's also the author of multiple international bestselling books including ‘The Conversation Manager’, ‘When Digital Becomes Human’, ‘Customers the Day after Tomorrow’ and ‘The Offer You Can’t Refuse’.
Steven is also one of the leading moderators of the nexxworks community: Mission CX. It's a one-year journey consisting of 10 live Digital Monthly Sessions with international speakers and company cases about customer experience and 24/7 access to a community platform to connect with peers. Discover the full program here!
More about StevenPeter is a serial entrepreneur, Forbes contributor, LinkedIn Influencer, best-selling author and one of the most sought-after thought leaders on organizing for the Day After Tomorrow, radical innovation, leadership and the impact of all things digital on society and business. He has given numerous keynote speeches around the world, among which those for Google Think Performance, Nimbus Ninety, Gartner, NEXT Berlin, Tedx, PayPal, MasterCard, Microsoft, CIO City, SAS, Accenture and Apple. He lectures at renowned business schools like the London Business School, the MIT Sloan School of Management and the Paul Merage School of Business at UC Irvine.
More about PeterPublic speaking expert & renowned actress Ianka Fleerackers trains and coaches people in bringing their message, vision or story to the public in a passionate, charismatic and authentic manner that delivers real impact.
Ianka regularly speaks at the nexxworks innovation bootcamps.
More about IankaKatrien guides you and your organisation through the process of recognizing and developing the talents and passion (TaPas) within your organisation that enable you to transform and adapt.
More about KatrienWim is a performance coach, trainer, speaker and author. He inspires and stimulate leaders and their teams to outperform. Keep the balance right, mental and physical: that is the core message that he’s sharing with you. His vision: management is a top sport. His purpose: inspiring you to find inner peace and focus.
Wim regularly speaks at the nexxworks innovation bootcamps.
More about WimBart Geers graduated in Latin and Mathematics at the Sint-Jozef-Klein-Seminarie (Sint-Niklaas, Belgium) magna cum laude in 2003 and in that year he decided to start a master in Pharmaceutical sciences study.
Bart obtained his degree of candidate pharmacist in 2005 and graduated as a pharmacist (Mr. in Pharmaceutical sciences) in 2008 with distinction.
After obtaining his degree in pharmaceutical sciences, Bart started his PhD studies in the lab of Prof. Dr. Stefaan De Smedt and Prof. Dr. Jo Demeester within the Ghent Research Group on Nanomedicines (GRGN) as an academic assistant in physical pharmacy.
After a short period in pharmaceutical industry Bart became manager of the multidisciplinary research platform on nano- and biophotonics (NB-photonics) within Ghent University. During this period Bart gained deep insight in photonics technology and combined his expertise in life sciences and nanosciences to generate new projects merging technology with life sciences.
Currently Bart is incubating a new Spin-off company, which resulted from its work within NB-photonics, aiming at bringing a novel lab-on-chip platform directly to consumers.
Vincent is an engineer turned marketer with a strong focus on delivering the best customer experience through the use of digital technology. After years of experience in the energy market he launched an innovative new business model with the goal to accelerate the future of energy.
More about VincentYan is a growth marketer and head of Video Strategy at scale-up company StoryMe. Before being a Video Strategy Inspirator he started his career by joining the three founders of Bubble Post as first employee and head of Marketing and Communications. What makes him happy? A laughing audience.
More about YanWho is our customer, really?
Are you up for another round of changing the way you look at the world? Today we move forward full force on a journey into the mind of our customer. We start out by literally exploring the unexpected ways by which the mind makes decisions. After that, we can start rebuilding up our entire proposition from scratch.
You'll learn how to use technology to better serve your customer, not merely as a cool gadget. You'll learn how to ideate and design products and services which are truly customer centric. Make sure to pay close attention, because it's about time to get your hands dirty!
There really is only one goal today: how close can you get to your customer? Maybe you can even get them inside the building ...
These are a few of the inspiring people who will change your view on the customer: Axelle Vanquaillie, Roeland Dietvorst, Geert Mertens, Annick Vandezande, Nancy Rademaker.
Roeland studied biological and cognitive psychology at the Erasmus University of Rotterdam and finished his PhD in cognitive neuroscience at the Erasmus School of Economics. Roeland publishes regularly in internationally renowned scientific journals.
As co-founder/scientific director at Alpha.One, Roeland helps companies with insights obtained through techniques adopted from neuroscience to better understand how information is processed andvalued in the brain, and how this leads to decision making.
Roeland regularly speaks at the nexxworks innovation bootcamps
More about RoelandWim is a performance coach, trainer, speaker and author. He inspires and stimulate leaders and their teams to outperform. Keep the balance right, mental and physical: that is the core message that he’s sharing with you. His vision: management is a top sport. His purpose: inspiring you to find inner peace and focus.
Wim regularly speaks at the nexxworks innovation bootcamps.
More about WimSaying we have a passion for fashion would be an understatement. At Suitcase, we get the chance to create a style that fits you perfectly. How does it work? Well, no more tiny fitting rooms or crowded shopping streets for you. We send you a Suitcase with 2 to 3 handpicked outfits tailored to your preferences, delivered to your doorstep free of charge. Keep what you want and send back the items that didn't make the cut. Pay only for what you love.
More about GeertEntrepreneur - Independent Business Manager - Advisor
Background
- 16 years of business experience in mainly B2B environments
- International Executive Master of Business Administration
- Business development expert with proven track record in multiple industries and markets
Profile
- Strong believer in value co-creation with customers
- Result-oriented
- Continuous evolution through evaluation
- Strategic and divergent thinker
- Professional communicator
- Open/transparant, hands-on and dynamic approach
- Passionate about sales, marketing, innovation and entre/intrapreneurship
Axelle had been an HR and communications entrepreneur for 10 years when she discovered the power of (live) visual storytelling for corporate purposes. Since that day, She has been combining her passion for drawing with her skills as a facilitator in a uniquely energetic way.
Axelle regularly speaks at the nexxworks innovation bootcamps.
More about AxelleWith more than 15-years of experience in the big 4 consultancy firms and as a former Director of Technology Consulting, Annick has a true passion for bridging business and IT. Her in-depth knowledge of IT strategy, roadmap design and creative pragmatism are a perfect match to detect our clients’ challenges and transform them into actionable “Day-after-tomorrow”-plans. Annick is a motivating business speaker. She has energized many workshops, roundtables, boardroom sessions and corporate events with eye-opening presentations and workshops about Customer Centricity, Customer Engagement, Customer Service and other technology-related business subjects.
More about AnnickWith over 20 years of experience in IT and training, amongst which five years working for Microsoft in the Netherlands and Europe, Nancy has always and above all passionately focused upon people: how technology influences their behaviour, how it helps them to share knowledge and how it enables them to create and innovate.
She is a highly rated and motivating international business speaker. She has energized many roundtables, boardroom sessions and corporate events with bold presentations on the topics of digital transformation, extreme customer centricity, disruption, AI, business model change and leadership. She loves inspiring others about how they can organize their companies for The Day After Tomorrow and push their business models to the next level.
More about NancyA little bit more than gadgets...
Technology is not only about bright and shiny gadgets. It can actually assist you in achieving some pretty impressive results. That's what day 3 is all about: how technology can help us, humans or businesses, to become a better version of ourselves. The learnings can be applied in any part of your business, from manufacturing to marketing!
We'll span a whole range of technologies, from digital (data) to physical (robots) and everything in between. Some may be applicable today - your competitors might already be using them - while others could make you jump the competition in quantum leaps.
We can't tell you whether you'll end this day with a revised sales and marketing plan, or a new best robo-friend. That's all up to you!
Be WOWed by cutting-edge tech by these people and companies: Erik Mannens, M.L.6, Omar Mohout, Arno Laevens, Karel Dumon, Dimitri De Jonghe, Bernie Caessens. Also expect an eye-opening VR-experience!
Erik is Innovation Director @ imec.SmartApplications and Professor @ IDLab - Ghent University. He heads a lab of about 70 top-notch researchers on Semantics and Artificial Intelligence. Before joining imec and Ghent University in 2005 as Research Manager, he was a software engineering consultant and Java architect for over a decade.
More about ErikWim is a performance coach, trainer, speaker and author. He inspires and stimulate leaders and their teams to outperform. Keep the balance right, mental and physical: that is the core message that he’s sharing with you. His vision: management is a top sport. His purpose: inspiring you to find inner peace and focus.
Wim regularly speaks at the nexxworks innovation bootcamps.
More about WimOmar is a tech entrepreneur turned advisor and mentor. As an advisor he tries to practice a "hands-off unless requested" approach. If required, he has hands-on experience with executing go-to-market, with a major focus on scaling cloud and web based services.
More about OmarArno has been working in tech strategy and innovation for almost 20 years. Early 2005 he started exploring the topic of distributed computing and blockchain for Royal Philips. He was the initiator and head of the Philips Blockchain Lab researching and building Proofs of Concept for the use of blockchain technology in Healthcare.
More about ArnoDr. Dimitri De Jonghe is a full-stack blockchain developer with a passion for the internet of value. After finishing his PhD on applied machine learning to micro-electronics, he co-founded 2 startups in the machine-learning space.
Currently, Dimitri is working as application director in BigchainDB, merging big data with blockchain.
He is also a co-chair of the W3C Interledger community, a blockchain interoperability protocol.
Dimitri regularly speaks at the nexxworks innovation bootcamps.
More about DimitriBernie Caessens holds a Ph.D. in Psychology. As a post-doc he switched to the neurosciences, and investigated how the brain makes decisions. After several years he moved from the university to corporate life, and worked in consumer electronics and biotechnology, investigating new and emerging technologies. He held various management and leadership roles prior to switching to Human Resources to explore the application of digital technology to human behaviour.
Bernie regularly speaks at the nexxworks innovation bootcamps
More about BernieA Copernican revolution!
In these times of protectionism, walls and closed borders we are preaching the exact opposite. Take a look outside! And yes, you can take that quite literally. Nature is still lightyears ahead of us when competing on innovation skills. So maybe it can teach us a thing or two? These learnings are applicable from product improvements to the org charts of multinationals.
And we continue on this track by further exploring how technology is also moving in this direction. From the Personal Computer to distributed computing. And companies are moving in the same way too. From siloed fortresses to places of enlightenment.
By now you might think you'll never be able to take on all the learnings of this bootcamp. And that's exactly right, you'll have to engage a network!
Get your cultural and organizational inspiration from Daphné Fecheyr-Lippens, Leen Gorissen, Rik Vera, Leslie Cottenjé, Katrien De Schrijver, Annick Vandezande and Nancy Rademaker.
Rik is a renowned thought-leader, worldwide keynote speaker and author of business bestseller "Managers The Day After Tomorrow". He’s a trusted advisor on the topics of extreme customer centricity, innovation in the digital era, business model change, sales, marketing and leading companies on their journey to their very own Day After Tomorrow.
Biochemist and blogger Daphne is a Biomimicry PhD Candidate at the University of Akron (Ohio) and a co-founder of two start-ups. She is specialised in how natural strategies can help teams optimize how they collaborate, communicate or organize themselves.
More about DaphneLeen is an Innovation Biologist, Sustainability Transitions Expert, Writer and Founder of Studio Transitio. Leen Gorissen, PhD in Biology, works with companies, governments and organisations to help them ‘think outside’ - not only out-of-the-box but also out in nature - and ‘create regenerative value’ – doing well by doing good. Because nature's R&D is 3.8 billion years ahead of ours. Many organisms have already solved the challenges we are grappling with but with far greater economy of means and creativity of design. One that taps the power of limits and withstands generations of change and disruption.
More about LeenWim is a performance coach, trainer, speaker and author. He inspires and stimulate leaders and their teams to outperform. Keep the balance right, mental and physical: that is the core message that he’s sharing with you. His vision: management is a top sport. His purpose: inspiring you to find inner peace and focus.
Wim regularly speaks at the nexxworks innovation bootcamps.
More about WimKatrien guides you and your organisation through the process of recognizing and developing the talents and passion (TaPas) within your organisation that enable you to transform and adapt.
More about KatrienLeslie Cottenjé is the co-founder and CEO of Hello Customer. She started her career in online marketing and social media at Vlerick Business School. She started her own company when she realized that many wanted to put their customers first, but had trouble walking the talk and bringing customers and employees closer together.
Leslie regularly speaks at the nexxworks innovation bootcamps.
More about LeslieWith Trust-For-Business, Joke's goal is to assist companies on their path to independence within their workforce. Discover how really trusting your teammembers can revolutionize your company!
More about JokeWith more than 15-years of experience in the big 4 consultancy firms and as a former Director of Technology Consulting, Annick has a true passion for bridging business and IT. Her in-depth knowledge of IT strategy, roadmap design and creative pragmatism are a perfect match to detect our clients’ challenges and transform them into actionable “Day-after-tomorrow”-plans. Annick is a motivating business speaker. She has energized many workshops, roundtables, boardroom sessions and corporate events with eye-opening presentations and workshops about Customer Centricity, Customer Engagement, Customer Service and other technology-related business subjects.
More about AnnickWith over 20 years of experience in IT and training, amongst which five years working for Microsoft in the Netherlands and Europe, Nancy has always and above all passionately focused upon people: how technology influences their behaviour, how it helps them to share knowledge and how it enables them to create and innovate.
She is a highly rated and motivating international business speaker. She has energized many roundtables, boardroom sessions and corporate events with bold presentations on the topics of digital transformation, extreme customer centricity, disruption, AI, business model change and leadership. She loves inspiring others about how they can organize their companies for The Day After Tomorrow and push their business models to the next level.
More about NancyWhat's your next chapter?
Can you still handle it? You're almost ready to head back to work. Though we suggest you first spend a weekend with family and friends to digest this intensive week. Your colleagues will be looking forward to hearing your stories. Those closest to you maybe even more so! Don't worry, we've got you covered on this last day.
Today is about wrapping it all up. Together, we'll summarize this week. More importantly, we'll take a look into the future and the challenges ahead of us. Both for ourselves as professionals, and also the businesses we are working in.
We'll make sure to go out with a bang. But no worries, this is no goodbye!
Ianka Fleerackers will guide you today on how to pitch your awesome story. We'll also invite some corporate innovators for eye-opening testimonials, such as Jean Van Damme.
Public speaking expert & renowned actress Ianka Fleerackers trains and coaches people in bringing their message, vision or story to the public in a passionate, charismatic and authentic manner that delivers real impact.
Ianka regularly speaks at the nexxworks innovation bootcamps.
More about IankaBaloise doesn't shy away from innovative projects. Gerrit Nollet is one of their true in-house innovators, who recently took the responsibility for a disruptive project upon his shoulders.
More about GerritJean is the founder of Startle, a New York based company that launches and manages tech- and science-heavy innovation projects for food companies. Graduated as a food scientist, Jean went into business consulting and innovation for over 8 years. This experience led him to Colruyt Group where he spent 2 years as R&D and innovation manager. In December 2016 he decided to follow his heart and moved to the United States, considering this change as an opportunity to fuse his business, science and technology skills to forge a new company.
More about JeanCheck our calendar to find a date that suits you!