Cases
What I do for clients
Process facilitator knowledge agenda
For the Dutch consortium Kennis over Zien I facilitated a group of care and educational professionals in developing the Cerebral Visual Disorders knowledge agenda. A knowledge agenda reflects knowledge needs of the target group and professionals, and enables strategic choices in research and knowledge development. I designed the process together with the group, ensured transparency, kept an overview, collected knowledge needs during consultation workshops and facilitated the meetings. At the same time, I ensured positive and constructive group interactions and decision making, yielding trust and shared ownership. My attention to both the quality of the process and the relations between the people involved ensured a solid foundation for their future collaboration in the implementation phase.
Taster workshop Liberating Structures
Wageningen Dialogues asked me and two colleagues to introduce the university community to Liberating Structures. This inspiring toolbox, consisting of 33+ conversation structures are ideally suited for dialogue with society, interdisciplinary research collaboration and inclusive education. Participants experienced the energetic, connecting and inclusive Liberating Structures and explored the opportunities for use in their daily work and dialogues.
Interim policy officer research
For Royal Dutch Visio, I worked as an interim policy officer in the Research & Care Improvement team. I coordinated Visio’s contribution to an interdisciplinary consortium with several (applied) universities and companies for an NWO application. I ensured internal administrative coordination, wrote work packages and aligned contributions from different disciplines. In addition, I built data management policy across the boundaries of Visio’s organisational units, contributed to team development, facilitated strategic explorations in the context of future-proof care and was a general advisor on research policy. I completed the assignment at Visio by designing, organising and facilitating a dialogue session between the Visio board and (external) scientists.
Facilitating business awaydays
For Kennis over Zien, a Dutch consortium of expertise organisations for the blind and visually impaired, I supervised several meeting sessions with professionals from the various organisations. These sessions served as a starting point for joint multi-year plans. During these sessions, collaboration across organisational borders was strengthened, the groups formulated their mission and goals together, participants took ongoing activities a step further and identified new shared projects. My sessions are productive, inspiring, psychologically safe and accessible. I was able to give their collaboration and the formation of multi-year plans a big push in the right direction.
Liberating Structures: a safe and brave learning space
Liberating Structures are designed for inclusive conversations and meetings. Every voice is heard. This is applicable in a variety of academic settings. For Wageningen University‘s Education Design Festival, I designed and facilitated a workshop, together with Wageningen teachers, on how Liberating Structures can contribute to a safe learning environment in which students actively participate. Together, workshop participants explored success factors for creating a safe and brave space in their classrooms, experienced the power of Liberating Structures and went deeper into the theoretical background of this inclusive toolbox.
