„Communication usually fails, except by accident“. This expression of Wiio’s laws has fueled my curiosity over the past years. Living my passion about connecting with people through their own language one thing has puzzled me: How could it be that we have a vocabulary of thousands of words, yet we fail to understand each other and communicate properly? What could we do to improve the situation? These are the questions that drive me every day into the learning and development world. Both when crafting learning experiences and when practicing individual or team coaching.

Bringing people together is something that lives on through my workshops and training. Whether they take place online or on-premise, I facilitate workshops and learning experiences that focus on high participation, on learning by doing and verifying that the concepts are integrated. I use Live Online Learning Activities to ensure people get a chance to practice their understanding of the new concepts.

What better way is there to give meaning to what we say than to draw to make our thoughts explicit? When we add visual information to what we’re saying, suddenly our intention becomes much more precise, and we can begin to work on shared understanding. This is why I love bringing people in contact with the power of Visual Thinking, of getting back to our roots and using pen and paper to bring people closer together.

Fluent in English, Dutch, French and German, and bikablo trainer for more than three years, I have already conducted trainings and workshops throughout Europe, Africa, and both Latin and North America.