Transforming large enterprises in customerfocused, inspiring, 21st century organizations
dr. Jan Vlietland
Dr. Jan Vlietland is an expert and thought leader in the area of Agile (Business) management and the Responsive Enterprise. He achieved his Doctorate at the VU University in Amsterdam about the Agile organization. He currently manages large organizational transformations and helps companies to ...
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Employability:
Keynote Speaker,Workshop / Masterclass
Employability:
Keynote Speaker,Workshop / Masterclass,
About Jan Vlietland
Dr. Jan Vlietland is an expert and thought leader in the area of Agile (Business) management and the Responsive Enterprise. He achieved his Doctorate at the VU University in Amsterdam about the Agile organization. He currently manages large organizational transformations and helps companies to deliver services as Lean startups. Jan also writes and speaks about management of the 21st century and the future role of technology.Jan was fascinated by technology ever since his childhood. Through the playful use of computers he learned the art of software development. Being a student he developed and sold software to universities. During his study at the technical university he studied technological developments and the increasing importance of technology in everyday life. His study resulted in his Master and next his doctorate at the VU University in Amsterdam. His doctorate targeted the rollout of the Agile way of working at large enterprises. Jan is still connected with universities that develop the Agile body of thought.Jan founded the company Search4Solutions in 2008, to bridge the gap between science and practice. Through Search4Solutions he helps companies to transform to Responsive Enterprises; companies that quickly adapt to swift changing market demand. Supported by his solid theoretical foundation Jan is always working with companies that go through a period of rapid organizational change.During his doctorate Jan increasingly moved to lecturing, workshops and training. Jan also writes articles and blogs. With his unique mix of leadership, innovation and Agility, he can captivate others from boardroom to operational level. Through his extensive professional experience Jan also brings a unique practical perspective.
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Ludo Daems
“The keynote speaker at the conference was the Swedish economist and historian Johan Norberg. He is the author of the book "Progress, Ten Reasons to Look Out to the Future". Despite the bad news from all over the world which is overpowering us daily, he refuses to look to the future in a pessimistic way. On the contrary during his lecture he showed an unrestrained strong faith in the future. To substantiate this belief he refers to 10 reasons to be optimistic about the future, because we have made more progress in the past 100 years than in the first 100.000. We are overwhelmed by feelings of fear Norberg says, and yet statistics show that it was never better than now. According to Norberg, we better put our energy in a positive view of the world. Norberg made his point in an enthusiastic and passionate way. Hopefully he can even bring us more better news when we will meet him next time.”
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Paul Weghorst
“Jan Vlietland has provided a guest lecture for our Agility @ Senior Management Level training about Scaling Agile. He has enthusiastically explained recent research results with illustrating examples. He uses a lot of inspirational propositions which invites interaction with the audience. The session was appreciated by a score of 8 out of 10 by the audience, being senior managers of large organizations.”
Erik Troostheiden
“Jan held a presentation / workshop about Agile/DevOps. Jan his excellent ability to connect with the audience, resulted in a valuable interactive session. The session opened the eyes of many of us about the complexity of the topic and the steps we need to take as department.”
Peter van den Broek
“Jan Vlietland helped us to develop a common view about project management in our Agile and complex world of Financial Markets. He did so by a 1 day tailored workshop for our domain team of project managers and delivery managers. His theoretical knowledge combined with his experience about the world of Financial Markets was very valuable. He has provided for us a clear foundation to build on.”