drs. Jan Willem van den Boogert

About Jan Willem van den Boogert

Jan Willem van den Boogert takes your audience on a journey about learning, professionalization, and leadership. Sometimes he speaks for teams in educational programs, other times for participants at work conferences, study days, or congresses from various types of organizations.

His approach is characterized by a combination of lightness, solid grounding, and a creative perspective. The narrative is always tailored to the audience and the issues at hand. The common thread is: ‘enhancing learning capacity’.

Depending on the purpose, one can choose a lecture, masterclass, or workshop. The session is focused on the profession of the participants; HR professionals, managers, educators/teachers, other professionals, or combinations thereof.

In an interactive manner, the following questions will be addressed:

• How can you find the entry point to motivation for individuals and groups?
• What is needed to provide self-directed development space?
• What are the characteristics of a powerful learning (work) environment?
• How can an organization become and remain a learning community?
• How do you shape the balancing act between action and reflection in learning and development?
• Which didactic and communicative principles are invaluable for a learning organization?

Drs. Jan Willem van den Boogert (1957) studied at the pedagogical academy and andragogy with a specialization in experiential learning. He has experience as a teacher in various branches of vocational education, trainer of practical supervisors, educators, teachers, and managers, developer of learning arrangements, and as an interim manager in educational organizations.

He has written several books and articles in HRD and educational journals on the topics of “practice-oriented training, leading learning organizations, and self-directed development.

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