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Ylva Poelman is an expert in (bio-inspired) innovation and future-proofing. She studied natural sciences and astronomy and works as a consultant, coach, author, and speaker.
Ylva Poelman is an inspiring speaker who will undoubtedly make you look at things in a completely different way.
Ylva is an innovation expert and helps companies become more future-proof. She specializes in bio-inspired innovation (biomimicry, bionics) and plays a pioneering role in the Netherlands. This innovation method is most well-known for technical applications, but according to Ylva, it can also be effectively applied to other areas, such as social-organizational innovation, leadership, marketing, and strategy. In this, she takes on a leading role globally.
Under the title ‘The Bionic Woman’, Ylva published more than a hundred columns about examples of bio-inspired innovation in the newspaper Trouw. She also wrote the books ‘The 9 Success Factors of Company Nature – Survival Guide for Businesses’ and ‘Nature as Inventor – Billions of Years of Innovation Freely Available’. Additionally, she was a co-author of the book ‘Leadership in the Digital World – Being Prepared for Tomorrow’. Furthermore, Ylva offers tailored lectures and workshops for conferences, events, companies, and educational institutions on innovation and bio-inspired innovation, applied to a wide range of fields: from (medical) technology.