Jaco Ottink

Jaco joined our extended Leadership session, organized to reflect on our Why and How in a context of an ongoing market transformation. He kindly shared with us his powerful story on how purpose and togetherness helped him to reach Mount Everest, the North Pole and other fascinating destinations.

His motivational speech reflected our company values of Joy, Care and Passion for Better and aimed to empower our team members to dream big and accomplish our goals, both individually and as a team. Jaco’s inspiring speech was a strong reminder that no obstacle should remain unchallenged and everyone can prove their passion and determination to accomplish even the most ambitious goals.

I appreciate Jaco’s proactive approach, openness and willingness to accommodate our specific needs in the process, which significantly contributed to the success of our event. I wish Jaco all the best for his next endeavors and together with UPC’s team we keep our fingers crossed for him to achieve his big dream to inspire 1 million people!

Dear Jaco, on behalf of the entire school I would like to say ‘thank you’! The students enjoyed your story and together with the teachers they started to define their own dreams after your session. They will work, support and challenge each other on these dreams during the coming school year. Not only the students, but also many teachers like myself, came back home energised after your “Dare to Dream” presentation. One colleague mentioned to me that she had never met a person who was able to communicate a story in such a powerful way. And I fully agree with her! We wish you all the best with your dream to inspire 1 million people, as well as with your next adventures to the North and South Pole.

I wanted to thank you for your contribution to the 2016 Sales & Marketing Conference of Tarkett Australia. Your presentation ‘Planning for Success’ on the basis of your Seven Summit experience, was perceived as very inspiring and helped us to get our message across in an excellent manner. On behalf of the Australian Management Team a BIG thank you for your contribution!

Members and friends of the Netherlands – Polish Chamber of Commerce had the opportunity to listen to an incredibly inspiring presentation by Jaco Ottink during our monthly business drink meeting in Warsaw. What made this talk stand out was that Jaco was able to take the whole audience with him to the mountain and made them undergo the joy and fear that he experienced there himself. A push in the back for our audience to dare to dream! And as well as the riveting talk, the cooperation with Jaco himself in organising this presentation was also excellent. He is a very easy-going person and great to work with. Thank you Jaco for being with us at our business drink and sharing your dreams!

Inspiration comes for many of us after being exposed to someone with passion. That is exactly what 1000 Randstad employees experienced in 2018 when meeting Jaco Ottink. Randstad is implementing a new brand promise ‘Human Forward’ in which the dedication and professionalism Jaco showed was a very welcome and natural part of the introduction of this program. In a very authentic and passionate way Jaco shared during 6 sessions his experiences as a mountaineer and his view on how to pursue your dreams. The audience became inspired by his accomplishments brought on a very natural way and the dedication and preparation behind it each expedition.

I would without any doubt recommend Jaco to any company to share his stories and I am convinced that he will leave the audience inspired and with a mission to find and or share their own dream.

We invited Jaco as motivational speaker for the kickoff of the new business year. Very inspiring to hear about his dream and his (long) way to fulfill it. During the 1 hour presentation the audience was highly engaged and afterwards he became the talk of the day. It inspired all of us to set up our own dreams and to start making them come true!

A famous Dutch climber, a full-time daddy, founder of Beyond Summits and an active member of Polish-Netherlands Chamber of Commerce, Jaco, finally managed to join us as a special guest during our Teens Matter meeting. We offer educational hands-on support to high risk teens, including those from children’s homes and other disadvantaged social backgrounds, who will soon be entering the world and living on their own.

Jaco, came to us almost straight from the North Pole to share the story of his latest adventure. His presentation was absolutely amazing so no wonder that we were all impressed, especially by his enthusiasm and stamina. We’d like to thank him for an inspiring and vivid presentation, his motivational words will stay with us and teenagers for long!

Our goal was to create a Belvedere Collective from all the different brand managers and other key brand stakeholders around the globe during a 3 days Belvedere Immersion in Warsaw. The tactics Jaco used to bring the individuals together from the beginning were highly efficient and very engaging for all. Literally in a few hours the base for establishing the Collective was created. The inspiration of Jaco his personal dream has been superb which resulted in highly motivated participants during the team workshop activities. Jaco has a real talent to read the culture of the company and the atmosphere between the participants, which are absolutely key succeeding with the set goals related to the Belvedere Immersion. Besides leaving the group inspired and succeeded to establish the Belvedere Collective, Jaco has made 38 new friends, which showcase how good he is to connect with each individual. Still nowadays when I visit different countries, brand managers participated asks about him and tells how inspired they have been about his dream and capabilities to present and lead a group towards their goals. Obviously I highly recommend Jaco to each profit and non-profit organisation in order to inspire many more people and children. Na zdrowie Jaco!