Leqtures In Dutch

How do successful people, teams, and organisations become even more successful? In this entertaining, fascinating, and confronting session, Paul wi...

Chances are you're straight and you've never wondered if you were born in the right body. Yet diversity and inclusion of LGBTQ+ people is a social ...

Sometimes, the way we approach a problem becomes the problem itself, but we may not be aware of it. For instance, when we address complex situation...

Robert Wolfe lets you experience how you can use a story from your own life to convey a message and convince the people around you to follow you. A...

This session will start with the question 'What do I have to do to be an inclusive leader?'. Of course, this question applies to everyone, not just...

Physical activity and exercise, not an unnecessary luxury in which we spend our time when it suits us - it is a foundation for good health and long...

It is important that your employees are fit, both physically and mentally. Fit employees have a positive effect on important KPIs. For example, the...

Are you able to challenge your own assumptions? Sometimes a radically different view can offer new possibilities and insights. For example, can you...

The only constant is change. Maybe this is more true today then ever before. At the same time we still see that 70% of change initiatives in organi...

How we take decisions has a huge impact on the outcome of those decisions and the impact we make based on these decisions. The most difficult decis...

Emails, apps, banners, push notifications, trending topics and cat videos – today it's harder than ever to concentrate for more than a few minutes ...

Stress appears to be one of the greatest threats to society. What can neuroscience tell you about what happens in your brain when you're stressed? ...

Have you ever experienced walking out of a meeting or closing it, thinking "Why didn’t I say this or ask that?” And then immediately rectified it i...

We are suddenly driven into a rapidly changing world. The uncertainty, the changes in everyone's work / life balance, the workload and the personal...

Most people would say they enjoy listening to (certain types of) music. But what do we actually know about what music does to us? Music touches us ...

Most people may never have heard about something called ’space law’. Yet, given the increasing importance of space applications even in our everyda...

As a child you often tried to get away with a lie, but you didn't always succeed. Still, we gradually get better at lying, and many everyday lies n...

Being late is disrespectful, assertiveness is not the same as being cheeky and the individual leads the collective. What we consider ‘normal’ depen...

Every human on the planet is a crew member of Spaceship Earth. However, we need to re-invent the driving manual. At least if we want our species to...

Non Fungible Tokens (NFTs) are 'talk of the town'. Artists, investors, big brands, developers; they are all joining the rapidly developing NFT ecos...

The elections were rigged. The ’Deep State’ governs us all. Qanon is real. Coronavirus is fake. Beware of chemtrails. Conspiracy theories are a wid...

Our society is obsessed with achievement. For younger generations, competition and comparison pervade all aspects of life: from school and work to ...

When is an act considered as money laundering? Joras provides insights into this criminal activity. With a playful thought experiment, he shows you...

Generation Z (born between 1996 and 2012) is growing up. Most Z’s are still in school, although some members are gradually starting their professio...

We know Rembrandt as a painter and do not immediately think of him as a 'businessman'. However, the reality was far from this. Rembrandt has a stor...

Are superfoods real? Is intermittent fasting healthy? Should we eat more eggs? Is milk a healthy drink? Is breakfast the most important meal of the...

Gamification is successfully used worldwide by companies and governments for training and marketing purposes, to stimulate innovation or change beh...

Our current society is marked by more and more diversity, also at the level of sex and relationships. In this interactive session, Marieke will ela...

Who owns a photo or text? Can you use it for work, for private or not at all? If you are depicted in a photo, is it then automatically yours? And c...

Da Vinci is known for being an inventor and an artist, but most of all, he was an excellent observer. This session provides fascinating insights in...

A taxidermied shark, a neon sign, a big red square… Sometimes encountering contemporary art can be a puzzling experience. In “Who’s Afraid of Conte...

Taking a computer hostage, remotely, with malicious software. By automating this prominent form of cybercrime, criminals would constantly break int...

What is the theory of happiness and what are your opportunities to become happier? Should you believe in karma or take matters into your own hands?...

How are Pension Funds investing your money? What is the purpose of Hedge Funds and what are Market Makers? What are their typical trading strategie...

Kilian gives an intriguing leqture on the effect of money and other incentives to reward behaviour. What really influences people? What works and w...

Why is the painting of sunflowers by Van Gogh considered art, but an exact replica not? Why is no one surprised that a simple nylon thread or a uri...

What are the consequences of China’s rapid growth in technology? Western news media are full of panic stories about Huawei, the social credit syste...

Hoe is de Kim 'dynastie' aan de macht gekomen en kan het al zo lang functioneren? Professor Breuker geeft een uniek inzicht in het ongelooflijke sy...

How you navigate through life and how you feel largely depends on your thoughts. Your thoughts are immensely powerful. They determine how you feel,...

The relationship between China and the United States is, without doubt, the most important axis between two countries in today’s world. Yet that re...

Noord-Korea mag een kluizenaarsrijk lijken, maar dat is het in financieel en economisch opzicht absoluut niet. Noord-Koreaanse bedrijven (of half N...

In China as elsewhere in the world, cybersecurity and data protection have become major topics of concern as daily life continues to digitize. Over...

Virtual worlds have been around for a while, but with the name change of the parent company from Facebook to “Meta” the concept of 'metaverse' got ...

In haar leqture laat Irene zien hoe creativiteit en het kiezen van een ander perspectief een enorme impact kunnen hebben. Ze legt ook uit dat je le...

Je brein koppelt beelden aan bestaande informatie in je hersenen. Het doet dat om orde te scheppen in de wereld om je heen. Alleen is die categoris...

Innovatie is zeker niet moeilijk, alleen maken we het onszelf soms moeilijk omdat we het willen inplannen en controleren. Daardoor ontstaat er een ...

Harvard professor and psychiatrist Dr. Chester Pierce faced a specific form of discrimination in the 1970s. He described it as ‘subtle, mind-boggli...

In rechtszaken spelen verklaringen van getuigen, slachtoffers en verdachten een prominente rol. Dat komt omdat in de meerderheid van zaken zogenaam...

Hoe schrijft een advocaat een vlammend en overtuigend pleidooi? Strafrechtadvocaat Leonie van der Grinten geeft niet alleen een uniek inkijkje in d...

Autonomie is een belangrijke waarde in onze moderne samenleving. Maar hoe kun je echt je eigen wil bepalen zonder externe invloeden? Het idee dat i...

‘Hoe kun je aan een lijk zien of er sprake is van moord?’ Udo constateert dat zelfs artsen moeite hebben met het herkennen van een niet-natuurlijke...

It is well-know that growing up in adverse conditions can undermine development, learning, and health. However, people also develop intact, or even...

Koerselman heeft in zijn spreekkamer patiënten zien lijden aan echte ziekten maar ook aan ‘modieuze’ neuroses, waarbij het de vraag is waar normaal...

Is there a correct way of breathing? Many of us think there is and it is very likely that now we talk about our breath you start adjusting it to a ...

Isn’t it obvious, why don’t they SEE it? It can be frustrating when you are presenting your work or ideas to your colleagues or supervisor, but the...