Method in Madness

Today's episode will bring a new dash of inspiration and madness, as our guest today Wahhab Hassoo is a living example of everything we love in Method in Madness. He turned his life after leaving Iraq, and made a name for himself in the Netherlands in the world of politics, education and even modelling. What is even more amazing to see, even after achieving so much how humble and kind he remains. Really proud to welcome the always smiling and always shining Wahhab.

Today's guest is a behavioral scientist specialized in cognitive neuropsychologist. He is also co-founder of Neurofied and the co-author of "The Dynamics of Business Behaviour". With Philip we dive into behaviour, change, innovation and human behaviour. This episode is rich in Human side of change so lets get started.

Today we turn 50, and it calls for a celebration. Today's guest is Alokananda Roy, a famous dancer from Kolkata, India, who has spend last 18 years of her life to teach dancing to prisoner in Kolkata prison. In her story today, she will share how she feel in love with dancing and how she is brining a new culture and mindset through dancing among the prisoners.

Today episode is all about Change, facilitation and the love for public speaking, as I welcome of the top facilitators Lukas Liebich, who will share what it takes to be a top facilitators and how he found his love for this job.

Today's edition of Method in Madness is truly exceptional! I'm delighted to have my former colleague from the bank and the Co-founder and CEO of Root's Inspire as our guest. In this episode, he embarks on a mission to transform the corporate landscape with a refreshing and practical perspective on a topic that often proves challenging. His belief is rooted in the untapped potential of underrepresented ethnic groups, and he envisions a scenario where maximizing their talents benefits everyone. Join us as we delve into the inspiring journey of this remarkable individual, exploring his mission, vision, and the delightful touch of madness that makes it all the more captivating.

Let's start the new year with zeal, as we welcome our guest Peter Akkies. Peter is a Productivity Guru and coach and helps through this courses and youtube channel thousands of people to get better organised with their To-dos. He is also a very dear friend of mine, who has time and again helped me in my crisis, with ideas, inspiration and positivity. Starting 2024 with Peter, isn't just exciting for me, but also very special.

Method in Madness bring the last episode of 2023, with a twist. Today guest Eline Dekeyster who is an Assistant professor at Leiden University, she heads her own research group, investigating the interaction between lifestyle and the brain. Before that she worked Johnson & Johnson, famous for the Janssen Vaccine. One of her career highlights was her involvement in the launch of the Ebola Vaccine during the outbreak in Congo. Lets welcome Eline.

Today's guest is Pieter Seelaar, the former captain of the Dutch cricket team. Now cricket is some part of the world is an unknown sport and in some part of the world it is a fanatic emotion. So today we hear stories from someone who know both the worlds and the madness that comes with it.

Today's episode of MIM will be filled with imagination, inspiration and a zeal to do make a better world. Today's guest is Brandon Oelofse. Brandon is the founder of Media Development Collective, which is a collaborative consultancy and training organization focusing on the media, civil society, and for-profit sectors. Seasoned media practitioner, trainer and expert. he is passionate about developing campaigns that promote social change and influence positive behavior. We talk about plethora of topics, ideas and madness, so fasten your seatbelt.

Today's guest is Alex Østergaard. Alex is a coach who helps people from the corporate world to optimize their mindset and avoid making the same mistakes that he did. Alex shares stories of his journey, how he became a coach. And if you are interested to know what is the Drama Triangle, then stay on board, because this episode is filled with inspiration, laughter and useful tips from one of the best coaches I have ever worked with. Please help me welcome Alex.

It's 2 years anniversary of Method in Madness and today's guest is a icon of bounceback and madness, Thierry Schmitter. Thierry Schmitter, a remarkable athlete, has left an indelible mark on the Paralympics. He soared as a Dutch sailor, clinching bronze at the 2012 London Paralympics and bronze in Athens in 2004. Despite a life-altering accident, Schmitter's determination and prowess shine, inspiring the world with his remarkable achievements.

Today's episode hits the bull eye with Change and Transformation, because today we have en experienced and erudite Change Manager, Julia Wittlin. She shares her experience and expertise as a Change Manager of large corporates and her mantra's to change. Please help me welcome Julia.

Stories are best way to inspire change, ideate and connect and that's why we have my favorite storyteller Natascha Jacobsz as our guest today. She has been a journalist, moderator and a speaking coach. She is inspiring with her words and actions and today she will share her methods and madness. Please help me welcome Natascha

Method in Madness bring you our next guest Salmaan Sana who is the curator of the most anticipated TEDx Amsterdam event in 2023. He is passionate to create an ecosystem where equality, diversity and equity go hand in hand. He is also a speaker, moderator and consultant. He shares his journey, madness and vision of the ecosystem that he wants to create.

Please welcome our guest Ikenna Azuike. Ikenna is a journalist, broadcaster, filmmaker, producer and writer, who gave up a career in law to pursue his passion and create an impact. His transformation story starts with a toothbrush and today he has a legacy that inspires, connects and gives hope to many. Affable, humble and creative, these are best 3 words to describe our next guest. His golden words " Its better to be at the bottom of the ladder you want to climb, than be in middle of the ladder, you don't want to climb".

Today's episode will be all about Culture, change and creating irresistible organisation. Today's guest is Paul Butler, who is the People and Culture lead of 7people. Paul through his work and vision wants to build and support organisation in becoming irresistible. He is also a yoga teacher. This makes him the perfect blend of vision and calmness. Let's hear some method and madness from Paul

Do you want to know what can we learn from a Judge, and his way of working, that can help us change and transform with a purpose? Very excited with the new episode of Method in Madness, as we welcome our guest Daniel Ceulen. Daniel is a judge at the district court of the Hague. Prior to joining the judiciary, he worked as a corporate lawyer at a major Dutch law firm based in Amsterdam. His area of focus is criminal law, white collar crime in particular. His story, journey and thoughts is not only inspiring but also thought provoking. And he has madness too. Please help me welcome Daniel

Today's episode is about dreams and working for those dreams. Today's guest Laurent Vergne, quit his job to start his own fashion brand in men's wear in 2020. A dream like that is filled with challenges, obstacles and madness but nothing can stop our guest Laurent from dreaming and working for those dreams. Let us learn from his passion, story and journey how we can take that leap of faith in our lives.

Today's episode is about Board games. Yes, today's guest Krunal Veera, the Co-Founder of  The Board Game Co, will talk about he made a career from his passion for board games and his company is helping organisation and teams build trust, bonding and camaraderie through board games.  Krunal also shares what game to play to build trust within a team.  So be ready for the ultimate episode where madness mets board games. 

Today's guest is Yaroslav Medvedev, the CEO & co-founder of not8. Not8 has been named as Amsterdam’s 15 most exciting startups by EU Startup News. Today they are launching a Product Hunt, where we can support them in their journey. Yaroslav's shares his journey with ups and downs and how he is emerging and making a big name for himself in the startup world in the Netherlands. 

" You only need 2% success in life". We are so trilled to have 4 times Olympian Reina-Flor Okori as our guest in Method in Madness. She is a champion athlete and a coach. She shares her journey, discipline and way forward. She shares valuable insights and 5 key areas that aspiring athlete should work on for a fullfilled life and success. 

Welcome to 2023 and welcome to madness. We start our journey in this new year with a special guest. Today we have Stephan Dekker, a world champion in sailing. Before he became the world champion he has also served for the Royal Marine. Today he is a high performance coach helping ambitious Entrepreneurs and Business Professionals with Habits, Planning, Time management, Daily routines, Structure, and Balance to Empower their Performance and Boost their Life. Please welcome the affable and amazing Stephan. 

Let's end the mad year of 2022 with some bad ideas. Yes. Today's guest is Rico Bakker. He is a speaker, podcast host and a very inspiring storyteller. His signature talk "The power of Bad idea" encourages leaders and change makers to be more creative, more engaging by taking the leap and liberty of welcome every idea, specially bad ideas in their group and teams. Today we hear more about his vision, mission and madness. 

Today's guest is Tim Wesselink, CEO of 3devo. He is a leader with vision, mission and also vulnerability. He has seen success and and also turbulence with lockdown, scale-up challenges and have managed to steer 3devo from them all. Today he will share his story, his journey and a bit of his madness. 

Welcome to a brand new episode of Method in Madness. Today's guest is Aditya Maheswaran. Aditya shares his experience with Change, Transformation and public speaking. 

The next episode of Method in Madness is dedicated to all the amazing guests who have shared their thoughts, ideas and madness. In this episode Sarah interviews the host Sabyasachi, on his experience, learning and favourite moments from the podcast.

The 25th episode of Method in Madness is going to fun ride because our guest today is Raymond Mens. Raymond is a popular face on Dutch television. He is an author, keynote speaker, and an expert on US politics. His 2nd book " Nieuws als wapen" is releasing this month. He can explain, teach, give opinions with always a smile and that why I am honoured to have him as my guest for my landmark episode. Presenting Raymond. 

Today's guest is Reinier Roosen. He is the Managing Director at Assets Only. He started his new entrepreneur journey and was hit by an unprecedented uncertainty of Covid-19. Today he shares his story through that period of uncertainty and bounceback with this own methods and also madness. Please welcome Reinier. 

Have you ever wondered what limitation and difficulties a blind or a visually impaired person will face to live a "normal" life? Can something be done to takeaway these difficulties. My next guest Karthik Kannan, the co-founder of Envision, have invented a tool that helps people with visual impairment to live a more independent life, using AI. He shares his story, his madness and how we came up with the idea. I promise this is one of the most inspiring story ever. 

This episode of MIM will be about stories, confidence and even friendship. Introducing one of the top storytellers of Amsterdam Philipp Humm. Philipp shares his journey with adversity, change and bounceback. He speaks about his recent TEDx speech "The secret to building lasting confidence" that connected and resonated with so many people and is also featured in the TED website. He is also a dancer, creative guy and has his share of madness, hence we are friends.  

MIM brings another fun and mad episode with Sarah Burbedge - who is currently the Head of Change at BBC. Sarah has been a BBC TV and radio reporter and newsreader, turned live events producer, turned Head of Change, Sarah’s career has followed a Bridget Jones to W1A trajectory. Her methods make her erudite and her madness makes her unique. So today's episode is going to be a joy ride. Welcome Sarah to the madness. 

Madness is about to get double as we have Afrodite Zegers. She is Olympic athlete in sailing and secured the 4th position in Rio Olympics in 2016. The sea, the waves pull her towards the sea, but she has also started a new innings as a consultant. She brings best practises from her sailing world in terms commitment, goal setting and purpose to her new role. Let's hear her journey, road to the Olympics and what next for her. 

Our next guest at Method in Madness is Nick Stals. Nick is the CEO of Yesty. He has been a serial entrepreneur, co-founder of BookerZzz (HotelSpecials and BungalowSpecials), a major online leisure travel agency in the Netherlands. He also co-founded and managed GiftFor2, an experience gift box and gift card company that became market leader in The Netherlands and that was sold to Wonderbox SAS in 2017. In 2018 he founded Yesty, a digital gift card platform that offers several B2B digital gift card solutions. Nick had a burn-out in 2020 and went through a personal transformation during the recovery process. He wants to share his experiences to help other entrepreneurs become healthier, happier and more successful.

Please welcome our next guest to Method in Madness, Saskia Mass, the CEO of BOOM CHICAGO. If you live in Amsterdam then you know how iconic BOOM CHICAGO is to this city. Lets hear from Saskia how improvisation has helped her to build this joyous community that helps, inspires and transforms people and organisations in need.

Our next guest is Arthur Tolsma, startup entrepreneur, coach and speaker. He is currently the cofounder of Codean, a high-tech cybersecurity startup. What makes Arthur so inspirational is that not only he shares his success mantra with the world, but he is equally proud to talk about his failures and lessons learnt from that. His secret of handling adversity, " Do it with the confidence like you are winning 1-0, but with the urgency like you are losing 0-1". Please welcome Arthur

Welcome Ankita Bhambri to Method in Madness. She is ranked as one of the top 10 female tennis players in India and one of the very few women to become a coach. She talks about her journey, her competition with the legendary Sania Mirza and her top sportsmen mentality that has helped her throughout her career. 

Method in Madness is back with another exciting episode. This week we have Advait Gupt. He is an entrepreneur, Forbes Asia 30 under 30. He started his career in investment banking and 5 years of romanticising spreadsheets  he decided to quit and together with his brother started a new journey to pursue opportunities in emerging digital content space. In last 9 years they have build 3  ventures in the content space.  Supari studios, Post office and Keeda media. 

Let's hear some madness mantra from Advait

Method in Madness is back after a short break with India's top keynote speaker Yogesh Chabria. Yogesh share his story, secrets, methods and madness on how he became a Best selling author, top keynote speaker and lead a happy life. He shares his unique sales methods and techniques that make him special. Let's hear it from Yogesh himself.

Do you know what is Productive Failure? Let us hear it from Manu Kapur, a scientist, speaker and Professor who will share his thoughts on this concept, how he came up with this idea and why Productive Failure is one of the most effective ways of learning. 

Welcome to the 12th episode of Method in Madness. Today we talk about dreams and how to bounce back when that dream is crushed.
Today's guest Lars Boom is the country head of Pensonia - the largest growing tech company in Europe- Country head. He shares his journey with his dream to become a professional athlete and how he bounced back when that dream was taken away due to an unfortunate incident.

Have you ever thought of having a side hustle? What would you like out of it? Money, more opportunities, success or a balance that helps you in life. Today's guest will share his tips on that.  Aloys Wijngaards works as a head of a department at DNB, the Dutch central bank and financial supervisory authority and also loves to teach Yin Yoga. He obtained his MA in religious studies and PhD on ‘economics and meaning of life’ from Radboud University Nijmegen. Let us hear from him, how he manages both the worlds and what we can learn from him.  

Let us kickstart 2022 with a bang. My 1st guest of 2022, is an inspiring leader. His name is Everth Flores. He is someone I have known for a while and is always smiling even in the most difficult times. Let's hear from him how he manages his adversities as a person, as a leader and what are his mantras for 2022. 

Today's guest Sudha Chandran is a symbol of a fightback. A trained dancer with dreams and aspirations lost her right leg in an accident at the age of 16. But that didn't stop her. She continued dancing with an artificial leg and never stopped since. Today she is an icon, a successful television actor in India, and an inspiration to many. She fights all her battles with a smile, grace and a little bit of madness. Let's hear it from Sudha Chandran. 

Imagine having a successful and flourishing career and then Covid-19 happens. Within months your business, outlook and planning go for a toss. Let's hear how did our guest Erik bounce back from that nadir.
Erik is a speaker, author, entrepreneur, educator and adventurer. Today he will share his tips on bounceback, leadership and madness. Fasten your seatbelts, because this is going to be one hell of madness.

You can find more details about Erik on his website https://erikseversen.com/ 

What is the most important job of a leader? To take action or policies or build a connection with their people? Let us hear the story of our next guest Jerzy Soetekouw the CEO of VMCA and the former deputy mayor of Almere on the lesson he learnt in his leadership role that can be applied universally. 

Our next guest is Suzanne Meijers. She is an employment law (a labour law :)) attorney who helps both employers and employees with tough labour law issues, but she'd rather prevent them from occurring. Besides that she's an entrepeneur, trainer, blogger and author of the book 'Geen gedoe met personeel, arbeidsrecht voor ondernemers'. Suzanne is frequently asked by several media as FD, RTL Z, BNR, AD etc. to comment on labour law topics. Today she shares her method and madness on her journey and some tips for both employees and employers navigating through the Dutch labour market. 

Thomas Bunnik is a living example of Method in Madness. His story from being a banker to a successful entrepreneur is not just inspiring but also thrilling. He quit his banking job at 30, to start his own venture Pritle. In 2017 he sold Pritle for EUR 12.5 million and in 2019 he has launched a next-generation curated marketplace for design and art Whoppah with his wife Evelien Bunnik-Remmelts

In this episode, he reveals his success mantras of success and some madness on keeps him going. 

Let's welcome our next guest, Aslak de Silva.  He is the CEO of Nordic Business Forum, a speaker, an author and also a martial art instructor. In 2020  Covid-19 derailed all the planning and ideas of many organisations, especially the event makers. Nordic Business Forum which hosted one of the largest business events in Europe in the past had to quickly adapt, adjust and withstand this unforseen crisis. Even now the situations are unclear and unpredictable. Let us hear from Aslak how he and his team handled this situation with some methods and some madness. 

Have your ideas, creativity or zeal to do something different being shot down by people telling you "Who said you can do that?" My next guest Sarah Kelly has witnessed this and more, but nothing could stop her and her creative ideas. Her journey of madness is quite unique. From a small town in the USA to Amsterdam, from a pharmacist to an Innovation Manager at Liberty Global, she has taken quantum leaps in her life and career and she shares her methods and madness.