Theme: Seats resilience

Na zes jaar stilte keert TEDx terug naar Friesland met een editie in Leeuwarden, onder het thema Seats Resilience. Dit evenement markeert een nieuw hoofdstuk vol inspiratie, waar toonaangevende sprekers hun unieke verhalen delen over oner andere veerkracht, creativiteit en culturele diversiteit. Bereid je voor op een avond waarin ideeën die ertoe doen worden gepresenteerd door lokale pioniers en visionairs, die je meenemen op een reis van persoonlijke groei en maatschappelijke vernieuwing. Of je nu zoekt naar nieuwe inzichten in leiderschap of gedreven wordt door een passie voor onderwijsvernieuwing, TEDxLeeuwarden biedt jou de kans om je blik te verruimen en je te laten inspireren.

Cycle-Up HUB
Zwettestraat 29, 6
Leeuwarden, Fryslân (fy), 8912 AV
Netherlands

Bauke Dirk Lodewijk

Oprichter

Born in Friesland, raised in various places and worked in the event industry, where he worked for large multinationals and participated in world expos in Shanghai (2010), South Korea (2012), and Milan (2015). After returning to Friesland in 2018, he had a business in e-commerce and communication. He then founded a project agency, specialized in placemaking and circularity. He is also the founder and director of Knokken met je hart, the largest business boxing gala in the Netherlands.

Eva Rutten

Leiderschapstrainer, spreker (symposia/media), schrijver, Business Coach, HBO Docent RetailManagement, Change Maker en (gedoe) Interventionist en vrijwilliger.

Eva Rutten believes that business, wealth, nature, and well-being are no longer in balance. She strongly believes in the capacity and creativity of individuals and organizations to restore. She operates in various roles at the crossroads of strategy, organization and developing leadership within teams or individuals. She is a Leadership Trainer, Speaker (symposia/media), Business Coach, Teacher and volunteer. She aims to cultivate (self) awareness, courage, new visions, narratives, and business models to develop (inner) sustainable leadership, also to take the lead in sustainability. Eva has frequently driven change. She now works as an Associate with De Baak, a training and knowledge Institute for Leadership and has worked with Vlerick Business School and School for Change. Here at the NHL Stenden University of applied sciences, she is a part-time (incompany) teacher in Entrepreneurship & Retail Management.

Friso Visser

Creative Change Facilitator

Friso is many things. But most people know him as a facilitator of brainstorming sessions, innovation programs, and much more. Humblebrag alert: Friso has worked with companies as diverse as Greenpeace, EasyToys, Amnesty, Disney, Gasunie, Nike, and Innofest. As co-owner of the creative change-maker Brain Fuel and author of The Brainstorm Bible, Friso is always busy solving problems, helping others solve problems, and showing that everyone is a problem solver.

Ilaaf Al-Saidi

Bridge builder

to me, she got very angry because I didn’t make eye contact. “Look at me when I’m talking to you!” That was so confusing for me, as I was doing it out of respect. My mission: "Building bridges between people." Wherever I’ve worked—whether in entertainment, hospitality, education, defense, or the police—I’ve noticed the cultural differences and the misunderstandings that arise from them within organizations. And it’s precisely these misunderstandings that I want to eliminate! My mission is clear: “Building bridges between people, because we’re more alike than we think."

Sytske Kooijker

Founder Draw the line

Founder of Draw the Line - helps companies set healthy boundaries in the workplace. As a Millennial, she understands the challenges of building real-time connections in today’s digital world. Sytske works with teams to improve communication and create more balanced, productive work environments.

Thijs van Dijk

Creative Media Strategist

Thijs van Dijk has a passion for developing talent and will share his vision with us on October 22nd about his view on the education of the future. He has an enormous love for people and brands and distinguished himself with this in his work on the agency and client side. As a creative marketing expert, Thijs is fascinated by consumer behavior and from there his company 'De Merkpsycholoog' was born. As a lecturer he also worked at the Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences in recent years and was responsible for developing and setting up the minor 'Future of Esports', which focused on themes such as esports, gaming and gamification. Creating impactful and creative product solutions that can change the world for the better drives him and fuels the fire in him every day. His goal is to make the world healthier, happier and better step by step by helping people discover and develop their talents in order to ultimately use their true potential.