11 Jun

You Don’t Have a People Problem. You Have a System.

Systems-thinking infographic: scattered people icons, curved arrows around a glowing central circle on a dark blue gradient with the phrase 'You don't have a people problem. You have a system.'
Your team won't take ownership. The same crisis keeps returning. You replaced the problem person and nothing changed. These aren't character flaws — they're the shape of the system you're standing inside. Drawing on three decades in the leadership chair, Jan Salomons on why so much competence produces so little change, and where the shift actually begins.
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07 Jun

Your Stress Profile: A Mirror to Start Mastering Stress

Infographic header 'Your stress profile' with a radar chart showing stress factors and scores (Mindset 88, Active coping 75, Reframing 62, etc.). Value labels visible on each axis.
"I'm stressed" is true, useless, and where most people stop. This is how I turn that vague sense of pressure into a map you can actually act on, the nine dimensions behind my stress profile, the research they rest on, and how the picture becomes a coping strategy rather than a label.
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23 Apr

Leading in the Waiting Room: How to Hold Your Team Together When the Organization Hasn’t Decided Yet on Organizational Changes

Abstract illustration of golden human figures forming a crowd under a spotlight inside a stylized arena.
When four of your twelve team members may be made redundant — but nothing is official yet — leadership becomes something different. It becomes the art of holding people together in uncertainty. This post offers six practical principles for leading through the wait: with honesty, focus, differentiation, and the kind of steadiness that people will remember long after the decision is made.
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19 Apr

How One Person Can Change the World

How does one person actually change the world? Not through grand gestures, but through shifts in thinking and behavior that ripple outward. This article explores the science behind societal change, from evolutionary psychology to systems thinking. It shows how mental models shape behavior, how small choices scale into cultural shifts, and why institutions tend to follow rather than lead. For leaders, the implication is clear: real change starts with how individuals see their role in the system. When enough people act differently, culture moves—and with it, performance, policy, and outcomes.
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