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As a neo-generalist and polymath, philip brings together a unique mix of experiences:
From large scale systems architecture, technology and enterprise transformation on the one hand, to leadership, art and personal transformation on the other.
An avid student of many disciplines for over thirty years, he ultimately provides insight and pathways on how
everyone is called to be a leader of the future.
Keynotes and Speaking Topics
We are already in the midst of the largest human transformation in history. All of our current systems and ways of doing things are in question. Technology, environment, cultural and individual changes have created completely new future scenarios – and few of them look too good for humanity.
Learn about key future trends and scenarios, and how you can make sense of what is happening today, stay optimistic, and create strategies for a human tomorrow.
Our times enable and require new ways of organizing ourselves. That requires new systems, but first and foremost new cultures. After times of relative certainty, we are already in a VUCA world.
Learn about key cultural trends, and practical capacities required to thrive in a rapidly and constantly changing world.
The metaphor of the corporate tanker is quickly becoming as obsolete as the oil it runs on. It is being replaced by the organization as a drone swarm. For that, new leadership capacities are required. Capacities few have learned.
Learn who you need to be and what you can do to actively shape the things to come and become a leader of the future.
Why are we doing what we do? Apart from the grand purpose, there is also purpose in the little things, in every day life. How can we feel that sense of intrinsic motivation, that excitement that comes from doing things on purpose? How can we bring it to every moment so that one day we can say we have lived a purposeful life? philip supports individuals, teams and organizations in finding purpose, and more importantly in living it.
There are those called to create the future not just wait for it. The “crazy ones” believing they can change how things are done – and the ones who actually do. How do you deal with being the odd one out? The square peg in a world of round holes? What does it mean to be weird? How can each of us live their individuality, be the ones we came here to be? Be leaders in the true sense: those who step beyond. Learn what you can do to activate your own passion and purpose as a leader.
A hyperactive kid himself, philip was told early to learn “how to chill”. Being handed a bunch of yoga and meditation tapes and books, he started his journey to understanding the human operating system. Studying transformational psychology and wisdom traditions around the world, he is a leading scholar on the topic of development and the process of individuation. Learn how you can take charge of your own individuation process and accelerate your own evolution.
A new world requires new capacities and a new level of resilience – which requires new levels of selfcare. Especially as a leader with significant responsibility, but really everyone has been feeling the stress creeping in. In an uncertain world, with rising demands on our attention and capacity to process information, how do we find moments of peace? How do we make sure we are equipped to handle all that is still coming? Leaders prepare themselves and make sure their teams have what it takes to thrive in a VUCA world. Learn what you can do to increase resilience for yourself, your team, and your organization.
Aldous Huxley called the many wisdom traditions around the world perennial wisdom. The basic human condition, our ways of experiencing and creating in the world has been described in many metaphors. Today, we have access to nearly all the esoteric knowledge of the world, the empirical experiences and techniques that help give meaning to the human existence and allow us to step up to become conscious co-creators of our own and humanity’s evolution. Get an overview of what thousands of years of human experience are teaching us about the human operating system.
It sucks to feel alone. To feel different, separate, not included. All of us know that experience. It erodes psychological safety and can become crippling isolation. Having been a “weird” child, and having lived around the world, for many years without a place to call “home”, philip knows what it feels like to struggle with belonging. He has also found ever new ways of creating it, from having a global community of cherished friends and collaborators, to now teaching the tools to also create inclusion for others. Find out how you can create belonging and inclusion for yourself and your teams.
How do you change people’s mind? How do you get them to act in new and different ways? Coercion and manipulation are tactics of the past (and never really worked). So, what does? What is an ethical way of engaging employees and encouraging them in becoming self-authoring? Integrating transformational psychology, neuroscience and empirical tools that have been around for thousands of years, philip shows how you can transform individuals, their identity and how they show up every day.
All wisdom traditions of the world speak of the integration of masculine and feminine. A developed individual has both masculine and feminine ways of experience and expression available. How can we create a world in which we honor each individual, no matter what equipment they might have been born with or what they like to do with it? Learn how you can create environments that are “individual first” both in your personal and professional contexts.
philip has been studying systemic and individual transformation since his teens. Having lived a lifestyle of constant transformation himself, having worked in nearly thirty countries around the globe, having worked with artists, creative and innovation teams, and having died a thousand deaths, philip knows transformation well. He also has learned how to navigate the unknown, and what it takes to consciously transform. Find out how you can embrace transformation and use it as an engine of your evolution.
What was once Future of Work has already become the new normal. What was unthinkable only a few years ago is common practice. While many employees learned to work with video conferencing and chat applications in new ways, many have fundamentally not shifted how they work – causing overwhelm, additional stress, and a litany of meetings that never seem to leave room to actually “do the work”. New work needs a new culture. More future is already on its way, hard and fast. Prepare your teams to be future ready!
High Performance teams were for a long time the gold standard in work culture. But high-performing is not enough in a constantly changing world. New capacities are required to not just continue to perform on existing processes, but to continuously invent new ones and adopt the existing ones to ever changing market and customer demands. Learn key capacities for future-ready teams.
Traditional talent development relied on a relatively stable environment. Today, like business itself, talent needs are shifting from one day to the next. How do you create a dynamic workforce that is continuously learning? How do you identify the ones that can support you in building a new work culture? The ones that can truly lead the future? From the great resignation to repurposing your existing workforce: a new world demands new talent. Find out how you can find and foster it and build your leaders of the future.
VUCA used to be an obscure military term for particularly iffy situations. It has now become the new normal. Continued changes around the globe from pandemics to wars keep shifting the pieces on the game board. How do you plan in such volatile times? How do you become responsive to unforeseen events? How do you build an organization that will continue to adapt and a workforce capable of doing so? Find out what you can do to prepare yourself and thrive in this new VUCA world.
Most people underestimate the fundamental shift about to happen in the convergence of multiple next technologies like AI, IoT, Virtual and Augmented X-Realities and the shift to 3D information space, supported by blockchain and distributed ledgers. Additionally, neuroscience, synthetic biology and biohacking create completely new humans. What is coming down the pike? What are some of the key future trends that will impact how we live and work? What are some of the scenarios futurists see for our future? Get an overview of a future that will be the new normal in a reality near you all too soon.
Organizations are a crystallization of our capacity to organize. Our current organizations are built on our abilities to organize ourselves over the last millennia. Now, technological, cultural and individual changes allow completely new ways of organizing ourselves. Instead of massive hierarchical bureaucracies, we can build fluid systems of value creation, where individual participation is truly merited while the focus is on collectively achieving a purpose. Find out what organizations of the future will be capable of and how you can start your journey to transforming into one.
Culture is amorphous, which is why the majority of culture initiatives fail. They try to change a thing. Culture is an emergent phenomenon. It arises in the interference patterns of how individuals show up. In today’s age of transparency, your culture is also your brand. Customer centricity starts with employee centricity. Engage your employees to actively shape the culture of your team and organization.
Recent Keynotes
Who to be in a world of AI? Humanity’s next Evolution
Our technology has reached the intelligence of a socialized adult. Who do we need to be now as humans to ensure we come out on top of the AI revolution and become its victims?- Regenerative Futures require Regenerative Humans – how you can turn your work into working on the future If we want to ensure our survival as a species, we need to make sure we start with the individual.
Leading change – the Art and Science of Transformation Change is not always easy. It requires surrender and discipline. How do you lead in the midst of transformation?
Collaborative Innovation across silos, national and cultural boundaries – planetary individualism – or how the future is hyper-local and hyper-global
As our current international supply chains are crumbling, it still is becoming obvious that future solutions will be created by individuals from across the globe with different cultures and backgrounds.Becoming a Transformational Organization
The current moment requires massive transformation. Companies are shifting from top down optimized linear production systems to something more akin to a drone swarm with coordinated autonomy. How do you shift your organization into the future?Building a Pipeline for Continuous Innovation
There is no more core business. Every process and business model is now in perpetual beta. Companies must learn to shepherd ideas through incubation and acceleration, integrate them into the business, and eventually sunset them.How to start a successful Intrapreneurship Program Intrapreneurship is dead. Long live intrapreneurship. While many programs have failed to deliver on expected results, others have created lasting organizational value. Learn what the difference is, and why AI and intrapreneurship is the future of the organization.
Creating a Culture of Innovation
How can you create an environment where every employee acts as an intrapreneur, spotting and developing opportunities for the business?