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Gijs van Wulfen @innovationspeaker.bsky.social · 12h

Time really flies! Eight years ago, more than 300,000 professionals started following my posts on LinkedIn — exploring design thinking, innovation and how to boost innovation effectiveness.

#Innovation #DesignThinking #FORTHInnovation #InnovationLeadership #ThankYou #GlobalCommunity

Gijs van Wulfen @innovationspeaker.bsky.social · 1d

Check out why I love so-called “difficult people”, and the value they add …

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#InnovationLeadership
#DesignThinking
#InnovationCulture
#TeamDynamics
#LeadershipDevelopment
#InnovationFacilitation
#PsychologicalSafety
#InnovationJourney
#FORTHInnovation

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Why I Love So-Called “Difficult People’ …, And the Value They Add! Ever worked with someone who’s brilliant — but also… impossible? Opinionated. Loud. Stubborn. Completely allergic to teamwork. Most...

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Gijs van Wulfen @innovationspeaker.bsky.social · 5d

Honoured to be ranked #1 Global Thought Leader on Creativity 2025 by @thinkers360.bsky.social

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#Creativity #Innovation #Leadership #Thinkers360 #Gratitude #ThoughtLeadership #speakers

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Gijs van Wulfen @innovationspeaker.bsky.social · 4d

Humans and Robots: Innovating Together at BREMAN with the FORTH innovation method. Check it out:

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#Innovation #FORTHmethod #Robotics #AI #InstallationSector #Breman

Gijs van Wulfen @innovationspeaker.bsky.social · 5d

Honoured to be ranked #1 Global Thought Leader on Creativity 2025 by @thinkers360.bsky.social

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#Creativity #Innovation #Leadership #Thinkers360 #Gratitude #ThoughtLeadership #speakers

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Gijs van Wulfen @innovationspeaker.bsky.social · 7d

Trust accelerates progress. Trust boosts innovation. Trust turns vision into reality faster. Check out how to speed up slow decision making in this article ...

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#innovation #leadership #decisionmaking #trust #culture #transformation #designthinking #futureofwork

How to Speed Up Slow Decision Making: Trust!

One of the biggest competitive disadvantages in innovation today isn’t lack of budget, lack of ideas, or even lack of talent. It’s slow decision-making.

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Gijs van Wulfen @innovationspeaker.bsky.social · 10d

How Can You Keep Innovation Alive When Everyone’s Cutting Costs …

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#innovation #designthinking #leadership #change #managementbuyin #strategy #innovationbarriers

#innovation #designthinking #leadership #change #managementbuyin #strategy #innovationbarriers | Gijsbertus J.J. van Wulfen

How Can You Keep Innovation Alive When Everyone’s Cutting Costs … Innovators are having a rough time. Budgets are shrinking. Teams are being reduced. And management’s focus has shifted from creating...

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Gijs van Wulfen @innovationspeaker.bsky.social · 12d

It's Psychological Safety that Boosts Innovation. Read here why …

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#Innovation #Leadership #PsychologicalSafety #HR #TeamCulture #Breakinginnovationbarriers

#innovation #leadership #psychologicalsafety #hr #teamculture #breakinginnovationbarriers | Gijsbertus J.J. van Wulfen

It's Psychological Safety that Boosts Innovation ... In reality, most breakthroughs are the result of teams — diverse, curious, and safe teams. When people dare to speak up, share wild ideas, questi...

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Gijs van Wulfen @innovationspeaker.bsky.social · 13d

Exactly. And we must do it our way. Check you why the startup way is the American Way 🇺🇸, ... and fails to perform that well in Europe …

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#Innovation #Startups #Leadership #Culture #Entrepreneurship #BreakingInnovationBarriers #FORTH #startup #leanstartup

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Gijs van Wulfen @innovationspeaker.bsky.social · 13d

Check you why the startup way is the American Way 🇺🇸 to innovate, ... and fails to perform that well in the rest of the world …

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#Innovation #Startups #Leadership #Culture #Entrepreneurship #BreakingInnovationBarriers #FORTH #startup #leanstartup

#innovation #startups #leadership #culture #entrepreneurship #breakinginnovationbarriers #forth | Gijsbertus J.J. van Wulfen

🇺🇸 The Startup Way is the American Way ... And Fails in the Rest of the World. Over the past 25 years, the startup revolution has gone global. Every region — from Europe to Japan to the Gulf — tried...

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Gijs van Wulfen @innovationspeaker.bsky.social · 14d

No Projects, No Panic: 5 Smart Moves to Keep Earning as an Independent Consultant

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#consulting #innovation #entrepreneurship #futureofwork #strategy #independentconsultant #crisismanagement #resilience #panic #crisis

#consulting #innovation #entrepreneurship #futureofwork #strategy #independentconsultant #crisismanagement #resilience #panic #crisis | Gijsbertus J.J. van Wulfen

No Projects, No Panic: 5 Smart Moves to Keep Earning as an Independent Consultant No projects. No calls. No new contracts. You check your inbox — still quiet. Even your most loyal clients are cuttin...

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Gijs van Wulfen @innovationspeaker.bsky.social · 15d

Check out the massive shutdown of innovation centres …

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#innovation #corporateinnovation #strategy #R&D #designthinking #FORTH #changemanagement #AI l #growth #news

#innovation #corporateinnovation #strategy #r #designthinking #forth #changemanagement #ai #growth #news | Gijsbertus J.J. van Wulfen

The Silent Massive Shutdown of Innovation Centres. We cheered the Innovation Hub’s openings. But you barely heard their closings ... Here’s a roll-call of 10 recent innovation centres closures in th...

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Gijs van Wulfen @innovationspeaker.bsky.social · 18d

Here’s a showreel of Gijs van Wulfen as a keynote speaker on design thinking innovation to give you an impression of the impact he makes, inspiring and entertaining a big audience:

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#speaker #speaker2025 #keynote #keynotespeaker #innovation #designthinking

Gijs van Wulfen @innovationspeaker.bsky.social · 20d

I stepped outside my comfort zone on stage and undressed...

“Innovation starts with courage.”

Watch it here: youtu.be/4beD_OXvffg?...

#TEDx #Innovation #Leadership #GrowthMindset #ComfortZone #creativity

Why Ideate Together and WEnnovate? | Gijs van Wulfen | TEDxVitosha

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Gijs van Wulfen @innovationspeaker.bsky.social · 21d

I like to help you becoming a better innovator …

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#Innovation #DesignThinking #innovator #Leadership #Motivation #speaker #ForthInnovationMethod #InnovationCulture #InnovatorMindset

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Gijs van Wulfen @innovationspeaker.bsky.social · 22d

Europe’s car giants have become masters of reorganisation — and amateurs at reinvention. Check out why in this article ...

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#Innovation #AutomotiveIndustry #Europe #Disruption #China #ElectricVehicle #BusinessTransformation #Strategy #BYD #Volkswagen #Renault

Europe's car giants have become masters of reorganisation and amateurs at innovation

Last week, Renault announced it may cut up to 3,000 jobs worldwide. CEO François Provost says it’s about lowering fixed costs.

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Gijs van Wulfen @innovationspeaker.bsky.social · 22d

Europe’s car giants have become masters of reorganisation — and amateurs at reinvention. Check out why in this article ...

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#Innovation #AutomotiveIndustry #Europe #Disruption #China #ElectricVehicle #BusinessTransformation #Strategy #BYD #Volkswagen #Renault

Europe's car giants have become masters of reorganisation and amateurs at innovation

Last week, Renault announced it may cut up to 3,000 jobs worldwide. CEO François Provost says it’s about lowering fixed costs.

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Gijs van Wulfen @innovationspeaker.bsky.social · 24d

BCG last week reports that only 5% of Companies Truly Profit from AI. Read here why …:

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#Innovation #ArtificialIntelligence #FORTHmethod #BreakingInnovationBarriers #AITransformation #BCG #DesignThinking #news #DigitalTransformation #AI

#innovation #artificialintelligence #forthmethod #breakinginnovationbarriers #aitransformation #bcg #designthinking #news #digitaltransformation | Gijsbertus J.J. van Wulfen

BCG reports that only 5% of Companies Truly Profit from AI. Here's why ... AI is everywhere. But according to Boston Consulting Group (BCG)’s new report (October 2025), only 5% of organisations are...

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Gijs van Wulfen @innovationspeaker.bsky.social · 24d

BCG last week reports that only 5% of Companies Truly Profit from AI. Read here why …:

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#Innovation #ArtificialIntelligence #FORTHmethod #BreakingInnovationBarriers #AITransformation #BCG #DesignThinking #news #DigitalTransformation #AI

#innovation #artificialintelligence #forthmethod #breakinginnovationbarriers #aitransformation #bcg #designthinking #news #digitaltransformation | Gijsbertus J.J. van Wulfen

BCG reports that only 5% of Companies Truly Profit from AI. Here's why ... AI is everywhere. But according to Boston Consulting Group (BCG)’s new report (October 2025), only 5% of organisations are...

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Gijs van Wulfen @innovationspeaker.bsky.social · 26d

Check out the world’s fast rising #innovators the last 12 years here in this post:

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#innovation #gii #globalisation #leadership #china #India #Türkiye #VietNam #Philippines

#innovation #gii #globalisation #leadership #china #india #türkiye #vietnam #philippines | Gijsbertus J.J. van Wulfen | 26 comments

Who Said Innovation Belongs to the West? Innovation is now really going global. In the last decade, countries like China, India, Türkiye, Viet Nam, Indonesia, Albania and the Philippines have made en...

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Gijs van Wulfen @innovationspeaker.bsky.social · 27d

🚀 Why do innovators all over the world apply the FORTH Innovation Method to double their innovation effectiveness?

👉 Find out in this short article: www.linkedin.com/pulse/why-in...

#innovation #designthinking #forthmethod #corporateinnovation #innovationmanagement #ideation #creativity

Why innovators worldwide apply the FORTH method?

Because innovation is hard. Most teams start with good intentions.

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Gijs van Wulfen @innovationspeaker.bsky.social · 29d

Watch the full video podcast to get inspired FROM FRUSTRATION TO INNOVATION here: youtu.be/JSFrGhd0MUM?...

#podcast #innovation #frustration #personaldevelopment #inspiration #Innovación #innovatorsoftomorrow

Gijs van Wulfen: From Frustration to Breakthrough | Innovation, Fear & Authenticity| Reimagining You

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Gijs van Wulfen @innovationspeaker.bsky.social · Sep 29

Remember that also in the age of AI, your idea won’t survive unless people believe in YOU first

Check out how to win buy-in for your ideas in this article

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#Innovation #Leadership #DesignThinking #Storytelling #BreakingBarriers #CorporateCulture #InnovationMindset

YOU Are More Important Than Your Idea

When it comes to innovation, most people get it wrong. They think success depends on having the perfect idea — that one golden concept which will change everything.

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Gijs van Wulfen @innovationspeaker.bsky.social · Sep 28

I walked through Milan yesterday. The Duomo towering, tourists everywhere, cafés packed in Naviglio.

And then it hit me: is this Europe’s future? Becoming the world’s open air museum?

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#Innovation #ArtificialIntelligence #Europe #Startups #Robotics #GII

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Gijs van Wulfen @innovationspeaker.bsky.social · Sep 22

🚀 Albania’s Innovation Leap! 🇦🇱

The latest Global Innovation Index 2025 brought an inspiring surprise: Albania climbed 17 places in just one year – from rank 84 to 67. That’s the biggest jump in Europe. 👏👏👏

#Innovation #GlobalInnovationIndex #Albania #DigitalTransformation #GII2025

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