Book tip by Petra de Boer  “The (Christmas) holidays are the ideal time-out for me to dive into a good book. A fat and dense one, during which I do not want to be disturbed. […]

‘For the love of Complexity’ – what does it make you think about? What experiences with complexity do you have? How does complexity play out in your life or your work? At Perspectivity, we love […]

The issue of undocumented people in Amsterdam has been a tricky one for years. The municipal government has now indicated to want to realise better shelter and care. Perspectivity was asked to facilitate work sessions with […]

Perspectivity wishes you an insightful, social and sustainable new year. To celebrate the start of the year, Perspectivity is organising New Years drinks in the Green House in Utrecht on Thursday the 31st of January from […]

Blog from the network by Maurice van Hoek  Do you work on (temporary) assignments, on projects or on a permanent job? Then it is essential that you can answer the question: ‘What was I ordered […]

Henk, Han, Ludo and Marjolein facilitated a course on Governance and Peacebuilding in November 2018 at the famous peace castle of the Austrian Study Centre for Peace and Conflict Resolution (ASPR) in Austria. During two weeks, […]

Movisie is the national knowledge institute on comprehensive approaches to social challenges. It develops and implements knowledge of what really works well in the social domain. To boost sustainable positive change in the lives of people. […]

Marjolein, the Enterprise’s latest addition, shares her path to Perspectivity: “Hi! I joined Perspectivity in 2018. During my career, as an international development cooperation and social justice expert, change processes have always fascinated me. Over the […]

I was involved in Perspectivity from the start. Perspectivity changed my life. I am part of the Network, and I feel part of a network of people, who give me joy, inspiration and knowledge to […]

Perspectivity has been selected to develop a serious game on the hydrogen economy! The question comes from TKI Nieuw Gas, a programme from the Netherlands Enterprise Agency (Rijksdienst voor Ondernemend Nederland) that supports innovation projects […]

The Raad voor de Kinderbescherming (RvdK – Council for Child Protection) is part of the Ministry of Justice and Security. The Ministry is responsible for the rule of law in The Netherlands, so that people […]

Training from the Network by Marjon van Opijnen and Sophia van Ruth |  When was the last time you approached a serious issue playfully? ‘Huh?’ you may think… Play allows us to open up to […]

Spring House is a community for innovators alongside the river IJ in Amsterdam. A place to work, a lab and a platform with over 200 members who inspire each other and sometimes collaborate. They share […]

Last Saturday, on 3 November, the Perspectivity Fest took place at the circular economy playground BlueCity in Rotterdam. It attracted a very mixed crowd of people. Together, we started the day listening to the unique story of […]

The Netherlands is rapidly switching towards a distributed energy system, where all citizens and also a lot of companies become prosumers (producer and consumer at the same time). In this way a lot of new […]

Liberating Structures – Training from within the Perspectivity Network  Do you work in global/local development, on social change, or around complex multi-actor agendas? Are you driven by social purposes, transformational learning, team problem-solving? Do you […]

The Perspectivity Fest is coming up! Join us on the 3rd of November at Blue City Rotterdam. You are invited to join us for a day filled with inspiration for transformation. A full day of […]

In the past years I have learned that there is an incredible amount of people with innovative ideas who truly make the world a little bit better. Whether those are scientists who do research that is […]

Book tip by Charlotte Keijzer:  If there is one urgent book you should read at this moment, it is ‘How Democracies Die’. The authors, Harvard professors Steven Levitsky and Daniël Ziblatt take us on a […]

Deep Democracy is a practical (facilitation) method to start dialogue together. It actively looks for the wisdom of the minority. Alternative points of views are heard, explored and brought into the decision-making process. This results […]

Perspectivity is a collective of committed individuals and professional consultants, dedicated to help build sustainable organisations and societies. The Enterprise is one collective consisting of a number of partners, with a number of projects in a […]

Net voor de zomervakantie organiseerden Perspectivity en Spring House een open spel avond in Spring House in Amsterdam. Een leuke mix van mensen speelden de Perspectivity Voedsel Challenge, het Nexus spel en het Terra Nova […]

With Boundaries of National Security as the theme for the 12th Asia-Pacific Programme for Senior National Security Officers (APPSNO), Perspectivity’s custom made National Security Edition of the Game was a perfect addition to the conference’s […]

Blog by Hanna Buschke, participant in the Art of Facilitation training course  “LaLaLi” – you might be thinking of tune of a lullaby now. It is, however, the mantra during the training course “The Art of […]

Making it possible for people to connect with themselves. With others. With the context. And with the purpose. This is what I always wanted to do. And what is driving me forward. I was born […]

The energy remained high all day at the Centre for Entrepreneurship as Perspectivity’s Dharmesh Mistry hosted 3 sessions of its Climate Challenge for over 65 members of Ashoka University in Sonepat, Haryana, India on the […]

The next game leader meet-up takes place in Utrecht on the 22th of June 2018. Come meet your fellow game leaders, get to know each other, share game experiences and learn more about new games […]

With excitement I am joining the Perspectivity community as freelance serious gaming developer. My job will be to improve the sales of the current Challenges and to participate in developing assignments. This I will do […]

Through a collaboration with the 100 Resilient Cities Network, game players can start playing the Nexus Challenge in the Japanese and Mandarin Chinese language. We are very excited about this addition and are looking forward to […]

Perspectivity’s Jaspreet shares his experiences facilitating the Stress Nexus Challenge: “Perspectivity had the opportunity of facilitating the Stress Nexus! Challenge at Interpore 2018 in New Orleans, USA. Interpore is the annual global conference for Porous […]

Migration is one of the three main security concerns of European citizens, besides terrorism and extremism. Across Europe, populist politicians are polarizing societies and spreading fear among citizens. Tensions between the EU countries are rising. […]

Hanne prepared European volunteers for humanitarian aid at the Austrian Study Centre for Peace and Conflict Resolution. More info? Contact Han Verhoeven

Come play the Stress Nexus Challenge and Food Challenge with us! Stress Nexus How do you handle the pressure on scarce resources and energy? The population of the world is growing. On average, people live […]

Anna shares her story about playing with Lego at the Water Management Board Hollandse Delta: “All of a sudden you get a call and you’re asked: “Is it possible to apply Lego Serious Play in […]

Amsterdam wants to reduce loneliness in the city. All kinds of organisations and people in area have launched experiments to learn with and from each other how we can improve this. The experiments started in […]

Book tip by Judith van der Leek: “On Tessa’s Awkward Duckling blog I first read about this nicely illustrated book that calls for taking small steps to improve the world. Picking up a piece of trash, […]

Wageningen Universiteit & Research (WUR) is working on all kinds of complex societal issues that trigger many different opinions. To be able to adequately fulfil their role as a knowledge organisation and to be able to steer […]

What if we had plenty of capacities and resources to realise a future we want? That was the central question during two consecutive workshops hosted by Partos and facilitated by Perspectivity during Afrikadag 2018, a yearly […]

Perspectivity partner Elien Rogaar became part of the LEF poule of facilitators of Rijkswaterstaat, the executive organ of the Dutch Ministry of Infrastructure and Water management. The LEF Future Centre of Rijkswaterstaat is specialised in creating breakthroughs and new ways […]

As our CoBudget aspirations are growing, we are creating a CoBudget Circle. Together the members of this Circle are responsible for: Promotion: Attracting new projects and people who want to co-invest Communication: Sharing progress and results Events: […]

The first Perspectivity CoBudget round is officially over! Some initiatives were fully funded and some partly. To name a few: We contributed to the Arab Youth Conference of het Grote Midden-Oosten Platform, resulting in a booklet that will […]

On Friday the 6th of April, the initiation workshop for the ‘Bongo Hub’, took place in Dar es Salaam. The Bongo Hub:  A place to facilitate innovative change processes A creative brain pool, change lab, […]

Perspectivity provides two training days in the Master’s programme Managing Information & Sustainable Change (MISC) in April and May of 2018. This Master’s degree is a part-time programme of the VUCA Academy and Radboud University. On the first day, Perspectivity’s Elien […]

Rectors of the U4 universities decided to pursue a third edition of the U4 Academic Leadership Programme. It started off with 3 days at the University of Groningen in February, whereafter the journey continues with another 3 […]

A consortium of Dutch partners is working together with the Indonesian universities Institut Teknologi Sepuluh Nopember (ITS) in Surabaya and the Institut Teknologi Bandung (ITB) to improve the curricula in the area of water, specifically […]

The first Sprockler open training has taken place. On the 23rd of March, about 15 Sprockler enthusiasts got together for a whole day of Sprockler training. The programme contained the following elements: Philosophy: what is […]

Adapt, Counteract or Transform: ACT To be(come) resilient and adequately flexible towards the future, Partos – the Dutch membership organisation for development cooperation – initiated a transformative scenario planning process. Together with a cross-section of […]

“The scarcity of water is undeniably one of the biggest problems of our times. Though most of us don’t pay much attention to how we use water, the world water crisis now becomes too visible […]

Een 2-daagse training in essentiële facilitatievaardigheden In onze huidige complexe samenleving hebben we de wijsheid van de groep nodig om complexe uitdagingen op te lossen. Om groepen tot vruchtbare resultaten te brengen, is deskundige facilitatie […]

Friday 9th of March, 15 participants enjoyed the Train-the-Trainer for the Stress Nexus! challenge – dealing with the interconnected challenges at the nexus of energy, water and food – or the Public Health challenge – dealing with the […]

Blog by Roland Kupers  “The real voyage of discovery lies not in finding new landscapes, but in having new eyes.” – Marcel Proust Generation Z is more interconnected than ever before – with each other […]

“This game is the best game I ever played. Because you see how people really are when they have to win a game.” In February, Perspectivity hosted the Climate Challenge at Hogeschool Utrecht for over […]

Perspectivity cordially invites all game players to join the upcoming Train-the-Trainer session to learn how to facilitate the Stress Nexus! Challenge and the Public Health Challenge. Do you recall the last Perspectivity Challenge you played? […]

The Perspectivity Challenges now have their own website, visit theperspectivitychallenge.org to check it out. This website contains more detailed information about the individual challenges (Climate, Food, Decision-Making, Human Security, National Security, Public Health and Stress! Nexus) and […]

Sprockler is a response to an increasingly complex world in which we endeavor to make sense of what happens. It uses a unique combination of qualitative (stories) and quantitative (numbers) data. It bridges the worlds […]

Perspectivity offers you a new 1-day training: Navigating Complexity Do you work with multiple parties that are different from each other? Do you want to achieve results together, but do you face a lot of […]

On the 22nd of November Perspectivity hosted another Open Game session. Three full tables were filled playing the Stress Nexus! Challenge and the Public Health Challenge. The event took place at the Utrecht Community for […]

Are you looking for a way to get everyone involved? A way in which everyone can speak out about what is important to them, with colleagues but also across teams, departments or even throughout the […]

The population of the world is growing. People on average live longer. This is causing increased pressure on available resources. Water is becoming a scarce commodity in many locations across the globe. There is not […]

Due to extreme weather forecasts, this event is cancelled for this date. We will keep you informed if we postpone the event or come up with an alternative.  The Perspectivity Network would like to celebrate […]

Imagine you are an activist and want to contribute to peace in your country Libya: what do you do when you sit in a room full of people who want to achieve the same but […]

There is more attention for the affordability of our health care system. Budgets are decreasing and the pressure on people and resources is going up. Who pays for the investments in health care in the […]

Perspectivity Enterprise recently studied and exchanged thoughts about the book ‘On Complexity’ by French philosopher Edgar Morin. Morin turns his attention to the technical and philosophical underpinnings of complexity theory. His main ambition is to put […]

How does chaos relate to complexity?  How far does involving everyone go? How do you keep everyone informed and where is this incorporated in the complexity navigator? Should we not first get an idea of what’s going on before others join? Are we talking about the content or the process?  These were some of […]

On September 29th, 12 public health professionals from around the globe experienced the Perspectivity Public Health Challenge at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. Our challenge featured in the School’s executive health leadership programme. […]

I am a girl on a mission: I want to help companies and organisations in The Netherlands to become more socially responsible and sustainable. I want support them to inspire other organisations in order to create a […]

Perspectivity’s Hanne Verhoeven is an assessor for the International Association of Facilitators (IAF). This means that Hanne’s competencies as facilitator are officially recognised and that she is certified to assess the qualities of others. This October, […]

The Nexus! Challenge is a serious board game where players face the interconnected challenges of energy, water and food. Players step into the shoes of a company, looking to develop their market, or a country, […]

Fail fast, organisational simplification, schizophrenic thinking, fair trade software and no Euro but an Afro. These are some of the terms that could be heard at the Partos Innovation Festival. Perspectivity participated again this year, on […]

On the 14th of October, Maurice van Hoek hosted a round table session at the annual conference of the International Leadership Association (ILA) in Brussels. The theme of this year’s conference was ‘Leadership in turbulent times’. Maurice facilitated […]

You might know them from a long time ago. Recently they have started popping up everywhere again. Meetings where people play with those tiny colourful plastic bricks again. Lego is back and making meetings more productive […]

Sixteen Syrian women acquired a plethora of new techniques to make stress disappear from their bodies and to feel more comfortable in their skin. Hanne Verhoeven gave 4 workshops of two hours each. Feedback from the participants […]

The health care changes rapidly. The multitude of developments in and around a hospital are connected to each other in many different ways, which makes the future unpredictable. This complexity can paralyse your work. Because if […]

Various organisations and consortia working in the seed and water sector in Mozambique have started to use Sprockler to collect stories and data and make sense of their complex settings. The Royal Tropical Institute is using it […]

Perspectivity was invited to give a workshop on complexity to civil servants from a broad range of Dutch ministries in The Hague. The workshop is part of the ‘From the inside out’ curriculum (Leergang van […]

By Monique Janmaat: How people think, lead and get things done “Why after living and working in Africa for 18 years, can’t I get used to the perception of time that a lot of people […]

To find out more about the current status of the CoBudget initiative, we had a Q&A session with Monique Janmaat: Hey Monique, which bucket ideas are there already?  “There are currently three ideas: Lego bricks […]

Foundation Hotel con Corazón is a social enterprise in Granada in Nicaragua. It invests 100% of its profits in local education. After eight years of working in the community, the foundation wanted to take a […]

To redesign the social domain, with all stakeholders who are active in the city of Wageningen? A challenge! Especially to do this in a good way, in a period of three months. Collaboration structures The […]

In organisations that are constantly in flux and where (almost) everything influences each other, regular alignment is crucial. But are all those hours spent in meeting rooms really that productive? Are we talking about the […]

Local stakeholders find their own solution for water resource management in the Zambezi Valley in Mozambique  How do we sustainably make use of the water resources in the Zambezi Valley? Resources which are of vital […]

In 2016 the municipality of Amsterdam started a city-wide approach to tackle loneliness. More than 11% of the population of Amsterdam is lonely and that percentage has to go down. The Loneliness Approach implies, amongst […]

The right to a decent standard of living and protection from poverty and social exclusion are fundamental human rights. On the 9th of June, The Netherlands Institute on Human Rights organised a conference about the […]

Newcomers can serve as great agents for change as they see the organisation with fresh eyes. That is why Monique Janmaat supported the design of a new style induction programme and facilitated a leading change […]

How do we deal with the fact that our boards keep getting older? How do we let the rules around commercial exploitation of community centres work for us? Which role does the municipality play in […]

Together with Fratern Tarimo, Monique Janmaat designed and facilitated a team-building workshop for the Embassy of Switzerland in Tanzania. The assignment was complex as the team consists of a very diverse group of staff and […]

Werk, Participatie en Inkomen (Work, Participation and Income) has been reorganised into separate columns a few years back. Although this happened, common ground on the content of their work has not disappeared. That is why […]

Ok, so the policy has been written. But how do you add ‘oomph’ to it? How do you make sure that the enthusiasm felt by management and policymakers is that infectueus that it affects people in […]

The alliances of ‘Samen Werkt Het’ (Together It Works) and ‘Iedere Patient is Anders’ (Every Patient is Different) developed their Theories of Change facilitated by Hanne and Lisette and were awarded the highest quality scores of all grants in gender and […]

The Port of Amsterdam is dealing with major complex issues of this time, such as the depletion of natural resources, environmental pollution and climate change. At the same time, logistics chains, trade networks and regional economic […]

3 Million refugees in Twengea that Miristan and Praland refused to host, a late in the game reforestation project in Praland, and a robust collaboration between industry and government in Praland. These are just three […]

On Thursday June 29 Perspectivity organises a Train the Trainer session to facilitate the Perspectivity Challenge. The training offers Perspectivity game leaders and experienced facilitators the opportunity to facilitate new challenges. You can register for either the […]

On the 30th and 31st of March Lisette taught 10 participants the tricks of the facilitation trade. Fortunately, she did not have to do this by herself because in a training about facilitation, the group […]

As a follow-up to the multi-stakeholder lab ‘Meedoen Werkt’ (Participation Works) at the end of 2015, the whole stakeholder field came together again on the 12th of December 2016. The central question of the meeting […]

Check out the new Perspectivity Complexity Navigator: 9 building blocks for creating collective impact in complexity.  From our extended experience with social change, we have identified nine key elements for successful transformations. Each block is […]

Young academic researchers at the Rijksuniversiteit Groningen face fundamental challenges: how do I balance life and work? How do I find the funding for projects? How do I form a research group? 64 young researchers […]

“When you are stressed and nervous before a presentation, what can you tell yourself to get a better hand of the situation? Tell yourself, or better yet, imagine, visualise the following: Firstly, ‘You are welcome’. […]

On 3 April, 2017, Perspectivity hosted the Nexus! Challenge at Wharton’s Kleinman Center for Energy Policy. The Kleiman Center at Wharton focuses on Energy Policy Innovation and promotes its application—creating opportunities for students, researchers, and […]

We have organized 100+ Perspectivity Challenges in the last five years. In this period our Challenges were booked mostly as a standalone workshops. We see numerous recurring clients, which is a great indicator for the […]

Inspired by Holacracy, a governance system for self steering, Perspectivity is experimenting with a new form of organising ourselves: in circles. What does this imply? A circle is formed around a purpose domain, like Vitality […]

How do you keep improving in a world that is constantly on the move?  ‘Reflective Communication Scrum’, that is the name of the publication through which Betteke van Ruler, emeritus professor of communication science, introduced Scrum […]

It was a fabulous Spring day when a group of twenty open minded people gathered at Spring House in Amsterdam to try a Perspectivity Challenge. Some participants had heard of the climate game, others came […]

Karuna Foundation Nepal won the innovative practice award for Inspire2Care last, as one of the global practices in livelihood for persons with a disability. What does this mean in practice? Imagine you’re Ashley, working as […]

Blog by Michael Donnelly, Perspectivity Enterprise partner in Norther Ireland I see people in terms of dialogue and I believe that people are their talk This is a quote by Roddy Doyle, one of Ireland’s […]

Perspectivity started a CoBudget experiment. What does this mean? We all put money in the middle. We decide together how to spend it. We collaborate and make stuff happen. Everybody is invited to decide how we […]

In March of 2017 Jelle Troelstra (1967) joined as a partner of the Perspectivity Enterprise. Jelle has years of experiences as a consultant on issues relating to the physical environment.  He worked, for example, on […]

On the 14th of March, Perspectivity teamed up with Starters4Communities to facilitate one of their Young Changemakers Community events. Starters4Communities works on social innovation with people who are starting out on the labour market. For […]

“Wow I didn’t realise I can be so overwhelming!” The participant is literally and figuratively standing in the shoes of her manager, whose perspective is radically different from her own. Through this exercise she can […]

The world is on the move. Changes occur faster and faster and are influenced by many actors and factors simultaneously. It’s an illusion to think that you can continue to orchestrate the communication centrally. It takes […]

Available in English, Dutch and now also in Portuguese ( Realidade & Filosofia). Watch and learn about the ins and outs of Future Search – the award winning methodology that Perspectivity has successfully applied in […]

From Quantum Mechanics to Pippi Longstocking. A personal story of discovery about why we got confused – in the ‘war’ – as human beings. Why we fight and suppress, while we long for harmony. And […]

# 1woord (1 word) campaign launched on Twitter and near Amsterdam Central Station Starting March 1, anyone can share in 1 word – #1woord – what they desire after the elections. Because sometimes one word says […]

How do you learn Scrum? By doing it! Scrum theory can be explained quickly on the back of a notepad. But that does not help you to understand what an agile mindset can bring to your […]

Do you feel like you live in a social bubble? Do you ask yourself why polarisation is increasing in the world? And why more and more anti-movements are being set up around us? Do you […]

In ‘Wit is ook een kleur’ (White is a colour as well) Sunny Bergman shares her perspective on the complex issues that arise in today’s society. What is the deal with discrimination in the Netherlands? […]

Perspectivity’s complexity workshop has been elaborated into a one-day Leadership in Complexity training. The training has been delivered in-company several times in autumn 2016, amongst others for: A group of local government officials from Libanon, […]

The Model United Nations is an international organisation giving students an opportunity to develop dialogue skills through discussion, negotiation and debate centred around improving solutions for our global community. Perspectivity has been invited to create […]

In collaboration with the Public Policy Agency, Perspectivity organized a thought provoking evening to exchange ideas with Dr. Hannes Kunz. Hannes is the founder and director of the Institute for Integrated Economic Research (IIER), based in Switzerland. IIER […]

Spring House is the new Perspectivity home and hub in Amsterdam. Spring House is located on the IJ waterfront, right next to Central Station. Spring House is a club, a community and a physical building […]

On December 13th, Perspectivity joined the first ever co-creation session of The Spindle, both as participant and as facilitors. The Spindle connects Dutch and global innovators into a movement for inclusive, sustainable development. The Spindle is initiated by […]

From the 24th to 27th of November 2016, a group of young change makers from Palestine, Libya and Tunisia came together in Tunis for a regional exchange program organised by Cordaid and Human Security Collective. The […]

At Perspectivity we are fascinated by complexity. Every couple of months we organise an open workshop to share our knowledge and explore together what complexity means for our work. We also elaborate on the building blocks […]

With support from the Perspectivity network, multiple stakeholders recently spent three days in Ireland to learn more about Future Search. ‘Future Search‘ is a principle-based methodology for enabling multi-stakeholder engagement around complex issues. It is […]

Learning Experience (LX )Design can help shape the future of education by connecting the worlds of design and learning. It’s a combination of the creative and disruptive talents of designers with the passion and expertise […]

Making decisions is usually not automatic. Therefore, we often fall into the “pushing through” of a decision based on the majority with a lot of frustrations or we postpone the decision again until the next […]

By Yeming Rouw (The Spindle) On the 3rd of November, The Spindle hosted a lively kick-off event for the first ever Spindle Cycle: a four month cycle to boost ideas and innovations and to strengthen […]

Dear Perspectivity Friends, With a very warm welcome we would like you to join us in the celebration of Perspectivity 10 years mark on November the 5th. For this special occasion we have made the […]

Parts of inner city Belfast in Northern Ireland have an enduring legacy of deprivation from 30 years of civil war. Indices on socio-economic aspects of life demonstrate much poorer prospects than other places in the […]

Inhabitants, companies and government of the ClimateActive City in Twente are working together to preserve the quality of life in their residential area, which is being put under pressure by climate change. An issue that […]

“How do we realise an agile P&C team and how do we optimally contribute to strategic planning and control at Noorderpoort?” That is the central question for the Planning & Control (P&C) team of Noorderpoort, a […]

How is it going with child social services since the decentralisations in the social domain and the introduction of the Tailored Education Act (Wet Passend Onderwijs)? The municipal council of Maastricht wants get a better grip on the […]

During the last presidential elections, some men came up to me and told me “Here is some money and I will vote for you”. But this time I could read the ballot so I told […]

Imagine a very technical organization with employees aged 50+. Imagine that the majority will be retiring 10 years from now. How to manage the loss of information and knowledge leak? How to make that knowledge […]

Organisational change takes courage. Especially when you expect resistance and change fatigue. And even more so when the political reality dictates the goals. Shifting mindsets of client managers, organising the work differently, treating clients differently…. […]

Summary – Next Nexus! Session, 20 May 2016 Perspectivity has entered into a partnership with the Luc Hoffmann Institute, an independent research hub that works in partnership with the WWF, to accelerate research impact on […]

Laloux’ must-read (or should-have-read-by-now; it’s a 2014 publication) is what it claims to be: A guide to creating organisations inspired by the next stage of human consciousness. Studying organisations worldwide that independently explored new paradigms, […]

In collaboration with Enablement, Hanne Verhoeven trained 16 women of the Nepalese Women with a Disability Association (NDWA) as trainers and advocates for sexual and reproductive health and rights and food security.     It’s […]

The Perspectivity Tangram complexity tool has matured and we organised a workshop to celebrate this. The Dutch Ministry of Public Health, Welfare and Sport (VWS) was so kind to host the party. The Tangram is […]

My experience of a hackathon by Lisette Gast The Hague, 2nd – 7th October. There I was feeling honoured, as I was selected to be one of the hackers in the Hacking Elderly Care Hackathon. […]

Michiel Damoiseaux and Herman van der Meyden went to Nijenrode business school at October 6th for a Nexus! training. Nijenrode will use Nexus! as part of an executive education program this fall, during a module […]

Would you like to be able to figure out someone’s personality in just 5 minutes? Would you like to be able to see through a person to become a better mediator? What do your facial […]

Perspectivity embraces Restorative Circles as a way to deal with conflicts or tensions. The philosophy and approach, based on the ideas of Dominic Barter, are in line with the dialogue approach of Perspectivity. We explored […]

SunFunder with head quarters in San Fransisco, staff members spread all over the world and a regional office in Arusha Tanzania, finances solar beyond the grid. Over the next decade, solar energy will leapfrog the electricity […]

On 1 September, around 80 key stakeholders of the Palestinian agricultural sector agreed on a common ground for change towards a more innovative and sustained agricultural sector in Palestine. They had been working together during […]

Since this summer, Enterprise has a new partner: Anna Kogut. To learn more about her, her background, drive and inspiration, read her bio or send her an email.

My name is Sheriff Tabba and I am a Canadian Graduate Student currently pursuing a Master’s in Development Studies at the Institute of Social Studies in The Hague, The Netherlands. I lived in both Saudi […]

My name is Johanna Ulseth. I am currently pursuing my Master’s Degree at SIT (School for International Training) in Intercultural Service, Leadership, and Management, a flexible, self-designed program that allowed me to take classes on […]

Children speak the truth. In simple terms. In addition, children will inherit whatever today’s leaders decide to leave behind on planet Earth. What happens if we ask 10-year olds to reflect on the challenges of […]

Lisette Gast was invited by Border Sessions, the international festival on technology and society in The Hague, to speak about Sprockler and its innovative approach to data. Together with Jonne Catshoek, director of Elva Community […]

Stress release workshop with 14 women in asylum seekers center in Doetinchem facilitated by Han(ne).  More info?  Contact Han Verhoeven Training self care and trauma healing for refugees Refugees in the Netherlands and Perspectivity

Debt relief services are under development in Amsterdam. On the 30th of June, hundred professionals come together in the Tobacco Theater on the Nes to explore smarter collaboration together.  Central question: How can we, as professionals, work […]

This autumn it will be 10 years ago since Perspectivity was founded. Our movement has grown internationally and towards a strong, diverse and connected network. We are excited to celebrate our 10th anniversary together with […]

How can stories enable an NGO to monitor and show the impact of its work? That was the focus of the capacity training conducted at Caritas Egypt this June. Approximately 20 employees from all over […]

The communication department of the municipality of Oldambt wonders if they can use Scrum to distribute their work and share knowledge in the team. In a one-day workshop, the team is introduced to the principles of […]

The Perspectivity Public Health Challenge returned to the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine in May, a year after its inaugural launch. The Challenge is now a core part of the Masters of Public […]

On June 14, the new subsidy system for volunteer work was approved by the Maastricht city council, with “extensive compliments to everyone” by the council. The new regulation has been developed through a participatory process […]

Perspectivity takes over Dublin this July and you are invited! We have decided to make up to 8 grants available for the Future Search trainings organized in Dublin. You can apply for these awesome courses […]

Professionals involved in facilitating and coaching rural innovation from all over the world come to Wageningen to follow the ICRA ‘Facing Rural Innovation Challenges’ course. Part of this course focuses on facilitation and negotiation in […]

How can we make complexity work for us? This is the central question we explored on June 10, with 20 experienced professionals during the ‘For the love of complexity’ workshop in the Vechtclub in Utrecht. […]

On the 16th of June 2016, 70 people involved in day care and participation in Amsterdam come together for the follow-up of the participation lab.  Participants strengthen their networks, make new connections and work together […]

The human face speaks volumes. If you look at it factually, you’ll see more! During the Perspectivity Network Event on Saturday September the 17th, we will get to know the INSA method of non-verbal strategy […]

The municipality of Maastricht is strengthening the position of senior citizens with a positive approach to health.  More info?  Newspaper Seniorendialoog (in Dutch) Positive health Contact: Elien Rogaar

Government officials, ICT partners, trade unions representatives, senior and middle management as well as technical, commercial and support staff come together in Dar es Salaam in May 2016 to discuss the future of the Tanzanian […]

20 of the best and brightest graduate students in the Netherlands gathered at the Rijswijk offices at Tuesday 3rd May for a Shell in-house day. They are participating in the Best Graduate Game, organised by […]

By Petra de Boer The world is changing. With a flexible attitude we can respond better to changes. But that is not as easy as it sounds. Dare to experiment, preferably in real life. Greek […]

We would love to have you with us in Dublin to learn how to bring the whole system together to solve complex issues together. Most leaders today are confronted with two challenges: the reality of […]

Join the Perspectivity Breakfast Road Trip in Arnhem, The Hague or Amsterdam Are you being confronted with complex situations? Do you work together with other organisations? Do you want to share insights on complexity with a […]

The City of Amsterdam would like all of its citizen to participate in society; as a volunteer or in a job. The Pulse program -which started in 2015- activates citizens with a large distance to the […]

March 2016 saw the latest Public Health game challenge being played in Stourbridge, UK (the home of glass making). The 5 hour return train journey from London was worthwhile! Almost 50 General Practice doctor trainees […]

            I want to contribute To a Titanic shift at Caritas Egypt In which empathy and surrender Become tangibly The main modes of interaction.   In that totally different world, […]

The Perspectivity Nexus! challenge has so far been used with great success in three Resilience Garages that are organized to bring stakeholders together to improve the resilience of their cities. The Nexus! sessions took place […]

The Public Health Challenge was showcased to 14 players in Utrecht in late March. Many players had connections to the health sector and work in NGO’s, local government and a couple work in the field […]

You are at the start of a large, new innovation project. The ambition is clear, financing arranged, the team formed and the deadline set. But otherwise pretty much everything is still open. Where do you […]

Since two months more than 10.000 refugees have been staying in Idomeni, a refugee camp on the Greek-Macedonian border. Facilities at this camp fall below any decent standards of living. There is not enough food and far too few shower […]

More and more people are swimming in Amsterdam’s open water, but not always safely! The municipality, water board and province want to enable more possibilities to have a safe swim in Amsterdam’s open water. In […]

During our fifth presence at the Asia-Pacific Programme for Senior National Security Officers (APPSNO), Perspectivity hosted the ‘national security’ version of the Perspectivity Challenge. This conference is organised specifically for senior national security officers from […]

Eneco management has a vision: From central to local generation of energy; A more customer-oriented approach to the market. This vision leads to more responsibility for the employees of the power station in Utrecht, but […]

Events like the attacks in Brussels and Ankara, the fight against ISIS and the increasing numbers of refugees make the challenge we face in the field of peace and security very clear. That was partly […]

Last month 65 students aged 14-15 years from the British School in The Netherlands rose to the challenge and played the Climate Challenge. It was part of their Life Skills course which includes a topic […]

By Diederik Prakke Do you recognize the tension between wanting to call a spade a spade, while at the same time ensuring that nobody feels attacked or disrespected? Early March Perspectivity walked this tight rope […]

Do you ever wonder where the border lies between intuition and prejudice? Rightly so! We’re told to stop acting on false assumptions, but we’re also advised to trust our instincts, our gut. During Perspectivity’s Network […]

9 o’ clock, mondaymorning. The lecture room slowly filled with 60 just-out-of-bed students. The start of a new semester, what to expect? And then… Action time: they were flooded with information on the Perspectivity Challenge […]

The Young Shell crowd was most certainly impacted by both the game and the debrief session. Their discussions continued into Thursday night and through to lunch on Friday, and certainly will continue to ripple on. […]

We would like to invite you to experience the Public Health Challenge March 24 in Utrecht. This newly developed inspiring learning tool allows players to experience the realities of complex decision making to improve public […]

The next Network Event is already coming up on 5 & 6 February. Freek van der Pluijm, Tamar Harel & Christopher Baan have prepared a programme to discover personal stories of change. On Saturday we […]

After having started with full-time students from the HU University of Applied Sciences Utrecht last year, on Thursday night the 7th of January the Perspectivity Challenge was played with part-time students for the first time.  About […]

In the fall of 2015, the communication manager at Oikocredit International had heard about the use of Scrum for communication. She was eager to familiarize her team with this agile methodology to work on communication […]

While Planet Climate talks are going on in Paris, future leaders at AkzoNobel are being trained in Sustainability Policy. The Perspectivity Climate Game is the start of the second day of the module on sustainability. […]

The reform programme at Caritas Egypt is aimed at at strengthening the organisation and its people, to make it more sustainable and its work more visible in the world. The programme was designed and is implemented […]

Lisette Gast is working with RNW Media to develop their Theory of Change (ToC). In development cooperation, there are many interpretations of what a ToC entails. Below, Lisette shares her reflections:    “The world is […]

We, like many others, are touched by what is happening with refugees in Europe. We want to contribute our skills where the risk of polarisation is high and where conflicts arise. Since November, Perspectivity Enterprise […]

Hello, my name is Manpreet Kaur Juneja. The first time I played the Perspectivity Climate challenge in India, I spent whole evening thinking and reflecting upon my game. Although I started my game with a […]

How to design inspiring and sticky training courses and workshops? Perspectivity continuously searches for innovative and creative ways of learning that make learning both sustainable and joyful. Brain knowledge offers trainers and facilitators insight in […]

In October, Perspectivity’s storytelling tool Sprockler was invited to speak at the 2015 Forum Media and Development (FoME) Symposium hosted by Deutsche Welle (DW) Akademie in Bonn, Germany. The topic of this two-day conference was ‘Focus […]

One of the biggest challenges facing the earth is how to meet the energy needs of a growing global population while tackling climate change. There are no easy answers to this challenge. The world needs […]

A newly purchased clock asked the grandfather clock on the opposite wall “How long have you been here grandpa clock? It answered “I’ve been here for 20 years.” “Oh! Then to do the same I’ll […]

The course is a 3-day masterclass aimed at those who need to come up with responses to complex challenges – it will build understanding of the strategic and tactical aspects of creating these responses. The […]

Fear, terror and courage are all vivid in Nigeria. A longing for peace is what drives them. One of the most inspiring training trajectories that Hanne has designed and delivered was the “Common Cause for […]

Perspectivity is contributing with passion and compassion to the Women on the Frontline programme of the consortium of Hivos, Oxfam, PwC and IWPR. We feel inspired and challenged to contribute to achieving impact with this programme […]

Perspectivity, together with Responsible Tourism Tanzania designed and facilitated a training workshop to grow sustainable tourism. The objectives were to share knowledge and experience on sustainable tourism, to have been introduced to the certification system […]

In the morning of Saturday 28 November, people started dropping into the Seats2Meet building at Utrecht Central Station. They came to be trained in one of three Perspectivity Challenges that we have developed to let […]

During the latest Perspectivity event on November the 7th, Victor Lamme, a neuroscientist from the University of Amsterdam, took us on a journey into our brains. We explored the question of who the boss in […]

Perspectivity’s Han Verhoeven shares one of her most memorable experiences: One of my most memorable training trajectories was the interfaith dialogue training of trainers in Nigeria that I delivered with Henk van Apeldoorn. Nigeria has […]

Door Eva Oosterveld “Walking the Perspectivity Path. The power of dialogue.” Het boek dat Hans Keijzer schreef over zijn filosofie en zijn leven is zaterdag 19 september gepresenteerd in de Tolhuistuin in Amsterdam. Het was […]

Perspectivity had been invited for the 4th time to conduct a Perspectivity Challenge for the Fifth Asian Forum on Global Governance (AFGG) organised by Observer Research Foundation and ZEIT-Stiftung Ebelin in the Hyatt Regency Hotel […]

At Tuesday October 27th, Perspectivity delivered a session of Nexus!, the energy-water-food stress nexus board game, for the University of Maryland at the offices of the World Bank in Washington. A group of water and […]

October 22 we showed the new developed Perspectivity Challenges! The challenge developers  presented the new challenges and everybody played in two demo workshops. The event also included an update about recent developments. We will aim […]

Dear Perspectivity friends, We are very pleased to invite you to the upcoming Perspectivity Network Event at November 6 & 7 in Amsterdam. We have an exciting program lined up: a journey into our brain. […]

At October 28th, Perspectivity will deliver a session of Nexus!, the energy-water-food stress nexus board game, for the University of Maryland at the offices of the World Bank in Washington. Maryland professor Fernando Miralles-Wilhelm asked […]

Participation in Maastricht Han Rakels facilitated a few dialogue sessions to make new agreements about the role of community platforms and their collaboration with the community. During these meetings, people reflected on the status of […]

Online research agency The Brighthouse is building a consumer review site for Stichting Klantgericht Bouwen (Foundation for Consumer-friendly Construction). To work more closely as a team and to be able to better align their priorities with […]

Book tip from Herman van der Meyden There are plenty of books that discuss the evolution of mankind and it is not likely that Sapiens would have caught my attention in the bookstore. My colleague […]

The Perspectivity Enterprise is expanding! Three new faces have joined us since this summer and they are Cristien Temmink, Diederik Prakke and Maurice van Hoek. They bring fresh perspectives, new insights and a load of knowledge and […]

On the 24th of September more than 30 complexity-enthusiasts gathered in the Tolhuistuin in Amsterdam to exchange their experiences with working in complex settings. The Learning Exchange was organized for the second time, following a […]

When I joined Perspectivity as an intern in May 2015, my goal was to get more acquainted with the complexity of social issues. Through joining several Network and Enterprise meetings/events, I got a lot of […]

CSR Netherlands is the Centre of Excellence for Dutch companies that are striving towards corporate social responsibility. More than 2000 companies are affiliated with this networking organization, which is the biggest of its kind in […]

Deans and directors in the U4 Academic Leadership program met for the third time in this course. This time we spent three days in September 2015 at the historic University of Uppsala in Sweden. Quality and […]

We are all – to a lesser or to more extent – familiar with the Perspectivity Game. But did you already pick up the news that Perspectivity has brand new game challenges to offer? Does […]

August 2015 Monique Janmaat organized a follow up of the Appreciative Inquiry retreat held in sept. 2014 for the regional Steering Committee of the Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Plan of Action. The main objective of the workshop was to […]

As part of an institutional thematic week in The Hague, the entire staff of the Netherlands Institute for Multiparty Democracy participated in the Perspectivity Challenge, in which they took up the challenge of developing the […]

Together with FMO, Perspectivity conducted a workshop on complexity and sustainability in finance as part of the Goethe Business School talent programme for the Chinese Construction Bank. Our Chinese speaking participants familiarised themselves with insights […]

September 4-6, Festival for the Future took place in Auckland, New Zealand. Young (Social) Entrepreneurs, innovators and idealists were brought together over one weekend to explore the big issues of our time and get inspired […]

Last week the two-day training Facilitating Restorative Circles took place at Knowmads in Amsterdam. A group of nine people and two facilitators came together to learn more about this restorative technique. Restorative Circles is a […]

On Saturday the 19th of September, Hans Keijzer’s book: Walking the Perspectivity Path, was officially launched. The Tolhuistuin in Amsterdam was filled with close to 70 family members, friends and other people interested in Hans […]

Ever feel uncomfortable travelling alone as a woman? Is the idea of potential aggression or harassment holding you back from going on a trip by yourself? Perspectivity’s Hanne Verhoeven gives trainings about safety for female […]

After a reorganisation Amnesty Netherlands started a development process to make a fresh beginning. Hanne Verhoeven, Elien Rogaar and Michiel Damoiseaux helped shape and facilitate the process. During the development process a steering committee, from a […]

On the 18th of June approximately 70 people came together in De Nieuwe Liefde in Amsterdam for a next episode of improving the debt relief services in Amsterdam. The meeting is part of a programme […]

This was a long pending game session from Bangalore which couldn’t have been possible without the help of Amnesty International Bangalore. Inspite of an extremely rainy Saturday, 8 participants turned up for the open session. […]

Hello everyone! My name is Maria Rast and I’ve been an Intern at Perspectivity for almost 2 months now. I think a lot of you might know me from the Perspectivity Network Events, where I’ve […]

In October 2014 I started at Perspectivity as an intern. Having recently graduated in Anthropology of Development from the School of Oriental and African Studies in London, I was looking for a place where the […]

And become an agile organization How do you write a book with seven people? Scrum, of course – says Petra de Boer, co-author of the recently published “Scrum in action”. But what is Scrum actually […]

…broadens your world. When I started in September, I was 23, had just finished studying Human Movement Sciences six months earlier and wanted to do something meaningful. I hoped to learn a thing or two […]

National security is a complex domain encompassing matters ranging from the challenges of homeland security management, to designing coping strategies for a wide variety of traditional and non-traditional threats. National security, especially in a rapidly […]

A newspaper interview of Eneco’s CEO sparked the powerplant manager to engage his team in a strategic session. During the preparations it turned out that the power plants’ management team felt a great need to […]

Last October I facilitated a game session at the Sharing Week in Utrecht. Rachael was one of the participants, a New Zealand nurse who moved to the Netherlands. (And now co-developer of the Public Health […]

Increasing violence and conflict, the rise of extremist militant groups and regressive laws and regulation are making work more difficult and stressful for activists in the MENA region. On the 10th to the 12th of […]

Book tip from Monique Janmaat I like this book because it stimulated an inner dialogue within myself. It shares concepts and practices about leadership and dialogue that have been used and are still used on […]

Around 30 staff members of the German International Cooperation (GIZ) Tanzania participated in a participatory planning process. They interviewed each other about the successes of 2013 and identified the root causes of these successes. It gave […]

‘’Shell management firmly believes in the Perspectivity game to help Shell staff reflect on their work and business ethics’’, stated one of the organisers who had invited Felix, Sander and Henk on May 28th to […]

Perspectivity invites you to a special experience in the field of sustainability and cooperation. A game session with a powerful debrief to gain personal experience with the challenges that involve complex social situations. Download the […]

On the second day of the Perspectivity Network Event with the International Futures Forum (IFF) – a group of people with ideas very similar to Perspectivity’s -, we explored how we can grow our impact […]

The Perspectivity Network organized a new Event. This time we gathered at the Tolhuistuin in Amsterdam. 3 Members of the International futures Forum came from Scotland to play the World game with us. IFF is […]

Down the drain with the communication plan!  How often do you start making big, ambitious plans? How often do these plans lead to nothing? Down the drain with them! Scrum is a way of working […]

Thursday 7th May 2015 was the day millions of British people headed to the polling booth to vote as part of a complex decision making process; Britain’s leadership. Also on this day 70 Public Health […]

Hi all! After 3 months of internship at Perspectivity it is about time that I introduce myself. I am Thekla van Lingen, 23 years of age and since February I have been travelling from Wageningen […]

We are delighted to announce that the Perspectivity Network Event 29, 30 May 2015, will be run in partnership with the International Futures Forum. The International Futures Forum is based in Scotland and has a […]

On September 3 & 4, 2015 former judge Charlotte Keijzer and coach and mediator Carla Houben give a training in facilitating Restorative Circles. Restorative Circles are based on the restorative justice model developed by Dominic […]

Thirty forerunners in the field of social change came together at the Perspectivity Learning Exchange ‘Lost in Transformation’ in Amsterdam. To exchange experiences and think about complex issues they encounter in their day-to-day life. During […]

Scrum is hot, not just in IT but also in other fields it is rapidly on the rise. Why? Because it offers a very pragmatic method to achieve valuable results in less time, while having […]

Last Wednesday, a small crowd gathered in a wine shop in The Hague to run a test of the Perspectivity Public Health Challenge. The dynamics were good: lots of laughther, anger and frustration. Some useful […]

More than thirthy participants in the AKZO Nobel Graduate Development Program played the Perspectivity game. They were hosted by Erik, Freek en Michiel. These young professionals came from all over the world to take a deep […]

By Petra de Boer “We don’t live in an era of change, but in a change of era”, states Jan Rotmans, Professor of sustainable transitions and system innovations at the Erasmus University in Rotterdam in […]

Perspectivity Learning Exchange – Dinsdag 21 april Ben je vastgelopen in het doorvoeren van verandering ? Loop je op de troepen vooruit? Ervaar je jouw vraagstukken als complex? En kun je de wereld op z’n […]

On the 6th of March, the Department of Engineering and Architecture of Ghent University gathered to explore their future. In a ‘Teletijdscafé’ orchestrated by Han Rakels, faculty, staff and students brainstormed about engineering challenges and […]

During the CommunicationBreak on May 19 in Utrecht, the Netherlands, Petra de Boer offers a workshop on Communication Scrum. What is Scrum? Scrum is a smart way to organize projects and to quickly achieve visible […]

In January 2015 Michael Donnelly ran an all-day open game session in Dublin, Ireland with 24 participants. The day was built around the theme: Dealing with Complexity in Post-Recession Ireland. The morning session involved playing the […]

In Ireland, March 2015 Michael facilitated a collaboration meeting with Biodiversity experts from 10 Local Authorities. The meeting was organised to take a critical look at collaboration they had experienced in a EU funded cross […]

Hi my name is Martijn Hunter. I am 34 years old, happily married, and a father of two beautiful children. My whole life I have been very technically minded and I have followed, successfully, multiple […]

Perspectivity Enterprisers Han Rakels and Michiel Damoiseaux collaborated with the Human Security Collective (HSC) to develop a new Perspectivity Game: the Human Security Edition. HSC is a foundation with a strong background in Development, Conflict […]

Art of Hosting Societal Innovation How can we enable social innovators to unleash the power of collaboration towards stronger, more meaningful outcomes? How do we build an impact ecosystem? Learn how to increase your impact. […]

The Perspectivity Network invited Knowmads to facilitate its quarterly Network Event. In a full-day programme, four Knowmads tribe members took us through an action-learning experience to introduce us to their education philosophy. Knowmads is an […]

On February 3rd, the kick-off of the fully revised course Sustainable Business Management took place at the Utrecht University of Applied Sciences. Perspectivity was invited to host the climate game and seventy students in Technical […]

Scrum is a smart way of organising project teams that is gaining popularity outside of IT. This week, Jeff Sutherland, founder of Scrum, presented the Dutch version of his latest book Scrum: doing twice as […]

Knowmads business school is an international school where people from all over the world learn how to do business and work together. Business is all about interaction between people. Our focus is on learning by […]

Perspectivity and International Futures Forum (IFF) invite you to a one-day conversational seminar exploring how we can respond creatively to complexity in post recession Ireland. Read the flyer: Complexity in Ireland Seminar

The Board of the Perspectivity Foundation is please to welcome two new faces to take the Network further into 2015: Noor Buur en Pieter van den Wall Bake. Noor has been involved with Perspectivity for […]

It was during my student days in 2009 when I learned about the existence of Perspectivity. While studying human geography – in essence, how do groups of people relate to each other (over the earth) […]

What do Wau and Nova Iguacu in common? They are both affected by (armed) conflict and Perspectivity was asked to facilitate multi-stakeholder dialogues to reflect and plan for action. Lisette has been facilitating these processes, […]

In November 200 managers of the Netherlands Tax Authorities played the Perspectivity Game. In the beautiful scenery of the Railway Museum in Utrecht they played fanatic at 15 tables. Participants all work in the supply […]

In the summer of 2014 the new city council in Amsterdam selects three issues that require accelerated actions. One of the themes is debt relief. Following the ambitions set out in two policy labs, Perspectivity […]

Early February 2013 I was forwarded an invitation. No text involved, a simple forward, of an invitation to a train-the-trainer session of an NGO that, until then, I had actually never heard of… and instantly […]

Are you the type of person who has the potential to make a difference in our world? Do you have the courage to be a future leader or follower who will take a different approach […]

Edinburgh University is the location for the latest instalment of the expanding Perspectivity community. In November as part of the Universities Sustainable Economy Week, a group of international students organised a Train the Trainer Session […]

Coffee is everywhere today but some brands stand out strongly. Nespresso has been one of the coffee success stories of recent times and due to its success it is building new production facilities at Romont, […]

Getting to yes! The weekend of 17-19 October VVD international organized a negotiating training with (future) leaders of the Liberal party of Serbia, LDP. Mediation expert Felix Merks and VVD international toptrainer Kamran Ullah gave […]

On 11th November 2014, Perspectivity took part in a fascinating event – International City Podium in New Babylon Business Center (The Hague). Our interns took the flyers, the game and the banners to enthusiastically showcase […]

Embracing Conflict with Restorative Circles Our common response to conflict is punitive and retributive. It fosters emotion and anxiety. It sustains fixed positions and makes us blind for the perspective of our opponent. Dominic Barter […]

It is now five years Perspectivity has been running for the International Management at Cumberland Lodge for MSC Students from London School of Economics (LSE) with 40+ students each time. We based the design of […]

The University of Groningen is hosting the first seminar of the U4 Leadership Programme 2014-2016 . The University receives these days twenty board members and directors from Universities from the European partnership U4 ( Ghent […]

Two years ago, Deepali from United Nations University had played the Perspectivity Game at one of the open game sessions in London. By chance, Deepali connected back with Dharmesh to understand if the game would […]

This is the third time Perspectivity was invited for the Asian Forum for Global Governance which is an annual event organized by ORF. AFGG’14 was conducted by ORF in partnership with ZEIT-Stiftung Ebelin und Gerd […]

From October 8th until 15th it was Dutch Sharing Week. The purpose of this week was to make clear what we can actually share with each other. Many organisations and initiatives took their stage to […]

Workshop Restorative Circles and Installing a Restorative System by Charlotte Keijzer. Working as a judge Charlotte participated for years in a justice system that strongly fixes participants to their positions like victim, defendant or plaintiff, […]

Rani Temmink Age: 21 Nationality: Dutch Background: My name is Rani, which means Queen in Hindi. I grew up in Belgium but afterwards moved to India and later to Egypt. I am adopted from India […]

I am from Riga, Latvia’s capital city. What might be interesting to you about my home country is the beautiful coastline of Baltic Sea. There are also a lot of forests, which you can feel […]

Hi everyone! My name is Judith van der Leek and I am one of the new interns at Perspectivity. On Monday, Thursday and Friday I cycle to The Hague from Leiden where I live to […]

Hi, my name is Anne and I was described by fellow intern Judith as “an altruistic dancer with a great interest in development”. I think that is probably quite an apt description of myself, as I do like to […]

Martin Aleksandrov. Communication Intern at Perspectivity Age: 22 Nationality: Bulgarian At my internship I am developing mainly my graphic design skills. Creation of promotional materials, branding a product – ‘’Perspectivity Views’’ (coming out soon), communication […]

Hi colleagues, I’m pretty sure you all know who I am by now. I wish to send you all an update of my progress so far at Perspectivity. Firstly, I would like to add that […]

Hello once again! I’m one of the interns from the first batch, and I’ve been with Perspectivity since June – four months so far. During this period I’ve been mainly working on the Monitoring, Evaluation […]

Perspectivity consists of people dedicated to help building a sustainable society. We are convinced that with the knowledge, technology and resources available, there are fantastic opportunities for mankind to live and develop with meaning and […]

It was April 2012, when Perspectivity first got to me. Unsuspectingly, I went on a corporate get-away with my FMO (the Dutch development bank) colleagues to Texel. Just for fun – which was called ‘team-building’ […]

During the Dialogical Self Conference at the Hague University from 19 / 22 August Perspectivity organized two workshops this year, one about restorative circles and one about the Perspectivity Game and complexity thinking in practice. […]

By Jovan Ridder: Two years ago, one of us attended a Perspectivity Game session in Bangalore. By chance, the impact of this session stretched all the way to Edinburgh, where a clever game one of […]

Perspectivity game played with all teachers of the International School Moshi to start the new school year. Established in 1969 to serve the needs of the expatriate and local communities, the school has grown to […]

How clean are your clothes? The Perspectivity Garment Game promotes Fair Wages in the Textile Industry. Help us develop the Game by giving us your vote! Perspectivity is participating in the Living Wage Innovation Challenge […]

We searched for interns with the ambition and potential to make a difference, for future leaders and future followers who ask the question: how do we bring people together and unlock collective knowledge, passion and […]

Twice a year the partners in Perspectivity Enterprise get together for three days to share experiences, plan for the coming year, and spend time with each other. In darkest January all the Partners agreed to […]

Monday June 30 we hosted an open game session in Utrecht. Although the group was relatively small -only 13 players- it was extremely divers. Together we represented seven nationalities: American, Aruban, Bulgarian, Dutch, Lithuanian, Romanian […]

The UK’s second Perspectivity Game Train the Trainer saw 11 people from various backgrounds come together to do some learning on the 7th June. They ranged from an Australian Adaptive Leadership expert to 2 students […]

By Frans Ottenhof – I like to make people excited about the new “Leaders and Followers” program of the ‘Perspectivity Academy’. I think it’s a great program and everyone should experience it. I am happy […]

Thursday June 5th 2014: As part of the IFC ‘Annual Conference on SME Financing’ the Perspectivity Game was played at Dutch development bank FMO in The Hague (Netherlands). After a short introduction by Walter and […]

Politicians and managers face difficult dilemma’s every day. Choosing between sustainable growth or short-term results. Would you like to try to stand in the shoes of a world leader and see if things could be better? […]

Perspectivity Bangalore conducted an open-game session on the 24th of May. The game was played with 7 participants on one board, facilitated by Anubhav Khanduja. It was an interesting session primarily because of the flavor […]

Last weekend at the Perspectivity Network Event, Franciska Fleminger presented the Organisation Workshop, introducing Barry Oshry’s ideas on power and leadership. How to create productive partnerships The group learned how -and how not- to collaborate […]

The London Development Group has evolved from a review after our annual session of 40+ Students at London School of Economics at Cumberland Lodge near Windsor U.K. November 2013. Our initial inquiry was around ‘Building […]

InterFaith Activity and Partnership for Peace, IFAPP, Perspectivity partner in Nigeria, has advocated strongly against the recent Boko Haram attacks on innocent civilians on a bus station and against school girls being abducted. Mallam Nuruddeen Lemu […]

During the second on-site E-teacher training week in Jordan, Irbid University professors prepared E-teaching materials for their own classes. By using new technologies they aim to motivate and activate their students. In small work teams and […]

We are proud to bring to you The Organisation Workshop. This event will change your view on the roles within your organisation. You will gain new insights in how things function and how they can […]

Looking for new perspectives to change the world? Join us at Perspectivity. Master students or advanced bachelor students (third or fourth year) interested in the wide range of social, organisational and environmental sustainable development. If […]

Pieter facilitated the Perspectivity Game with the Cliniclowns – a Dutch foundation that provides clown-services for ill and/or handicapped children. In the context of a larger organisation-wide change process, the game was played by 18 […]

An inspiring and innovative programme – Leaders and Followers – will start September 2014. The first development programme of Perspectivity Academy offers new perspectives for ambitious people who want to make a difference in the […]

By Pieter van den Wall Bake – On March 20th Perspectivity facilitated the Perspectivity Game for the Student Association for International Relations (SIB) in Groningen. In the historical “Van Swinderen Huys” a group of 30 students gathered. The game was […]

Recently Perspectivity renewed its contact with Hubert Hermans, a retired Psychology Professor, who was a keynote speaker at a Network Event in the early days of Perspectivity. Hermans invited us to present Perspectivity on the 8th […]

On March 6th more than 200 managers of the Dutch Customs played the Perspectivity Game. The session took place in the congress centre NBC in Nieuwegein and is played under the guidance of 20 gameleaders […]

Around 30 staff of the German International Cooperation (GIZ) in Tanzania went to a participatory planning process. They interviewed each other about the successes of 2013 and identified the root causes of these successes. It […]

On March 4, Perspectivity partnered with Social Enterprise Research Center (SERC), a leading research organization in China focusing on local social enterprise research, education and training. Perspectivity hosted an Open Game session with 25 participants. […]

At the recent Perspectivity Network Event, guest speaker Zaïd Hassan from Reos partners shared his approach to solving our most complex social challenges. He calls it The Social Labs Revolution. In Hassan’s vision social issues ask for […]

On the 6th of March we will facilitate a large Perspectivity Game Event with 250 leaders of the Customs in the Netherlands. Because we need a lot of gameleaders for that event we arranged a […]

By Dharmesh Mistry – The Perspectivity Game has become a valued part of the London School of Economics (LSE) Retreat at Cumberland Lodge for MSc students of the Department for International Development. Our regular sessions […]

On Friday 21st of February Perspectivity was asked to facilitate a game session at a Foundation that has strong Rotterdam roots and focuses on supporting initiatives of local communities in the city. Every Friday morning […]

On 1 February, more than 120 people with a heart for volunteer work in Maastricht gathered in the city hall. Purpose: join forces to explore how Maastricht wants to shape its volunteer policy for the […]

By Lisette Gast – Last week I had the honour to be one of the facilitators of the Future Search organised by the Dutch development organisation Cordaid, more specifically the business unit Women Leadership. The […]

The staff of Yemen Ministry of Higher Education, nine women and one man, participated in a Future Search Training in Addis Ababa. The participants experienced a Future Search simulation during three days and used the […]

Bangalore stormed into the new year with a Perspectivity session on the 15th January. Starting with a welcome Jive, the 17 participants from the organisation played the game on one table, led by Anubhav Khanduja.The […]

In our new corporate identity we have developed a new flyer for the Perspectivity Game. You can download the Perspectivity Game Flyer (PDF) or go to the Game page for more information.

Last week, the Perspectivity E-teacher Training team was on site at Irbid University in Jordan. The 5-day program was quite disturbed by an unprecedented heavy snowstorm, which put the country to a halt. However, when […]

When asked to help with organising an energy event, Michael Donnelly of Perspectivity saw the opportunity to present a much bigger vision of sustainability to the managers of Newry Council. He proposed a Sustainable Living […]

In November Michael Donnelly from Perspectivity designed and facilitated a conference on Fuel Poverty hosted by the Fuel Poverty Coalition, a membership forum of 150 organisations united to tackle the complex issue of Fuel Poverty. […]

Facilitators of Perspectivity picked up the accompaniment of 10 trainers in interfaith dialogue organised by Lux Terra/ IFAPP from 25-28 November. They contextualised further to the Nigerian realities also based on their own experiences while […]

Ten more staff members of Christian Aid from all over the world are trained in gender and security issues from 28 October till 1 November in Bangkok by Perspectivity. The participants are now ready to […]

Our Perspectivity Game coordinator in China, Jean Chen, worked hard to get the Game translated in Chinese. People in China show a lot of interest in playing the Game but for great impact, it is […]

On 12 November 2013 an agreement was signed between CADER (Change Agent for Development and Education Reform) in Jordan and Perspectivity. The agreement concerns the successful new Perspectivity Programme “Inspiring Leaders and Talented Followers”, which […]

22 (senior) vice presidents of the Arab Bank, which has its head office in Jordan, took the Perspectivity Course “Inspiring Leaders and Talented Followers” at the Land Mark Hotel in Amman, from 9-12 November 2013. […]

Over seven years Perspectivity has been active in exploring dialogue and self-reflective learning methods that can take people facing complex situations.  To realize and celebrate that, a couple of network members gathered all kind of […]

Perspectivity is facilitating the E-teacher Training for 12 teachers of the Irbid University in Jordan. Today the three Perspectivity trainers (Petra de Boer, Maarten Bruns and Martin Bruggink) had the first intake conversations for the […]

Perspectivity designed and facilitated a 3-days workshop with 50 representatives of civil society organisations on building effective partnerships to strengthen civil society in Burundi. The role of CARE Burundi (organization fighting global poverty) is changing. […]

Over the last generations, our world has changed fundamentally. In short, from a small humanity on a big earth to a big humanity on a small earth. To cope with the challenges of this new […]

At October 16th, Bente Adriaans organized her first open game session at the Vrijstaat in Utrecht. 16 people were curious enough to find out what this Perspectivity Game is all about and played at two […]

On the 21st of October, Esther Foreman from The Social Change Agency will be running a Perspectivity Game at the Hub in Kings Cross (London) for social entrepreneurs. Join her for a night of complexity! […]

During the network event last weekend 4-5 October we were treated on a very nice exploration of complexity. As Perspectivity we say that we are working in complex settings, and we have described some characteristics […]

On the 16th of October we organize an open game session in the Netherlands, in Utrecht. Anybody who is interested in the Perspectivity Game is welcome to join. As a participant of the Perspectivity Game, […]

(Sorry, Dutch only) Project Management Bureau (PMB) Amsterdam speelde op 3 oktober de Perspectivity Game met drie tafels in het kader van de jaarlijks terugkerende assistentendag. De locatie was Cafe Pllek in het snel vernieuwende […]

In 2013 Perspectivity organised a workshop on innovative leadership in the recurring leadership programme organised by the Goethe Business School for their client, the Chinese Development Bank. In the workshop the participants were offered innovative […]

Perspectivity was asked to develop a new National Security edition of the Perspectivity Game for the National Security Coordination Secretariat in Singapore. The new game was played with over 200 people at 14 game tables […]

In Nigeria Perspectivity completes the first training for 15 participants from 5 organisations working on inter-faith dialogue. The programme consisted of 4 modules of 1 day each: complexity awareness, self-expression, appreciative understanding and sustainable peaceful […]

During the National Security Seminar in Singapore, Perspectivity facilitated a game session with the specially made National Security Edition of the Game. The National Security Coordination Secretariat requested this game which was a great success. […]

Through appreciative interviews the participants shared their success stories of sustainable practices in their hotels/lodges and tented camps. It was amazing how creative and knowledgeable people already are in (re)use of scarce resources. By collecting […]

At the upcoming Perspectivity Network Event we will be taken on a journey into complexity. The program is hosted by Han Rakels, who will help us to discover ánd experience what it means to understand what […]

In North-East India, the Women in Government Network are at the forefront of sharing their first results of the development of the Barometer for Women’s Peace and Security. The Barometer is a process that is […]

(Only Dutch) Op 11 september vond er op ROC Scalda te Vlissingen een groot Perspectivity Game event plaats. Het spel werd gespeeld in het kader van Sociale Innovatie wat onderdeel is van het Maintenance Education […]

The new workshop Sustainability will take place in Ireland on October 22, 2013. In this one-day workshop you will experience the art of collaborating for success. The workshop will be facilitated by Michael Donnelly. Collaboration […]

The Perspectivity Game was played as part of a 2-week training for bankers (central and commercial) from the developing countries. The program consisted of courses on “risk management” and a visit to the City in […]

A group of 24 young peacebuilders from 10 peace organisations from 5 West-African countries participated in the 5-day Care for a Common Cause training programme. Self-expression appeared to be a core quality of this vibrant […]

On 27th of July, the Perspectivity Game was played at the The Indus Entrepreneurs (TiE) Bangalore office. Although, the game was played with only eight participants, the broad variety of backgrounds really shaped the dynamics of […]

Ashridge House is a stately home near London that is now run by a charity that supports learning through educational programmes and a management consultancy. Their mission is to “develop managers’ knowledge, skills, behaviours and […]

Devon County Council’s “Create and Innovate” Programme is about “thinking differently facilitated through experimentation, discovery, play, learning and reflection.” Perspectivity was invited to support this goal and at a time where further significant budget cuts […]

The Generator is a co-work space which offers desk space but more importantly focuses on creating an open culture to foster collaboration between their clients which can lead to surprising innovations, mutual benefit and learning. […]

Students from Exeter returning to College after sitting their AS-Level exams welcomed the opportunity to participate in a learning opportunity with a difference! Even though attending College after exams was not compulsory, 33 students joined […]

Last weekend a Perspectivity Game session took place in Utrecht. A group volunteers played the game, including the new contributors of the Perspectivity Network: Bente Adriaens and Clara Elders. The session was very dynamic and […]

Perspectivity and the Human Security Collective are proud to present Care for a Common Cause, an innovative training for young community leaders working on complex security issues in high risk areas. During the training participants […]

The Perspectivity Game was played for the first time in Burundi. A group of 20 people of 4 Burundian NGO’s played the game as part of a leadership training. After a slow start of grasping […]

On May 30th the Perspectivity game was played at the Dutch Consulate in China. The game was played with two boards and a total of 32 participants. According to the organizer, Godie van de Paal […]

Early June 2013, the management team of Moivaro Lodges & Tented Camps identified what they value about themselves, their work and the Moivaro Group. They held Appreciative Inquiry interviews to explore past successes. Based on these […]

Perspectivity piloted with the ‘Inspiring Leaders and Talented Followers’ training in the Middle East and Gulf States. In this co-production with CADER 20 people participated from organisations including Zain, Arab Bank, Aramex, Nuqul Group, UNWRA, […]

As part of the Future Search process of IKV Pax Christi, a Dutch Peace Organisation, Perspectivity facilitated a World Café event on June 3rd 2013. The participatory event intensified the orientation of the organisation towards shared […]

This past weekend the Perspectivity network event took place at the Hoorneboeg in Hilversum. A successful meeting with a varied program and an interesting mix of people, including long active members as well as first […]

Thursday the 16th of May it was a big day in Arusha. 20 People joined in to play the Perspectivity Game, which was facilitated by Monique Janmaat from Perspectivity Enterprise and Tine Hemelings (independent consultant). […]

Another Open Game Session was held in Bengaluru on 11th May. 13 participants from very diverse backgrounds played the game on two tables with two recently arrived new game boards. It was the first time the […]

In April 2013, a group of 20 people of 4 Burundian NGO’s participated in Perspectivity’s leadership training and strategy development workshop. These were the first activities of an institutional capacity building programme under the umbrella […]

Since the autumn of 2012 Tom Hitchman and Dharmesh Mistry have been pursuing some Digital Marketing advice through Tom’s membership of the Social Entrepreneurs Club at PwC’s Centre for Social Impact in London. They are […]

The 18th of April Monique Janmaat facilitated two management feedback sessions for the German International Cooperation (GIZ) in Arusha, Tanzania. Based on anonymous questionnaires team members prepared positive and constructive feedback for their managers. During […]

Representatives from women networks and organisations in (post)conflict countries gathered in The Hague for a Future Search training. The training was organised by Cordaid and facilitated by Perspectivity. The women represented women’s rights organisations in […]

On the 15th of April we kicked of the evaluation (applying appreciative inquiry) of an impressive programme in Egypt, that once began in 1972 with illiteracy education for women in poor villages. Based on the […]

The first open session in Exeter was attended by a variety of people from local entrepreneurs to school children! We had 12 people play on 1 board and it was a typically lively game with […]

Perspectivity assisted in facilitating creative sessions during the NARIM-congress at April 18th. NARIM is the Dutch Association for Risk and Insurance Managers. The association represents 150 small and large companies, institutions and government agencies in […]

On April 9th 2013, Perspectivity was invited to Singapore to conduct a Perspectivity Game session for 80 participants of the Asia-Pacific Programme for Senior National Security Officers, a yearly conference organized by the Centre of Excellence […]

Perspectivity is delighted to announce details of a brand new training on Appreciative Inquiry to be held in Dublin in September 2013. The three-day course takes participants through a simulation exercise to create a genuine […]

In November, some 50 employees and clients of the Directorate for Pharmaceutical and Medical Technology reconvened for a day to reflect on the workings of “Inspiratine” – the naming of the change process for the […]

On march 14th, the Rotterdam Rabobank organised an Agora (market-place) for five selected artists. During the session artists were invited to pitch their product to a broad network. Violinist Melika Hadzic, was one of these […]

Perspectivity is applying Scrum. Both for our own planning and organisation and for clients. Scrum is a product development method that has it’s roots in the Software Business. More and more development teams got frustrated […]

On February 22nd, we facilitated a Training of Trainers session for John Clements Consultants (JCC) and Harvard Business Publishing (HBP) in the Far Eastern University in Makati, Metro Manila, Philippines. The day commenced with a […]

At February 28th, Perspectivity India hosted a Train-the-Trainer session in Bangalore. 6 people dived into the gaming experience, the theory behind the game and the broader context of what Perspectivity tries to achieve. We welcome […]

On March 9th, Han Verhoeven and Youssef Rahman hosted a Train-the-Trainer session for the Game in what’s become our regular Dutch hangout, Poort van Kleef in Utrecht. Herman ven der Meyden dropped by in the […]

The final 6 months of social innovation in professional education have arrived. After more than 2 years of efforts, the harvesting of results is the prime focus of the final phase. Applying ‘Appreciative Inquiry’ we […]

Perspectivity Enterprise was recently invited to make a formal presentation to the Change Management Team at Ireland Department for Social Protection. The Department has recently been restructuring with the merging of three major services under […]

Today the first workshop of a series took place to facilitate the development of a tailormade performance management system for Tanzania Natural Resource Forum (TNRF). Management and all staff were actively participating in understanding the concept […]

Last week the first module of the Perspectivity leadership training was conducted for managers from the Tanzanian Wildlife Division, Tanzanian National Park Authorities and Frankfurt Zoological Society. In order to preserve the beauty of Serengeti […]

“Political Maastricht is headed united towards the future. The entire council – a rarity – endorsed the economic vision the city has outlined for the next fifteen years.” Dagblad De Limburger, Thursday, February 21, 2013 […]

In January 2012 Elien Rogaar undertook an inception visit to Bujumbura, Burundi, to start working with four local NGO’s that are involved in the Peace under Construction programme, an initiative of The Hague Academy and […]

Perspectivity developed and organised a learning program for a group of master trainers of CADER, Change Agent for Arab Development and Education Reform in Jordan. The CADER group visited the Netherlands for 10 days and […]

In December 2012 Perspectivity UK played an open game session in Belfast, the first Open Game session in Ireland. The participants came from a diverse background – senior managers in the public sector, the private […]

On February 4-6, 2013 Perspectivity facilitated a Future Search Conference for IKV Pax Christi, entitled “Back to the Future – our added value in peace processes and how to strengthen that”. Half a year of […]

Perspectivity is involved in the reform of the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research of Yemen. Since former president Saleh was forced to step down, reforms re-started to take shape and this is one […]

The Research and Valorisation Centre of the State University of Groningen did a World Café facilitated by Perspectivity of the 15th of January. This fairly new department s the first port of call for researchers […]

On the first on January two new colleagues joined Perspectivity Enterprise. We are delighted that they join the team. Each comes with complementary expertise, energy and experience. Petra has as core business: spreading positive business. […]

From 10-12 January the entire leadership of Cordaid withdrew in a retreat house in Oostvoorne. These 25 people are jointly responsible for putting the new Cordaid into business. After a tough transition period a new […]

The Cordaid training Care for a Common Cause, finding a new perspective for youth engagement has been piloted in a regional conference of UNOY (United Network of Young Peacebuilders) from 2-4 December in Nairobi. It […]

In October 2012 a group of international experts in the field of women in conflict areas gathered together to study how women themselves take matters into their own hands when it comes to influence activities […]

During the CADER training “Talented followers and leaders” we were happy with the use of the Perspecitivity Game as an integral part of our training. All participants were able to reflect on their behaviour and […]

During the international SHE conference organised and hosted by DSM, Perspectivity was invited to facilitate the Game for 12 tables. At the end of the Game some tables were pleasantly surprised, some were wondering where […]

By Petra de Boer – In 2012, one year before I joined the Perspectivity Enterprise, I received an honorable mention in the essay competition of the Dutch National Rights Commissioner Alex Brenninkmeijer and daily newspaper NRC Next (May 2012). […]

Inspiring and connected, those are the feelings that prevail at the end of the two-day Nightingales Future Search that took place in South-Limburg. 52 Limburg leaders -including student, politicians, CEO’s and artists, gathered in Castle […]

At the International Future Search Learning Exchange in 2011, former Solvay Pharmaceuticals head of Production and Development – Gert Wentzel – shared his reflections on the Future Search trajectory that he led in 2007. As […]