Before The Weekend #15 — Do we need a little more hakuna matata — 25 February 2022

I’m spending some time in Zanzibar and one thing I’ve noticed, is just how often you hear the phrase “hakuna matata”. As these things often do, it made me think about how […]

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Boris Johnson: a sad example of poor leadership

After yet another scandal, and yet another apology, time to reflect about the non sense of the Boris Johnson leadership. I am wondering how little exemplary leadership a leader of the level of a prime minister can have until it’s end of story.

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GINPI welcomes Johan Van den Branden as Executive Director as of Oct 1st, 2021

The Global Inspiration & Noble Purpose Institute (GINPI), the boutique advisory firm founded in 2010 by noble purpose entrepreneur-investor-solutionist-author Olivier Onghena-‘t Hooft, is thrilled to have Johan join as part of the […]

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The smallest investment for the biggest profit

In the second edition of BNP’s private banking magazine “Vision”, you can read a short piece about Noble Purpose and its benefits for entrepreneurs and leaders. How one small investment can pay […]

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How to become rich: Dossiers Tabous 17/11 on RTL

On Wednesday 17 November, I shared my ideas on success and Noble Purpose in the RTL documentary “Dossiers Tabous”. If you want to find out what I have to say on topics […]

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Join me at the ELP Leadership Dialogue

Monday September 6th at the De Kazerne Eindhoven, you can join me for a short talk and guided rountable session on Purpose. It’ll be great to be able to speak to people […]

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Interview HR Square

In the most recent edition of HR Square, I got to present the concept of Noble Purpose. We talked in particular about the transformation we achieved at the Spanish pharmaceutical company Almirall. You […]

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Before The Weekend #13 — Reconnecting with our divine self — 23 July 2021

I’ve spent the last few days touring Meteora in Greece and it inspired some thoughts on the place of divinity in our lives. What is the role of spirituality in this material […]

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Before The Weekend #12 — Beauty — 2 July 2021

As I was working in this wonderful location: La Ramée, an abbey in Wallonia, it struck me that today’s Before The Weekend should be about beauty. Feel free to share your own […]

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Before The Weekend #11 — Political Leadership — 25 June 2021

Political leaders have the obligation to serve Humankind, society, and the world, and not themselves or their own interests, their own dogmas, their own party. This is the focus of this week’s Before […]

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Before The Weekend #10 — The Beauty of Life — 28 May 2021

This week, in the 10th Before The Weekend, I wanted to do something special. A deep-dive into only one topic: the beauty of Life. Since The Book of Noble Purpose came out, […]

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Before The Weekend #09 — 21 May 2021

Should we waive patents for COVID vaccines? Do power and corruption go hand in hand? Why are we afraid of people who are different? I was in a very philosophical mood this […]

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