Ineke Vermeulen

We like to think that groups/teams outperform individuals, yet there is more to it than that to make a team positive, efficient and performing. It is more than luck and "chemistry", although it may prove very hard to put our fingers on what is causing this. I shed some light on common pitfalls of teams and possibilities to create true "dream-teams".

This talk is a compilation of topics from the areas of group/team behavior, entrepreneurship and intercultural communication. I call it "Intercultural Business Dynamics" .
It will give participants insight about the magic that makes businesses thrive in an international context - whether as a one-(wo)man show, or as a large corporation - understanding differences in approaches to things like decision making, negotiating and conflict resolution go a very long way.

In this talk, I show the audience the difference between a list of events and story. With this premise, it becomes easier for an audience to understand how stories are built and how, when you look more closely, everything contains the seeds of a story. Or rather: Everything Is Story.
Many people think that their lives are average, that their jobs are very much only about facts and figures, about numbers, products and services. Yet, when we look a bit closer, even the most boring list of bullets can contain the kernel of a story. With lots of examples, I will show people how any set of events can be turned into a hero story. I will uncover the mystery of zoom: zooming in or zooming out to uncover either the micro- or the meta-story. When you walk home after this talk, you will already begin to see things, and yourself, with different eyes.