‘Mash Up’ to strengthen the National Food Agenda
During a ‘Mash Up’ Meeting on Thursday April 20th representatives of local, regional and national governments joined up with Food Valley NL and various agrifood companies to strengthen the National Food Agenda. FreeUp helped to develop and execute the process for this Mash Up, in such a way that the participants, coming from different backgrounds, could share, explore and develop insights effectively in quite a short time. The use of creative tools, designed for the event, helped to bring thoughts and ideas together. Sacha Kramer was the process lead and she also did the overall facilitation...
read moreGame-changing teams for transformational change
Not everyone is a game changer but everyone can make a game-changing contribution. FreeUp’s co-creation team includes all game-changing roles, including the key role of the “Play Maker”. Here is a summary of an inspiring report commissioned by eg.1: “The DNA of a game-changing team”. Many organisations are driving their vision through innovation, often in quite a controlled way, by investing in innovation hubs, labs, processes and programmes. However, in order to survive and succeed over the long-term, organisations must consider the challenge of re-defining themselves and the ways in...
read moreExplorations of perception & expression
In the last week of April, Liesbeth was co-teaching the programme “True Perception, Authentic Gesture”, together with artists Herbert Elsky and Fatou Traoré. With a group of 20 people from various parts of the world, we went through a week of creative exploration, using movement, painting, object arranging, voice and writing, among other modes. And we were enjoying the nature in the beautiful setting of Dechen Chöling, a retreat centre in the Limousin, France. The programme was based on ‘Dharma Art’; investigating how we are creating ourselves each moment, the artistry of life itself, how we...
read moreStrengthening the co-creation team
As innovation and co-creation team, the ways of working and the network of professionals always keep developing and expanding. In collaboration with Lingo Tours for the creative mind, FreeUp moved into a new office space on the 3rd of March. Together we are working on the interior to make it an enjoyable and healthy co-creative environment. It is still work in progress, but it already feels great! Another development project, started by co-workers Liesbeth, Marlies and Jacomine, is exploring the possibilities of establishing a new legal entity as co-op, so that we can strengthen our...
read moreConnecting the thinkers and the doers
On 19th of January, Marlies en Liesbeth visited Infratech2017, in Ahoy, Rotterdam, invited by Maurits Lopes Cardozo of Bikeminded, a design consulting studio specialised in bicycle infrastructures, active mobility and urban innovation. At Infratech, we spent a lot of time at the ‘Provincieboulevard’, where the cooperating provincial governments of the Netherlands shared their innovation projects, programmes and challenges. Facing the interrelated challenges of infrastructural projects, sustainability targets, nature preservation and social issues, many provincial governments are looking for...
read moreBuilding trust – the key ingredient
On 23rd of November, Liesbeth, Marlies and Rikjan took part in the ‘Kantoor vol Energie’ EET-café (“Office full of energy Excellent Expert Team (EET)” in Rotterdam. A gathering of forerunners in the development of energy neutral buildings and infrastructure. Jaap Strating, procurement officer of the city of Eindhoven, presented our project ’the smart way towards sustainable municipal buildings’. With the core team we developed a new way of working that allows for maximum sustainability by optimally building on the qualities and the innovative solutions brought in by the different...
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