In today’s increasingly complex world, it’s crucial for individuals and organizations from different fields and cultures to collaborate. New insights, essential for progress, often emerge in these border areas. However, successful collaboration in diverse environments only happens when team members approach differences with curiosity and openness, seeking to understand how and why others think and work in their unique ways.
In my role, I support (project) teams made up of professionals who, often unknowingly, operate with distinct values, perspectives, and work methods. This “moral diversity” can present challenges, but as a practical philosopher, I help transform misunderstandings, biases, or resistance into opportunities for creativity and inspiration.
About Me
My multidisciplinary background is, beyond doubt my greatest asset. I studied both medical biology and philosophy, and my dissertation focused on a pioneer of biotechnology (the mouse). Later, I explored business administration as both a researcher and consultant. In 2023, I completed a three-year program in professional communication (systemic work, NLP, and Transactional Analysis) at Phoenix.
Some refer to me as a “multipotentialite,” others as an “integrative thinker.” I am both.
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DE DAPPERE KIJKER (sorry only in Dutch) is for anyone who occasionally wonders: How do I actually know what the right thing to do is? How do I make the right choice in a difficult situation? Where do our morals come from? Or: what do I base my moral judgments on?
Using stories of heroes and villains from popular series, movies, and the Bible, I argue that we learn more from watching Netflix than from reading (dead) philosophers. Stories, unlike philosophical texts, are essential for developing morality. Fictional characters are collectively owned—everyone knows them or can get to know them. This makes meaningful conversations about their actions possible. Why are some actions merely foolish, while others are outright immoral?