Sebastian Hamers is CEO at Human Insight and has spent years helping organisations understand the human side of performance. He works at the intersection of leadership, cognitive diversity and organisational development — and brings that same perspective to the way he hosts the afternoon: sharp, structured and focused on what actually matters.

Sterre Harrison is Manager Talent Development at the Rijksmuseum — an organisation that continually navigates the balance between heritage and reinvention. Her work focuses on how people, leadership and culture can evolve together in a changing environment.

At the symposium, she shares her perspective on what modern leadership genuinely requires: not just strong direction from the top, but leadership that flows through the entire organisation — and the cultural conditions that make that possible.

Thierry Schout is CTO at Human Insight. With a background in AI strategy, software architecture and data-driven HR tools, he brings a grounded, practical perspective on where technology and talent intersect.

His session explores how AI is already reshaping talent development — from smarter hiring decisions to scalable, personalised learning. The focus is not on technology for its own sake, but on how organisations can use it to make better people decisions while keeping the human element firmly in place.

Richard Robertson is a specialist in strategic talent management and organisational development. He helps organisations connect people strategy to business performance through sharper workforce planning, clearer role design and stronger organisational alignment.

In this session, he explores how HR can shift from reactive execution to proactive strategy — and what it takes to build the structures and foresight that make HR a genuine driver of long-term business direction.

🇳🇱 This session is held in Dutch.

Chris de Jong is former CPO at Voerman Group and haptonomist. That combination shapes the way he looks at organisations: he believes awareness and genuine connection are the foundation of any work model that truly functions, especially now that AI and technology bring more speed, more input and more distraction into the working environment.

For Chris, new work models are not primarily about structure or efficiency. They are about people: how they experience change, how they stay focused and how they remain connected to themselves, to their colleagues and to their work.

"Organisations grow because people grow. Organisations change because they become aware."