thought leaders

Human Nature Forecast: The C2B Revolution

In the eighth episode of our Human Nature Forecast series Robert van Meer and Tim Meuleman share their thoughts about the role of 'human nature' in crowdsourcing.

By Tim Jansen on November 23, 2011

Human Nature Forecast: Roos Vonk

In the 7th Human Nature Forecast, social psychologist Roos Vonk talks about what it truly means to be yourself, as an animal in an ego-society.

By Sanne van der Beek on November 20, 2011

Human Nature Forecast: Daan Witteveen on Innovation

In this 6th episode of the Human Nature Forecast series we explore how technology enables people to collaborate and innovate with Deloitte's Daan Witteveen.

By Lieke Voermans on November 15, 2011

Human Nature Forecast: Fail, or fail harder

Tim Harford spoke at TEDGlobal 2011 and pleads to embrace experimental research. Read on to find out why failure is the playing field for success.

By Barbara Putman Cram… on November 8, 2011

Human Nature Forecast: Koert van Mensvoort

Design philosopher Koert van Mensvoort explores the boundaries between nature and culture and investigates the influence of technology in this Human Nature Forecast.

By Sanne van der Beek on November 7, 2011

Human Nature Forecast: Karin de Groot

In the third episode of our Human Nature Forecast series tv producer Karin de Groot tells us what ‘human nature’ means to her work behind the scenes of series, shows and screenplays. Karin de Groot is producer at IDTV, an independent product

By Mara van Barneveld on November 2, 2011

Human Nature Forecast: Question the unquestioned

Human Nature does not only speak to the mind of brain researchers, android-fanatics and behavioral economists. Instead, it is also at the very heart of most people working in trend research. Shari Swan is one of them.

By Barbara Putman Cram… on October 31, 2011

Human Nature Forecast: Rop Gonggrijp

In the first episode of our Human Nature Forecast, Internet expert Rop Gonggrijp tells us how the Internet has affected human beings.

By Jasper Bergink on October 18, 2011

TEDxAmsterdam Thought Leaders #3: Claire Boonstra on tech innovation

TEDxAmsterdam Thought Leaders is designed as a ‘deep dive’ into the worlds that TED loves – namely technology, entertainment and design. But since TED has expanded since it first established itself as ‘the ultimate brain spa

By Sasha Naod on November 21, 2010

TEDxAmsterdam Thought Leaders #1: Robbert Dijkgraaf

Today we’re excited to launch the TEDxAmsterdam Thought Leaders series. It’s designed as a ‘deep dive’ into the worlds that TED loves – namely technology, entertainment and design. But since TED has expanded since it fi

By Sasha Naod on November 2, 2010