
Docent / Teacher at Hogeschool Utrecht
Eindhoven Area, Netherlands

Docent / Teacher at Hogeschool Utrecht
Eindhoven Area, Netherlands
I'm a quick learner, and a good listener and I have a talent for making connections. Connections between cause and effect, between theories, and between people. I'm deeply interested in what motivates people in doing what they do, and why they do it (or why they don't). I like discovering what the different definitions for success are from person to person, and what strategies they use to attain it. You'll find me asking questions in our conversations, and in doing so I tend to help people in their learning processes.
I'm also a fairly active blogger. It's an activity that allows me to combine my passion for writing, internet, and graphic design. My blog is a living memoir of my learning processes, and as such I have developed a writing style that's best described as a mix between educational and autobiographical writing. The topics I write about focus on achieving goals, self improvement and communication (because these are the ones I'm interested in and want to learn more about).
In recent years I have also developed a special interest for marketing and branding. I don't have an extensive experience in both fields, as I have mainly worked in jobs that were behind the scenes (keeping promises instead of making them). But if the front-end doesn't perform well, the back-end will be out of business too (a lot of companies are experiencing that right now, don't you think?). I'm still very much learning, but it's also time to get my hands dirty and do some work in this field (something more substantial than marketing a blog).
Blogging, Writing, Marketing, Branding, NLP, Goal setting, Communication, Coaching, Learning
(Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)
September 2009 — Present (3 months)
Teaching and coaching students at the Institute for Business Engineering .
(Education Management industry)
September 2008 — Present (1 year 3 months)
De Inspiratiekamer is a network for creatively inclined minds seeking cooperation in expanding their and other people's views on reality.
(Online Media industry)
July 2008 — Present (1 year 5 months)
Six Weeks is a combination of an online media company and an educational services company.
Current activities include:
- How to be be an Original (blog) http://blog.lodewijkvdb.com
- Scraping Pennies (blog) http://scrapingpennies.com
- Personal Core Values (eBook) http://personal-core-values.com
(Privately Held; Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing industry)
December 2007 — June 2009 (1 year 7 months)
Leading a project for integrating different offices into one enterprise solution.
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing industry)
January 2004 — December 2007 (4 years )
Responsible for operations (production and supply chain management) at the Adimec headquarters in Eindhoven, the Netherlands. Operations supplies all products for Adimec worldwide.
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Management Consulting industry)
August 2002 — November 2003 (1 year 4 months)
(Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Staffing and Recruiting industry)
January 2000 — March 2002 (2 years 3 months)
I worked as a management trainee during my time at Ormit. This management traineeship is based on 4 projects at different companies (participants in the Ormit-network), combined with intensive training and coaching. I worked in projects at the following companies:
- Essent Kabelcom (projectmember, ICT project)
- NOB Dutch Broadcasting (projectmanager, Rental Logistics)
- Rabobank Nederland (projectmanager, knowledge management)
- Rabobank Nederland (projectmember, ICT project)
Masters , Industrial Engineering & Management Sciences , September 1994 — November 1999
VWO , 1988 — 1994
Blogging, Writing, Internet, Graphic Design, Presentations, Public Speaking, Creativity, Marketing, Personal Development, NLP, Running