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Susie M. Lee
Client innovation officer
SVP, Degreed, USA
“In today’s fast-paced world, mastering the skill of curiosity is essential. The excellent work by Stefaan and the Curiosity Institute reminds us that our curiosity about the world, others, and especially ourselves distinguishes us.
This mindset fuels innovation and fosters a commitment to lifelong learning. Thank you for sharing your masterclass with our global customers and colleagues!”
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Kent Skovsager
VP Finance - Arla Europe, Denmark
“ Thanks Stefaan for a great presentation and facilitation of discussions around the theme of curiosity at our Finance event. Participants' feedback was really high with an average satisfaction score of 4,25 (out of 5), and statements like: 'Curiosity topic really good, nice combination of listen and discuss." You landed this concept really well with the team and it will be a focus area and part of our vocabulary going forward. ”
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Gary Leeds
Head of Finance Operations
Legal and General, UK
“Stefaan led an excellent session about curiosity. Stefaan's engaging style was both entertaining and insightful, resulting in everyone thoroughly enjoying the session and keen to explore the subject further. Thank you again for visiting and leading such a rewarding session."
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Arthi Rabikrisson
Award winning executive coach
Founder of Prerna Advisory
South Africa
“Joining the Global Curiosity Institute's masterclass (in October 2023) has left me motivated to remain curious and playful in my exploration of self, others and the world. For my work as a coach, it has provided me with an additional map to enable my clients' own curiosity and awareness to deepen further. With gratitude to Stefaan and Clare for the privilege to learn and grow”
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Lindsay Y Burr
CEO - The Yarbrough group
USA
“I have been loving the Global Curiosity Institute Masterclass on curiosity. Stefaan van Hooydonk and Clare Inkster have been amazing guides with concrete language and action to inspire curiosity.”
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Eilidh Shaw
Human Resources Leader -
Champion X, USA
“I thoroughly enjoyed learning how a curiosity mindset can improve the well being of people and organisations; and as a result make the world a better place!”
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Hakan Karden
Marketing Director - Eurostep Group
“Stefaan kicked off day two with a truly inspiring presentation about curiosity and injected a lot of energy into the conference. Perfect for the start of day two. Thanks Stefaan for your great contribution.”
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Emma Adderley
Senior Human Development Consultant - Legal and General
“Thank you Stefaan for a brilliant and engaging discussion around 'curiosity'. the use of the word has increased but what does it actually mean and what can we do to build out our curiosity, you brought this to life. The session was really engaging and thought-provoking and the use of the diagnostic really brought it to life for our participants. Your session has gone down brilliantly with everyone talking and asking the right questions at lunch. I heard many people say how they can use this thinking not only at work, but in their personal lives also.”
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Matt Stone
CEO - BehavioralOS®
“I had the pleasure of attending Global Curiosity Institute’s masterclass on curiosity, facilitated by Stefaan van Hooydonk and Clare Inkster. The class offered a chance to think about curiosity as a practice. In a world increasingly run by AI and algorithms, Curiosity offers leaders a critical framework for leveraging our humanity to learn and grow from one another. For such a small time investment, the masterclass delivered big value.”
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Tim Darling
Senior Learning & Development Manager - SPEEXX
“Thank you for your great talk at our Speexx Exchange As many of my colleagues will testify, I can be quite critical and demanding when it comes to trainers/coaches/hosts/speakers, and so it’s only fair that I also voice my appreciation when I see a talk which is brilliantly delivered. You had me hooked after two minutes and I was sad when the 90 minutes were over. Thank you very much for that!”
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Loes Jacobs
Field Marketeer - Goodhabitz
“We invited GCI to our GoodHabitz Event about workplace curiosity as we thought they would be the perfect fit for HR and L&D professionals. And we were completely right! Our audience was inspired by Stefaan’s insights, triggered by his questions, and went home with brand new ideas on how to motivate colleagues to stay curious and to keep learning. We would definitely recommend GCI for any future events.”
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Donald H. Taylor
Chair of London Technology Conference
“Stefaan has proven an excellent speaker choice at the events I chair. He is clearly deeply knowledgeable about workplace curiosity and is able to share his expertise in an engaging way with his audience. He backs this up with his global experience as a Chief Learning Officer in large corporations, which provides real gravitas and credibility. There's no doubt that Stefaan is providing leading thinking and practice in this field and I have no hesitation in recommending him.”
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Ed Rodriguez
Financial Services Professionals
- The Piedmont Group, Atlanta
“Thank you Stefaan for a great presentation. I think you challenged everyone this morning to use more brain power than they were anticipating b4 a long 3-day weekend. But I'm glad you did.”
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Ursula Lentine
Spiritual Advisor and Healer
“I enjoyed you and your presentation so much that I posted your website on my linked in page. Thank you for all the work you have done to make us more naturally human again!!!”
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Diane Nix
Independent Coach - Medifast, Inc
“Loved your presentation and learned a great deal this morning! Thank you Stefaan!"
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Joao Gunther Amaralj
Board member and CDO - Sonae
“Dear Stefaan, your words and insights were truly motivating and set a great tone for the years to come.”
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Camiel Gielkens
CEO - Schouten & Nelissen Group
“We have invited Stefaan for multiple client events and each time the participants strengthened their muscles to be curious, gained new insights, and walked away with a lot of inspiration to make the world more curious. And that's exactly what we need at this moment in time.”
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Rita Vanhauwenhuyse
Vice President - Executive Networks
“Super thanks for a truly inspiring, enriching, and thought-provoking session.”
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Saurav Jaiswal
Founder and Managing Director -
Innostrat Technologies
“Your session was the most insightful at the London Learning Technologies 2022 conference.”
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Joyce Beerens
HR Business Partner - Stamicarbon
“Thank you for your inspirational story and provide us with a lot of insights and let us challenge our own curiosity. It was an energetic start for a great day for our team!”
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Hoda Nagah
Head of Global Programming - ATD
“Your opening session at the ATD inaugural Kuwait Conference was a great value-add to our conference, and top-rated by the audience. I look forward to collaborating with you for ATD’s future projects.”
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Jodi Mulholland
Educational Consultant and owner -
Together We Thrive LLC, USA
“I am thrilled to have taken the Global Curiosity Institute Masterclass on curiosity! Stefaan van Hooydonk and Clare Inkster, you truly are amazing guides! The tools and processes for fostering curiosity and boosting team functionality are pure gold! This Masterclass offers a fantastic assessment for both individuals and teams.”
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Ana Maria Fonseca
Talent Development Manager
- ChampionX
“I want to express my gratitude for the amazing sessions we had during the 4 week curiosity masterclass at the Global Curiosity Institute. I am still reviewing and working on the activities on the app'; all are super useful. Thank you so much for your beautiful effort to boost our individual curiosity.”
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Mette Bak Madsen
Senior People Development Consultant - Arla Foods
“In Arla Foods, we worked with Global Curiosity Institute (and Stefaan) to deliver a masterclass on Arla culture and curiosity. We took a co-creative and flexible approach to designing and tailoring the company-wide masterclass. Stefaan was a delight to work with and clearly very knowledgeable about the ins and outs of workplace curiosity.
Feedback from across the company was extremely positive, and as such, our masterclass (and Stefaan’s) contribution have laid the foundation for cultivation of our workplace curiosity going forward.”
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Tim Darling
Senior Learning and Development Manager
SPEEXX
Stefaan van Hooydonk kicked off our Feedback Culture workshop series at Speexx with an outstanding workshop on "The Power of Curiosity" 👏 As one participant put it: "Such an important, powerful message, clearly and succinctly delivered." Couldn't have said it better myself! Thank you Stefaan!
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Ulrik Juul Christensen
Executive Chairman
- Area9 group
“Working with Stefaan and the Global Curiosity Institute has given us the opportunity to discuss and reflect on curiosity and how to become even more deliberate about stimulating and encouraging curiosity.”
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Clement Verna
Manager - Red hat
“It has been a great pleasure to work with Stefaan an his team. He gave our management team about curiosity and why it matters, followed by a personal coaching session. As a manager, Stefaan helped me understand how I van be more intentional about curiosity and how it also can have an impact on my team. I took away many insights that will help us to be more curious, creative and innovatitve”
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Charley Brady
Vice - President, Investor Relations
KORE
"Fantastic presentation this morning
Stefaan, I loved your keynote presentation on the Kettering friday call this morning. It was super informative and interesting. Thank you for sharing your insights with us. I also took your diagnostic and found it very insightful."
Eric Meylemans
Co-founder
OkiOki
“ Stefaan gave 5 keynotes in a row for our accounting audience. He doesn’t only bring some intriguing and sometimes confronting insights on the table, with his natural flair, he also knows how to entertain.”
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Kristel Hermans
Co-founder
Intellifin
“ Stefaan has the ability to engage an entire room with his story. A blend of intriguing questions, statements, scientific insights, and societal developments make for an engaging keynote. We enjoyed Stefaan's interactive, serious, and humorous keynote.”
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