The Shift: Future of Collaboration, Leadership between Panic & Promise & Closing Drinks
Session Overview
The Shift: Future of Collaboration, Leadership between Panic & Promise & Closing Drinks
17:45 - 18:45 Future of Collaboration: Designed to Fail: Why Collaboration Never Scales — and How to Fix It
Everyone wants collaboration. Few systems actually support it. This session dissects why collaboration breaks down and how to redesign incentives structures and trust.
19:00 - 20:00 Leadership between Panic and Promise
Narratives shape both history and future. In this session you will experience the Power of Positive Polarization. This is an active participatory format that challenges assumptions.
20:00 - 21:00 Closing & Drinks
The conversations don't end here. They begin over drinks new connections and the shared commitment to turn microshifts into macro impact.
Future of Collaboration: Designed to Fail: Why Collaboration Never Scales — and How to Fix It
System Shifters Unite! Everyone wants collaboration. Few systems actually support it. This session dissects why collaboration breaks down — and how to redesign incentives, structures, and trust so collective impact becomes possible.
Host / Speakers
Tina Stroobandt — System Shifter
Simon Abboud — YSPA – Youth SuperPower Activation
Artemis Kubala — We Are Impact Collective, Speaking Bug
Siema Ramdas — Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam and Developer MIXED model
Saïda Sakali — Senior Project Coordinator, Philanthropy, Systems Thinking & Social Innovation King Baudouin Foundation
Leadership between Panic and Promise. Narratives shape both history and future. Experience the Power of Positive Polarization.
Narratives shape both history and future. In this session you will experience the Power of Positive Polarization. This is not a panel discussion, but a revealing way of having courageous conversations. An active, participatory format that challenges assumptions and invites real dialogue. The time for hiding is over. Be part of the solution. Be part of the conversation. Be part of the narrative of change. Dare to shift.
Host / Speakers
Jeanneke Scholtens — Buro Zorro
Jitske Kramer — Corporate Anthropologist, Entrepeneur, Speaker, Author Human Dimensions
Ellen Van den Berghe — CEO, board member, Belgium’s 40 under 40, Young ICT Lady, keynote speaker publiq vzw
Deborah Nas — Mind the Gap Innovation
lieve krobea — policy maker, board member, study coach for university law students
Closing & Drinks
The conversations don’t end here. They begin — over drinks, new connections, and the shared commitment to turn microshifts into macro impact.
The SHIFT
From Intention to Impact
42 Changemakers join forces to Shape the Systems that Shape us. They share their individual stories and unveil a new system-shifting methodology — Can real-world microshifts unlock macro-level change?