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‘Agility’ and ‘resilience’ are terms that are often used during processes of organisational change. Though, when one realises that an organisation is, in fact, nothing more than a big group of individuals working together, what do the words ‘agility’ and ‘resilience’ then mean for the individuals themselves? How can one become more agile and resilient within an organisation?

During this episode, Hugo Mutsaerts joins Yoy Bergs as a guest, to look at change from the individual’s perspective. For the record: to test Hugo’s agility and resilience, he had no insight or whatsoever into the questions Yoy had prepared. He shares his expertise and personal experiences to explore how one can become agile and resilient oneself when dealing with change, and what the importance is of connecting hearts, heads and hands when driving change as a group. They talk about power structures in organisations and about the advantages of experimenting and improvising. Also, Yoy and Hugo address the shortcomings of human experience and breaking out of dysfunctional patterns. Furthermore, they discuss the importance of trust and by default believing in good intentions of people.

You may recognize those moments that you are overthinking, and then you start overthinking your overthinking, so you are basically stuck in your own whirlwind of thoughts. In this episode, HR advisor, trainer, father and philosophy student Sander van Breugel joins us to talk about self-dialogues, and how one can use self-dialogues to strengthen the sense of self. We discuss the difference between rumination and constructive self-dialogues and how strolling through Paris (or any other city, for that matter) can be of help in creating a vacuum in one’s mind that helps us to think more clearly. Furthermore, we touch upon how mindfulness and enchantment may help us in this process. The conversation ends with a discussion on how we need conversations with others in order to engage in self-dialogues and how emotions may play a role in our rational way of thinking.

“We need to become gritty in becoming skillful” - In this month’s show we’re talking about skill development in the 21st century. The guest of the show is Wouter van Tankeren. His main interest and drive are in teaching students how to learn, in understanding their individual needs so that personalized learning can be cultivated and each student can grow and walk their own path. Hugo, Yoy and Wouter dive deep into becoming skillful in challenging and complex times. The conversation elaborates on how the cocktail of intuition and critical thinking is key to making the right decisions. We end our conversation with the importance of acceptance and resilience in challenging times and why courage to fail is a key asset to possess and develop.

In this month’s episode, we explore why many of us struggle with making moral decisions. Our guest Oscar Bastiaens joins us in a conversation on so-called normative ethics. Oscar is a lecturer at BUas in the media domain for both Creative Business and the Master in Media Innovation. He teaches in the field of creative writing, ethics and semiotics.

Hugo, Yoy and Oscar came together at the Hub to talk about philosophy and why it is an underestimated field. The conversation goes into depth on the difference between deontology and consequentialism (say whuat?) and how it is applicable to our personal lives. The talk moves to a discussion on the difference between the truth and truthfulness, and why truthfulness is a moral virtue that is key to having sincere and authentic connection with one another.

In this first episode, researcher and lecturer, Yoy Bergs joins Hugo Mutsaerts in a wide-ranging conversation that focuses on identity and image construction. They explore how constructing ‘perfect’ and ‘ideal’ images of ourselves at work, in our private life and on social media can result in both positive consequences, as well as negative consequences such as burn-out complaints. Yoy and Hugo talk about living up to expectations, raising our own bar, social comparanoia and trying to be “good-enough”.