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Folkert De Jong

I help organizations design their future

€1,000/day
Utrecht, NL
15+ years

Average response time: 1 hour

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About Folkert

Strategic creative and process facilitator with 20+ years of experience connecting people, strategy, and execution. I bring order to complexity and translate reflection into concrete action and decisions. Workshop approach: small, hands-on, and rhythmic: sharp choices and clear agreements with design power at the core.
Looking and doing things differently.
  • English

    Native or bilingual

  • Dutch

    Native or bilingual

Can work on-site
Utrecht (up to 50km)

Experience

  • EMERSON AGENCY
    Structure and Story
    CONSULTING AND AUDITS
    January 2024 - Today (2 years and 5 months)
    Utrecht, Netherlands
    • Build - making ideas workable and testable with structured collaboration
    • Facilitate - bringing people together in a human and goal-oriented process
    • Think - giving direction, meaning, and words to strategy
    • Accelerate - the greatest possible small step towards tangible and measurable results
    How we work
    Systemic Design - we bring structure, rhythm, and clear working agreements into complex trajectories. This is how we bridge the gap between vision and execution and ensure that ideas actually land in practice. From strategic vision to pilot and scaling - We design trajectories that connect strategy, people, and resources with tangible short-term results and sustainable long-term impact. Playbooks, sprints, and design kits that help organizations accelerate, anchor, and scale their work. We combine story, structure, and speed. We ensure that plans don't just remain in separate sessions but are anchored in repeatable and scalable processes that deliver lasting results.
    Process facilitation Design Thinking Change Management
  • Ordina Digital
    Competence lead Digital Experience Design.
    DIGITAL AND IT
    January 2021 - January 2024 (3 years)
    building and guiding a multidisciplinary design chapter. With a focus on professional development, knowledge sharing, and strengthening the design methodology within Ordina.
    Team management Design Thinking Change Management Agile method
  • Case ABN AMRO Diamond
    Program lead
    January 2021 - January 2024 (3 years)
    Design and implementation of Diamond: a shared methodology for teams exploring and realizing valuable ideas. Combines Design Thinking, Lean, and Growth methodologies into one framework.
    • Facilitated 50+ Strategy, Discovery, and Design Sprints for teams and grids within ABN AMRO.
    • Coached and trained a team of specialists to facilitate Diamond sprints themselves.
    • Developed CX training for teams and individuals in Design Thinking mindset, process, and tools. with a modular approach, KPI tracking, and quantitative validation.

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Education

  • Diamond
    Diamond
  • History and Journalism
    Rijksuniversiteit Groningen
    Geschiedenis en Journalistiek

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