Global Transformation Leader | Co-Founder of Global Society for Good Leadership
🔹 Over 20 years of experience implementing global business transformation at C-level in multi-cultural, complex organizations. 🔹 Former COO & Chief Transformation Officer at ING Group, leading digital transformation and operations for 28M+ customers worldwide.
🔹 Experienced in strategy, HR, P&L management, M&A, service & tech operations, org design, innovation, and risk management. 🔹 Certified Leadership Coach and Top 20 Global Thought Leader on Agile. 🔹 International speaker and author on business transformation and ethical leadership.
🔹 Co-author of the Manifesto for Flourishing at Work. 🔹 Committed to crafting good organisations, high-performing teams and sustainable social value creation. Currently developing a moral management theory and ethical leadership standards jointly with the University of St. Gallen (PhD level). Publication expected mid-2025.
Sustain-Ability: To Become or Not To Become?
“Future” sharpens our mind’s attention on the implications of present action, just as “death” compels us to reflect on the significance of life itself.
Yes - We should forbid AI in schools
The curious convergence of heterodox economics
Sadly, transformative projects do not prevail just because their ideas are morally superior. They prevail because of political organisation: prioritisation, discipline, resource concentration, leadership, efficient coordination, clear authority.
The feed that feeds you
The machine doesn't ask, “What deserves your mind?” It asks, “What keeps you here?” With Simon: “A wealth of information creates a poverty of attention.” Because we're serious people, we call it networking. And we're still scrolling.
The power of the wrong myths
Il potere dei miti sbagliati
Why bad leaders are not leaders
That is why “bad leadership” is too weak for some political behaviour. Corruption, intimidation, institutional vandalism, attacks on media and punishment of critics are not lower-quality versions of leadership. They replace leadership with personal rule.