Realize! Live

2011-03-26T22:03:00.002+01:00

Our latest Project is Waking Up the Workplace. As a consequence, our blogging has moved to www.wakinguptheworkplace.com/blog

Waking up the workplace is a Free Online Teleseminar. We interview the most visionary thinkers in the field of innovative conscious Business:

We explore the following question:
What would happen if we saw the business of work, not just as a means for trade and profit, but as a vehicle for realizing our deepest human potentials in a conscious and creative transformation?

Check it out at
www.wakinguptheworkplace.com
or the blog at
www.wakinguptheworkplace.com/blog

Follow us on twitter:
http://twitter.com/#!/wakingworkplace

Jeroen

Bye, bye duurzaamheid. Volgende stop: een wakkere organisatie!

2009-12-11T20:06:00.001+01:00

Als je iemand vraagt, “hoe is je relatie?”. En het antwoord is “duurzaam”. Is dat spannend? Is dat inspirerend? Nee! Realize! is een organisatieadviesbureau dat duurzaam ondernemen ziet als het begin van een jonge beweging, die pas op stoom komt als bedrijven een positieve rol in de maatschappij gaan oppakken, door hun streven naar winst te bouwen op een basis van een positieve maatschappelijke bedrage. Deze bedrijven ziet Realize! als wakker en bewust.

Realize! ondersteunt bedrijven bij hun streven naar wakker werken door “best practices” te combineren uit de wereld van sociale innovatie, bedrijfsstructuur, persoonlijke ontwikkeling en facilitatietechnieken. Dit resulteert in meer bewuste en winstgevende ondernemingen.

Realize! heeft daarmee een antwoord op de vraag ‘hoe het ook kan’. Haar werkmethodes richten zich op vanuit inspiratie en mensgerichtheid resultaat te bereiken. Van binnen uit, niet door in kosten te snijden en extra controle, maar door potentie aan te spreken en deze te verwezenlijken; een bewuste manier van werken.

Wat nou bewustzijn? Waarom is dit belangrijk? Bewustzijn is de grond onder verantwoordelijkheid, inzicht, compassie, het realiseren van potentie en een betekenisvol leven. Kortom, waarden die je elke CEO, politicus, beslissingnemer, werknemer of kortgezegd individu, toewenst.

Deze wakkere aanpak is volgens Realize! veerkrachtig en beter geschikt voor de complexiteit van onze 21e eeuwse maatschappij. En voornamelijk een veel leuker alternatief dan de saaie organisatieprincipes uit een tijdperk dat guldens nog van hout waren.

Meer informatie:
Voor vragen over Realize, de visie, onze methoden, of de inhoud en het proces op de trein op 12 december: Jeroen Maes, 06 4989 3189, jeroen@realize.nl, www.realize.nl

Realize! at Ken Wilber's Loft

2009-11-11T22:35:00.001+01:00

Here some footage of us, Realize (Diederick, Jeroen & Thomas) at Ken Wilber's loft.
Telling Ken the story of the founding of Realize and his books as an inspiration.

The Integral incubator was an awesome experience. I would recommend any integrally interested person to check it out.

Module 3 - Personal Development Program

2009-07-01T13:26:00.002+02:00

Here is the third Module of Realize Personal Development Program. I hope you enjoy it.

Realize Personal Development Program - Module Three - Joel Monk & Jeroen Maes - Realize.nl

Jeroen Maes & Joel Monk

Realize Workshops @ Hub Summerschool

2009-06-24T13:45:00.009+02:00

Realize will use this summer to showcase new workshops. This will mean big innovation, meaningful impact and good fun at a reduced price:

I won't settle for less
If you feel like using this summer to kick start the realization of your dreams.

Workshop - I Wont Settle for Less

Best of Realize tools
If you're interested in the most innovative tools for business, transformation and social change.

Workshop - Best of Realize Tools

All tools are described on realize webpage.

In English
In Dutch

These workshops are given as part of the Hub summerschool initiative.
More info about the Hub summerschool here.
More info about the Hub here

RealizeLive Introvideo

2009-05-15T11:25:00.002+02:00

The purpose of this blog

2009-05-14T11:30:00.001+02:00

Everyone who is going to have a major impact on changing the world in the coming 10 years is already born. In these turbulent times, we are the ones that need to step up to the plate.

Not everybody will feel a calling for this, and actually, that is perfectly fine: freedom of choice is an enormously important human value. At Realize!, we feel that in order to increase the current momentum, we should start to get the energy flowing where it wants to flow. To work together and cooperate with people who want to make a difference. Consider this our first contribution.

Enjoy the ride!

Jeroen Maes, Diederick Janse, Thomas Vaassen & Joel Monk
on behalf of Realize!

Amsterdam, the Netherlands

The Hub Amsterdam

2009-05-12T11:20:00.003+02:00

One of the most important aspects of our Work, specifically as we are aiming to be a conscious business, is the place we work in. We consciously want to be surrounded by the most inspiring people and projects. We want to help create an environment in which true social innovation is manifested. An awesome workspace, specifically designed to help us achieve our organizational purpose of spearheading the conscious business movement. We’re proud to show you the place where our magic happens: The Hub in Amsterdam! (website)

The Hub Amsterdam - Realize.nl The Hub Amsterdam - Realize.nl Jeroen Maes

The Hub Amsterdam is part of the Hub World (website), which means can use the same membership to work in London, Sao Paulo, Johannesburg, Toronto, Berlin and many more.

Finally, the Hub Amsterdam is also nominated for the Innovation Top 100. (Just like Realize!’s Resilient Organizational Structure (Holacracy) & Blik-Opener's Coach Cafe (dutch site) – 14th of May Results known!!!

Free Big Mind Process Intro

2009-05-10T17:55:00.003+02:00

One of the most innovative tools to use for conscious business and personal development is Genpo Roshi's Big Mind Process. As the best and fastest ways to learn about Big Mind is to experience it, I have added the first Video in a serie of 11 where you can experience a complete Big Mind seminar for free.

The whole seminar can be found here:
Big Mind Process Intro

Realize! frequently uses playing with perspectives to help organisation view their challenges from different angles. Being able to take multiple perspectives is an essential tool for personal development and dealing with conflict.

Realize Personal Development Program - Module 2

2009-05-06T14:32:00.002+02:00

I am very happy to share with you the second Realize! personal development module. Joel Monk and myself worked hard on creating another cutting edge personal development module.

We consider personal development as an absolute must for a company which wants to succeed in the current business environment. Conscious business and conscious employees are the engine behind sustainable innovation and creative energy in your organization.

Enjoy
Jeroen Maes
Realize Personal Development Program - Module Two - Joel Monk & Jeroen Maes -Realize.nl realizelive

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More info about our business on http://www.realize.nl/en/realize

Coming Soon

2009-04-29T15:57:00.004+02:00

The following documents will be added soon.

1 Personal development Program - Module 2 (Wednesday 6th of May)
2 Original 2009 Analysis of Emesa to provide you with a Context from where we've made our choices in tools, approach and specific action
3 Updates what we've done.

Jeroen

Background theory - the fastest way to dive in

2009-04-14T23:06:00.005+02:00

As we promise to provide the fastest path through the next generational tools, I just wanted to provide the following opportunity for people who can't wait for new video's or posts.

On the following page of the Realize! website, you can find one-page summaries of the following models:

Big Mind
Holacracy
the Integral model
Adizes lifecycles
Spiral dynamics
Conscious business
U-process
World Cafe
Deep democracy

Including links to all sources and additional information. Enjoy!

Realize! Live case study - so how high is the speed of internal change at Emesa?

2009-04-14T20:25:00.011+02:00

Below is a newspaper article in Dutch Metro about one of Emesa's websites: www.vakantieveilingen.nl

This article, dated February 2009, picked up a story about one of Emesa’s products, as its sales were increasing rapidly and in a way that's completely anti-cyclical to the current crisis. “With a total of 5,000 bookings, an increase in sales of 30% in comparison to the previous month.”

Today's April 14th, and the bookings have increased to 10,000! Obviously, this requires a huge adaptive capacity, in order to keep pace with the increasing needs of both the front and back offices.

Note: VakantieVeilingen started using holacracy for organizational steering in December 2008, and we’ll keep track of their developments and the work we do with them here, on Realize! Live.

Realize! Personal Development Program - Module One

2009-04-09T17:40:00.014+02:00

Here's the first module of the Realize Personal Development Program, which we're using in our work with Emesa.

The genius behind this is Joel Monk, who generously agreed to share the full development program for free.

Realize Personal Development Program - Module One - Joel Monk & Jeroen Maes - Realize.nl

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Conscious Business

2009-04-09T17:28:00.010+02:00

Realize! Live aims to provide information on the best theories, models and methods available for transforming your organisation into a Conscious Business. All of these methods are worthy of inclusion in the next generation change agent's toolbox.

We will provide you with written materials, YouTube video’s, or whatever else works to deliver on our promise of sharing some of the best available tools we've found in our work.

The first one is Conscious Business. I was personally so impressed by Fred Kofman’s clarity of vision, that I could not stand the fact that many of us are too busy to make time to read this valuable material. I therefore chose to write a summary of the main points Fred makes in his book Conscious Business: How to Build Value through Values.
Conscious Business Summary - Jeroen Maes - Realize.nl

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Download the Emesa Case Study 2008

2009-04-09T17:02:00.015+02:00

To get up to speed with what we've done in our work with Emesa in 2008, you van download the full case study here: Emesa - Future-Proof with Holacracy.

For more information on holacracy, check out this webpage, while more general information about Realize! can be found here.

Emesa (our client) develops websites for travel offers

2009-04-09T17:02:00.013+02:00

Emesa B.V. was founded in 2004 and is currently the Netherlands’ largest publisher of travel offer websites. Based in Amsterdam, it now employs twenty people with an average age of 26 years. Emesa publishes about a dozen titles, including Inpakken en Wegwezen.nl (Pack and Leave), VakantieVeilingen.nl (Holiday Auctions), TopVakanties.nl (Top Holidays) and the Last Minute Top 20-titles, which are available in the Netherlands (.nl), Belgium (.be), Germany (.de), and Austria (.at). These titles are websites which match some fifty travel providers with (excess) capacity, with people looking for travel offers and ‘last minutes’. Emesa’s titles draw over two million visitors each month, generating about 200.000 travel purchases each year. In 2008, turnover increased by 50% to €3 mln.