Stefaan van Hooydonk consults global corporations, leadership teams, and individuals to help build stronger curiosity muscles. He is the founder of the Global Curiosity Institute and author of the bestselling book The Workplace Curiosity Manifesto.
Stefaan van Hooydonk is the founder of the Global Curiosity Institute and author of the bestselling book The Workplace Curiosity Manifesto. He consults global corporations, leadership teams, and individuals to help build stronger curiosity muscles. Furthermore, he helps them in baselining individual and workplace curiosity and supports them with designing and implementing intentional curiosity improvement projects and learning initiatives.
Stefaan started his career in investment consulting in China. From there he moved to set up the executive education arm of a major business school in Shanghai, China Europe International Business School (CEIBS). He ran CEIBS for 5 years. Subsequently, he set up global learning teams and innovative corporate universities for Nokia (China/Finland), Agfa Healthcare (Belgium), Philips (The Netherlands), Flipkart (India), Saudi Aramco (Saudi Arabia), and Cognisant (UK). His last role was that of Chief Learning Officer for Cognisant, where he oversaw learning and development for over 300k associates across the globe. Additionally, he has been globally recognised for his innovative approach to learning, people, and technology.
Stefaan has a master’s degree in economics and in Chinese, together with postgraduate degrees in Marxist economics from China, cross-cultural management from France, and an executive MBA from Rutgers University. Moreover, he is a certified executive coach.
A Belgian national, Stefaan has been married for 25 years to Jeltje Peletier. Jeltje is a successful psycho- and yoga therapist. Together they have 4 children: Rik, Femke, Koen, and Menko. He practises meditation daily, is a marathon runner and food forest amateur and bee keeper, and is pursuing a master’s degree in philosophy.
Every person is born with a healthy dose of curiosity. Some people can maintain this level through adulthood. Many, however, see their original strength diminish over time. The same happens…
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