Theory and Practice together in a way that students enjoy & remember.
An Award Winner Teacher and Thought Leader
I love to teach. Based on my experience building 8 successful companies in 6 countries, consulting work with hundreds of companies and a research program with over 400 companies, I can bring theory and experience together in a way students enjoy and remember.
My Mantra: Principles first, then tools.
About Me
I’ve built 11 companies in six countries with eight exits. I’ve taught innovation and entrepreneurship at KU Leuven, EDHEC, and Solvay, and guest lectured worldwide. I’ve trained over 30,000 leaders to move from AI hype to impact. My goal is to coach one million innovators by 2027 using practical, AI-augmented learning. I focus on understanding why things work so any tool can serve you.
Featured Work
The CYCLES Framework
Built with 24 co-authors across 400+ companies. The ABCs of growth: Align, Build, Communicate. Winner of several best-innovation-book awards.
The Generative Organization
Created with 35 global experts. A practical playbook to innovate faster, better, and easier with AI. Amazon bestseller in humans + AI.
Standards & Research
Published work on organizational alignment, AI-augmented ideation, and an ISO-based innovation certification program and exam.
Experience In MBA and Graduate Programs
I’ve taught at 2 top 50 Business Schools (KU Leuven and the Solvay) and given guest lectures at dozens more. I have also led several accelerator programs (The Founder Institute and The European Innovation Academy). I love to teach. My course New Product Management was rated the top course in Economics at the KU Leuven 2 out of the 3 years I taught there.
New Product Marketing
(36 hours)
It is a sad fact that most new businesses, products,and services fail. Some estimate the failure rate is as high as 90%. This course is about why products fail and what you can do to increase your odds of success.
Some of my experience
Innovation Management
(24 hours)
12-week Startup program
+/- 12 hours of content
15-day Extreme Accelerator
+/- 15 hours of content
Successful innovation is neither a science nor an art. It is a practice. In this course, students learn how companies can better build ideas (even mediocre ideas) over time into successful innovations. The course will focus on the ABCs of innovation (Alignment, Building Ideas, Communicating/Checking, systematically improving) and how to run Cycles of innovation faster
A 12-week program designed for founders and teams all throughout the pre-seed stage, including aspiring founders with a full-time job, solo founders, teams, and founders of established companies that are pre-funding.
An intensive entrepreneurship study abroad programs provide participants the resources, connections, and mentoring necessary to build a successful startup in 15 days.
I Love Teaching Executives
My favorite courses to teach are executive education courses. I like the challenge of accelerated teaching. All of these courses are a powerful combination of theory and hands-on learning.
A selection of my executive educations program
Bright Spots
1 Day
At this event, you will learn:
Why you should focus more on bright spots
How other companies are successfully using bright spots to grow faster
How you can get started quickly
Scaleup Weekend
2.5 Days
In 54 hours, you will learn the fundamentals you need to scaleup.
This program is a fast, fun and efficient way to learn how to CREATE, COMMUNICATE, & COMMERCIALIZE Meaningfully Unique Ideas.
Understand why effective innovation is a system
Be able to give a clear description of their innovation strategy that will motivate employees and spark action
Innovation Management
2 Days
Making Innovation Happen!
2 Days
At the end of 2 days all participants will:
Understand why effective innovation is a system
Be able to better create, communicate ideas
Be able to lead innovation projects more effectively
Business model innovation and Alignment
1 Day
Participants will learn the basics-the why and how of business model innovation. They will also learn howto get alignment around business objectives
Participants will learn how to replace brainstorming with a better way to generate ideas. And then they will learn how to clearly communicate these ideas so they can be tested and validated.
Create and Communicate
1 Day
The practice of innovation (My book Cycles)
2 Days
Successful innovation is neither a science nor an art. It is a practice. In this course, participants will learn how companies can better build ideas (even moidore ideas) over time into successful innovations. The course focuses on the ABCs of innovation (Alignment, Building Ideas, Communicating/Checking, systematically improving) and how run Cycles of innovation faster
If you’d like to learn more about my teaching, contact me. I’d be happy to send you videos of lectures or better yet arrange a guest lecture.