program

Learn by doing
& make it happen

Breaking with the limitations of traditional education, at THNK you will work on challenges projects on the most important topics in life – with personal coaching and our unique Accelerator. Because we believe the next generation of leaders must be creative. And have the curiosity, courage and power to develop new ideas and solutions that transform the way you think. And work.

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people

Participants, Faculty, staff
& board

Among our founding team, we are proud to have amazing organizations and an international group of pioneering creative leaders. Including people from Stanford d.school, Droog Design, McKinsey & Company, Indian School of Business, Philips Design – as well as designer Marcel Wanders, UNStudio architect Ben van Berkel and educational maverick, Esther Wojcicki.

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Story

Modern Verdun

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TAKE A STAND | An Easter Miracle, that’s what I was hoping for. For the Dutch government. Unfortunately, it didn’t happen. Dutch politics needs passion, vision and courage: it needs creative leadership.

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Please be different, but not too different

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TAKE A STAND | Will your creative team be a hardworking source of innovation? Or turn your project into a conflicted Tower of Babel? THNK’s personal coach, Robert Wolfe, explores some interesting – and unexpected – rules of team building.

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The radicalization of 21st-century humans

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TAKE A STAND | The French philosopher, Michel Serres, outlines five ways 21st century, we humans will radically differ from the way we’ve lived since the beginnings of recorded history. How can we create positive revolutions that will shape tomorrow’s world?

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I THNK, therefore I’m alive

Itai Talmi and Siegfried Woldhek

PEOPLE | Itai Talmi, a future THNKer, came over from Israel to get a feel for THNK and help out with the Challenge Pilot. And he loved it! Here are his first impressions…

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