Category: Initiatives

I chose THNK’s program because they seemed to be doing what I wanted to do, albeit for a very different target audience. But in re-imagining what the education of change makers could be, or rather, what it needs to become, we are walking very similar paths and I wanted to experience THNK’s approach firsthand.

Responding to the widely-perceived gap between university education and the marketplace for jobs, the Amani Institute’s mission is to develop next-generation talent for solving social problems.

INITIATIVES | For the past 5 years, creative and curious people from around the world have been coming to the annual PICNIC festival. A perfect excuse for THNK’s Wina Smeenk to get out of the office. Here are 3 of her favorite PICNIC experiences.

INITIATIVES | THNK team members visited the Creative Company Conference in Haarlem to see what happens if creativity and business are connected. Highlights included Banny Banerjee, Sarah Lacy, Steven van Belleghem and more…

INITIATIVES | THNK’s Creative Leadership Program is a work in progress. That’s why we invited a diverse group of people to work on prototyping our new 10-month program in a THNKLab on “Cutting Edge Communications”. Learn more here.

NEWS | Segments of the fashion industry are now making efforts towards sustainability. At the Amsterdam International Fashion Week, these efforts are being rewarded in a Green Fashion Competition. And the winner is…

INITIATIVES | Business leaders need to creativity to get ahead. Read here about how an internationally known business school and an Ivy League school known for the humanities join forces to create a new kind of MBA program.

INITIATIVES | Masterpeace is a global peace project that takes togetherness as its starting point. With the aim of promoting peace in conflict-ridden areas, it brings people of different disciplines and lifestyles together in order to promote peace and make the world a better place.

INITIATIVES | On November 9th, THNK was honored to have Benjamin Zander all to itself for a breakfast presentation at the Amsterdam Mayor’s Residence, where he extrapolated on the art of possibility. Learn more here.

INITIATIVES | THNK showed its face to the world for the first time at the PICNIC ’10 Festival on 23 September by way of its first THNKLab that went by the title “Design Democracy”. The result was an extremely energetic afternoon full of wild ideas and inspiration.