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Bas Warmerdam

Strategy consultant, founder of ConsultingKids, and author, specializing in solving complex challenges by helping professionals think like a child.

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A fun, refreshing, and creative approach that makes you look at and think about the challenges we deal with daily in a completely different way. It literally shifts your perspective. It’s amazing to start with a blank slate and approach the topics we usually write reports about and debate over. And now, to tackle them openly and freely using Bas’s method.

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Why book Bas Warmerdam for your next event

  • Viewing organizational challenges through the eyes of a ten-year-old, removing the rigidity from any problem (regardless of complexity!), and arriving at unexpected solutions.
  • An interactive session featuring four refreshing thinking mechanisms identified in the unique thinking power of over 15,000 little consultants, helping professionals combat terminal seriousness in organizations.
  • Practical tools, examples, and insights that are not only useful during the session but can be applied immediately the very next day—with a smile!

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The Power of Thinking Like a Child for Professionals

Break free from conventional thinking with Bas Warmerdam! A former strategy consultant and founder of ConsultingKids, he helps organizations tackle complex challenges with childlike creativity. His interactive keynotes inspire fresh perspectives, driving innovation, leadership, and collaboration. Trusted by Shell, Philips, and global organizations, Bas delivers powerful, playful solutions that transform businesses. Book now!

Bas Warmerdam has built his career on breaking through ingrained thinking patterns. As a former strategy consultant and founder of ConsultingKids, he knows better than anyone how to tackle complex challenges with a fresh, unfiltered perspective. What makes him unique? His ability to help organizations and professionals ‘Think Like a Child’.

For over 10 years, Bas has experienced firsthand how the thinking power of children leads to the most surprising and innovative solutions. After all, children haven’t done MBAs, how refreshing! Their curiosity and creativity form the foundation of his approach, which is now being applied in more than six countries.

During his interactive sessions, Bas demonstrates how to solve organizational challenges using playful yet highly effective methods. Participants are not just inspired but are also actively engaged. Whether it’s change management, leadership, collaboration, or innovation, Bas translates complex issues into simple, practical solutions—ones that even a child could understand. His approach has already helped numerous organizations, from multinationals like Shell and Philips to local governments and non-profits.

Beyond his work as a speaker and consultant, Bas is also the author of the book Kleine Consultants, in which he shares his experiences and insights on how a child’s fresh perspective can help us see problems differently.

Bas studied Biopharmaceutical Sciences in Leiden and conducted research in gene therapy and comparative genetics in London. He completed his Executive MBA at the Rotterdam School of Management at Erasmus University, further enriched with international experiences at the University of Hong Kong and the University of Johannesburg.

Whether you’re looking for inspiration for your leadership team, a creative workshop for your employees, or an engaging keynote for a conference, Bas delivers an unforgettable session. Book a refreshing lecture with Bas Warmerdam today and discover how professionals can solve complex challenges by thinking like a child.

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A fun, refreshing, and creative approach that makes you look at and think about the challenges we deal with daily in a completely different way. It literally shifts your perspective. It’s amazing to start with a blank slate and approach the topics we usually write reports about and debate over. And now, to tackle them openly and freely using Bas’s method.

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Good exercise to simplify problems to the core and it also provided valuable insights into the challenges to bring affordable and qualitative healthcare to more people without access to medical services. If we continued to ‘think like a child’ as adults, the world would only know solutions.

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This approach makes it playful, surprising, and brings very creative new ideas. As adults, we tend to do things the same way over and over again, and this offers completely different perspectives. It’s wonderful to look at serious problems with such a fresh outlook. Highly recommended!

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Keynotes

Keynote by Bas Warmerdam:

The Playful Edge: How to Solve Complex Challenges With Bold & Fresh Thinking

Fresh solutions rarely come from old ways of thinking. Bas Warmerdam has turned more than 300 complex organizational challenges into breakthrough results using a radically simple idea: strip away the biases, fear, and rigidity that block innovation.

Replace them with curiosity and bias-free thinking. Drawing inspiration from how children approach problems without limits, Bas shows leaders how to unlearn outdated approaches, spark creative breakthroughs, and navigate change with agility and confidence.

Take aways:

  • Break free from “terminal seriousness” that kills innovation.
  • Solve complex problems with radical simplicity.
  • Lead with curiosity in disruptive times.
  • Build a culture of joy, resilience, and bold thinking.
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Keynote by Bas Warmerdam:

Thinking Like a Child in Change Management: A Refreshing Breakthrough Method

Change often seems heavy and complex, but that’s mostly because of how we perceive it. Bas Warmerdam helps you tackle organizational challenges with the fresh perspective of a ten-year-old—making them lighter, more playful, and more effective. In this interactive session, you’ll learn how to break through rigid patterns, simplify complexity, and take action with a smile.

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Keynote by Bas Warmerdam:

Thinking Like a Child About Strategy & Innovation: Finding Simplicity in Complexity

Strategy and innovation aren’t about more models and frameworks—they’re about fresh thinking and smartly handling complexity. Bas Warmerdam guides you through a session where you’ll discover how childlike curiosity can remove the rigidity from complex challenges, unlock unexpected ideas, and truly drive innovation—while having fun.

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