Expert in the field of behavior change. He helps organizations sustainably strengthen energy, focus and performance with vital work structures.
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So fun to experiment with new habits in an accessible way. With a few pleasant eye-openers and advice that I’ve applied after the Recharge, too.
Wietske Bakker
Mindset influencer
Hidde de Vries is a speaker, expert in behavior change and founder of The Recharge Company. As a former Google employee, he knows how teams can continue to perform in demanding environments without burning out. His talks are sharp, energetic, and immediately applicable. He gives organizations insight into how small, achievable behavioral changes lead to more vitality, better collaboration, and measurable results. No vague theories, but concrete tools that reduce stress and improve performance. Book Hidde as a speaker for an interactive keynote that combines insights, energy, and action.
Speaker Hidde de Vries is an expert in the field of behavior change, vitality, and workplace performance. He combines his experience at tech giant Google with his knowledge as founder of The Recharge Company, an organization that helps businesses connect mental well-being, focus, and results.
With his bestseller Work Smart Play Smart and as a regular columnist, he makes complex themes accessible to a broad audience. His approach is sharp, clarifying, and always practical. Hidde speaks the language of both leaders and employees, and knows how to connect head and heart. This makes him a highly sought-after speaker for organizations that truly want to change.
Hidde’s style is open, engaged, and confrontational when needed. He points out what’s not working, but does so with respect and humor. As a result, his message resonates and sparks action.
Hidde shows how small behavioral adjustments can have major effects:
His talks are tailor-made: adapted to the sector, team dynamics, and organizational goals. Whether you are in the middle of a transformation or looking for renewed energy in your organization, Hidde provides insights that stick and lead to action.
Hidde’s mission goes beyond inspiration. Through The Recharge Company, he supports organizations with tools and programs that embed vitality, happiness at work, and performance sustainably into the organization. From individual habits to team structures and leadership styles, everything is examined and redesigned with focus and resilience as the foundation.
Hidde’s keynotes revolve around themes such as:
His message is clear: vitality is not a luxury, but a prerequisite for success. With his sharp analysis and infectious energy, Hidde ensures that this is not only understood but also translated into action.
Looking for a speaker who truly makes a difference? Who not only inspires but also activates? Book speaker Hidde de Vries for a keynote that brings together insights, energy, and behavior change. Make focus, resilience, and vitality the new foundation of your organization.
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So fun to experiment with new habits in an accessible way. With a few pleasant eye-openers and advice that I’ve applied after the Recharge, too.
Wietske Bakker Mindset influencer
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The program is innovative, practical, offers so much inspiration, so many tips, and recipes to live healthier and with less stress. Who doesn’t want that?
Sanne Groot Koerkamp Editor in Chief, Glamorr
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A fun and easygoing way to detox your body and mind. With loads of tips that you will certainly follow after the Recharge!'
Vivian Reijs Health Coach
Keynote by Hidde de Vries:
How can you achieve more by working smarter instead of harder? In this talk, speaker Hidde de Vries reveals the secrets behind effective time management and sustainable productivity. With an accessible and practical approach, based on scientific models and everyday situations, he teaches you how to not only get more done, but also create more time for yourself.
Hidde translates complex data from the health sector into concrete tips you can apply immediately. This is not abstract theory, but a hands-on session that boosts your energy, increases your resilience, and helps you focus on what truly matters. After this session, you’ll have the tools to balance your work and personal life and function more effectively.
Keynote by Hidde de Vries:
In this talk, Hidde de Vries explores why focus has become rare in the modern workplace and how organizations can create structural change. He shows how constant digital stimuli, ad-hoc requests and poor meeting structures lead to a loss of productivity, engagement and creativity.
Using behavioral insights and neuropsychology, Hidde offers a practical alternative: from inbox-driven chaos to deep work. He introduces concrete tools such as “silence blocks,” the 45-minute meeting, and team agreements that support healthier work rhythms. No time-management tricks, but a fundamentally different way of working.
This session is perfect for leaders, teams and HR professionals who want to create more calm, rhythm and results in their work environment.
Pain point: Teams are overstimulated, fragmented and constantly “busy,” yet make little real progress.
Promise: Learn how to restore calm and direction in your organization to achieve more output, energy and job satisfaction.
Keynote by Hidde de Vries:
Work pressure is not an individual problem; it’s a system flaw. In this hands-on talk, Hidde explains precisely why well-intentioned vitality programs often have little effect: they focus on the symptom, not the cause. He shows how small structural adjustments think work rhythms, meeting structures and leadership style, create immediate and noticeable relief.
Hidde combines science with real-world examples and demonstrates how organizations can enable ownership and recovery behavior. Whether you’re a leader, policymaker or team member, this talk gives you the tools to stop managing stress and start preventing it.
The result? Teams that are more productive without working harder, and employees who not only stay, but thrive.
Pain point: High work pressure, increasing stress complaints and energy dips within teams lead to absenteeism and turnover.
Promise: Discover how to adjust both behavior and context to build resilience instead of depleting it.
Keynote by Hidde de Vries:
Behavior change doesn’t fail because of unwillingness, but because of the wrong approach. In this inspiring yet confrontational session, Hidde de Vries shows how organizations can structurally build new behavior—without motivational speeches or quick fixes.
He translates behavioral science into the workplace: from nudging and habit loops to default settings and feedback systems. He focuses on three crucial levels: the individual, the team and leadership. Don’t expect inspiration without action. This session is designed to create immediate movement.
Perfect for organizations that don’t want culture change on the wall, but in people’s behavior.
Pain point: Organizations want behavior change, but struggle with resistance, relapse and lack of accountability.
Promise: Learn how to anchor behavior change in the structure, culture and routines of your organization.
Watch Hidde de Vries in action
Watch Hidde de Vries in action
