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Supporting employee self-development isn’t a sacrifice for organisations. In fact, it is often a precursor to the organisation’s own growth and progress.

In Kristiaan Hartman and Wouter Smeets, we have two of the best people possible to discuss self-development in the workplace - and its impacts throughout organisations.

As the founders of Prototype You, Kristiaan and Wouter have been facilitating self-development programmes within organisations since 2018. Safe to say, they have plenty of insights to share about how facilitation can help us design better (perfect?) roles, workspaces, and even careers!

Find out about:

• Why employees’ personal growth so often generates organisational growth
• How to create a culture of shared development, based on inner values
• The story of Kristiaan and Wouter’s business - Prototype You - and why they started it
• Why skillset and mindset are equally important in personal development
• How the duo recruit facilitators to deliver the programme - and what they’ve learned through the process

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Questions and Answers

Part one
 [01:43] When did you start calling yourselves facilitators? 
[02:46] What's the difference between a coach and a facilitator? 
[07:52] Why did you call your company Prototype You? And why not Perfect You? 
[11:41] Is prototyping a skill to learn or a mindset to adopt?
[14:42] What is Prototype You, then? What is the process behind it? 
[17:05] This sounds reminiscent of a retrospective in Scrum? 
[23:57] Do you focus on our self-responsibility for our work experience? 
[29:07] Could the next step be to develop a version of Prototype You for families? 
[31:01] Discussing failure and different perspectives on it. 
[34:55] What role do managers play in the Prototype You process? 
[41:51] How would you deal with a manager realising that they've overpromised something as part of an employee's prototyping? 
[45:10] Do you have a checklist or a process to vet companies? How do you spot red flags?

Links

Connect to Kristiaan and Wouter:

Wouter on LinkedIn

Kristiaan on LinkedIn

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