What if the real “gold” in your business isn’t your strategy… but your people?

In this episode, we sit down with Ferdi van den Bergh to explore a powerful shift in leadership: from managing performance to discovering hidden value in the people around you.

Ferdi shares insights from his upcoming book 'Goud in Handen' (Gold in Hands) and his work with businesses across the Netherlands. Together, with Bill Job, Gea Gort, we unpack what it really means to “see” people—not just for what they do, but for who they are and what they carry.

This conversation goes beyond theory. It’s about real businesses, real pressure, and the tension between profit and people—and how both actually belong together.

🔑 What you’ll learn in this episode:

• Why your employees are the real “gold” in your organization
• How to recognize hidden potential in your team
• The role of vision in unlocking people’s value
• Why timing and patience matter in leadership
• The balance between business results and caring for people
• A simple but powerful practice to start seeing people differently

💡 One takeaway to remember: Take two minutes and ask yourself: “When did someone truly see me—and what did that unlock?” Now go and do that for someone else.

📘 Ferdi’s book 'Goud in Handen' (Gold in Hands) launches during a symposium Gold Within, June 23rd in the Netherlands, for info see https://goud-in-handen.nl/  

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What happens when business stops being just about profit and starts becoming a place of discipleship, pastoral care, and listening to God?

In this second conversation with Jonathan Brake, we go deeper into what it means to build a disciple-making business.

Jonathan shares from his work coaching business owners in the United States, helping leaders create healthy cultures that start with their own formation before function.

Together, we explore how hearing God’s voice can shape leadership, coaching, company culture, and the way we value people in the workplace. This conversation is full of practical wisdom for business owners, leaders, and anyone who wants to follow Jesus more closely in everyday work.

We talk about:

• why healthy businesses start with healthy leaders
• how Jonathan coaches business owners by first listening to their story
• the role of listening prayer in leadership and strategy
• how God speaks in the middle of business decisions
• why employees are not just resources, but people with eternal value
• what it means to pastor and disciple people in the workplace
• how abiding in God changes the way we lead

This episode is an encouragement for anyone who wants to move from living for God to living with Him — also in business.

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What happens when the business you poured your heart into suddenly comes to an end — and you are left not only with uncertainty, but also with shame?

In this honest and hope-filled episode, we sit down with Kingdom-minded leader Jonathan Brake to talk about the personal impact of losing his business and the inner journey that followed. Beyond the practical consequences, Jonathan shares openly about the emotional weight he carried — the sense of failure, and the struggle with shame that many entrepreneurs experience but rarely talk about.

This conversation offers encouragement for entrepreneurs, leaders, and professionals navigating setbacks, transitions, or unexpected endings. It is a reminder that while businesses can be lost and reputations can feel shaken, purpose rooted in God’s Kingdom remains steady — and new direction can emerge from even the most painful experiences.

🎙 Kingdom Keys for Business, Life and Work is part of the BAM Moves platform, equipping entrepreneurs and leaders to integrate faith, purpose, and practical action in business and everyday life. You can also watch the video version on BAM Moves YouTube channel. 

In this episode of Kingdom Keys for Business, Life and Work, we continue the conversation with Leen de Bruyne—entrepreneur, author of 'Building a Startup Without Going Crazy, and founder of the Living Hope venture capital fund.

Leen shares how a clear sense of calling led him to start Living Hope, a European, faith-driven investment fund—confirmed in unexpected ways. He talks openly about courage, risk, and learning to walk “on water” in business. Central themes include investing in community, stewardship over ownership, and building from meaning instead of fear.

This conversation invites you to move from fear to meaning, from ego to calling, a from control to trust—in business and beyond.

On Wednesday, March 25th, 2026, the first cohort session of the Training Kingdom Mindsets for Business starts. Interested in this ten-week online training together with Christian entrepreneurs from around the world? Registration and more info at http://www.bammoves.com   

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Christian entrepreneur burnout is real. How do you build a startup without losing your identity, your faith, or your soul?

In this episode, Leen de Bruyne shares how startup success led to anxiety and burnout—and how rediscovering his identity in Christ changed the way he builds, leads, and lives.

The link to get Leen's book 'Building a Startup Without Going Crazy >> https://leendebruyne.com    

On Wednesday, March 25th, 2026, the first cohort session of the Training Kingdom Mindsets for Business starts. Interested in this ten-week online training together with Christian entrepreneurs from around the world? Registration and more info at http://www.bammoves.com  

What do you do when a business that should work… doesn’t?

After years of seeing God’s tangible involvement in business overseas, Bill Job shares what happened when he started a company in the U.S. — and the results were very different. No quick wins. No obvious favor. Just losses, questions, and an invitation to go deeper.

This episode explores leadership in uncertainty, moving beyond “common sense,” and rediscovering what it means to truly invite God into the work — even when the story isn’t finished yet.

A rerun of 'Thriving Amidst Adversities. Part 4'. (April 2024)

Training Kingdom Mindsets for Business. Gea Gort and Bill developed a 10-week training program to empower business leaders and professionals to partner with God at work. The training includes six online sessions in a small cohort. The next cohort starts March 25th, 2026. Look at our site www.bammoves.com. Mail Gea when you're interested >> [email protected]

What does it mean to be sustained by God?

After a 58-day fast, Bill shares, “The Lord has been feeding me. This wasn’t about willpower or heroics—Jesus is the hero.”

In this episode, Bill reflects on joyful fasting, abiding in Christ, and how deeper dependence on God brought clarity, peace, and unexpected movement in both business and daily life.

What could change if God truly became your source?

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In this episode, Gea and Bill explore fasting in a business context as a way of seeking spiritual breakthrough rather than mere self-discipline. Bill shares how he first learned fasting after feeling rebuked for prioritizing an all-night hobby project over all-night prayer with employees. He then completed a six-month rhythm of weekday fasting and overnight Friday prayer, finding the body adapts and fasting becomes a “tool” for intimacy with God. Bill recounts a later 40+ day fast in China, connected to repentance for ancestors’ involvement in the opium trade, during which he felt sustained and did not lose weight. Now on day 40 of another fast, he’s pressing for resolution in two struggling companies, emphasizing relational “investments,” joy, worship, and spiritual warfare over blaming people.

In this podcast episode, Gea and Bill discuss how to thrive amid adversity, especially when opposition comes from people rather than circumstances.

Using Psalm 23, Bill reframes faith as life within a kingdom at war, not a place of constant peace. He explains how misunderstanding this leads to discouragement and self-blame. Through vivid stories from his work in China, including threats to his family and betrayal by colleagues, Bill shows how fear, judgment, and anger can trap believers.

Drawing on the Sermon on the Mount, Bill emphasizes obeying Jesus’ commands—loving enemies, releasing judgment, and trusting God as defender. True thriving, he concludes, comes through obedience, surrender, and remaining where God has placed us, even in conflict

This episode explores how best practices and spiritual insight can work together rather than compete. Bill shares stories from business, while Gea shares from her role as leader of Business as Mission (BAM) Netherlands, how prayer, prophetic insight, and “God downloads” strengthen rational thinking, practical systems, innovation, joy, and everyday professional life.