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In today’s episode I talk to Steven Peleman, who is a sustainability and circular economy expert that recently left his golden cage at Deloitte and started his own venture, Triple Helix. With Triple Helix, Steven plans on building circular and sustainable material companies and using his knowledge and skills to make the world a better place. Earlier this morning he got the newspaper front page with the announcement of the opening of SurePure, a recycling company for polyurethane.

I got to know Steven as a participant in my Unplug 48 retreats and must say I find it very hard to put a label on him. He seems to be the ultimate jack of all trades to me. I am intrigued and would like to take this opportunity to get a deeper understanding of who Steven Peleman is, what drives him and what we should remember about him.

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In deze aflevering van 48 minutes spreek ik met Jeroen Wils, criminoloog, journalist en ondernemer. Hij was één van de sleutelfiguren in de verslaggeving rond de Dutroux affaire in de jaren 90 en was nadien onder andere chef nieuws bij VTM. Hij had ook zijn eigen misdaad documentaireprogrammas. Nadien ontwaakte de ondernemer in hem en richtte hij meerdere PR en communicatiebedrijven op die later werden overgenomen door MediaFin. Recent nam Jeroen de beslissing om een professionele break te doen en te herbronnen, iets waar ik uiteraard getriggerd door ben en meer over wilde weten.

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In this episode I have the honor to talk to Bart De Smet, who is the former CEO and current Chairman of Ageas Group, an International insurance group, active in 14 countries and employing around 45000 employees worldwide. Bart holds several board positions in Belgium and abroad and is the president of the Federation of Belgian Entreprises. Before joining Ageas he was active in Fortis, ING, Nationale Suisse and Argenta. 

In 2016 he got the prestigious Manager of the year Award by the business magazine Trends. He was rewarded for transforming Fortis’ insurance activities into the strong international insurance group Ageas. He is known for being a coach, bringing out the best in his people.

Today in 48 minutes, Elke Geraerts. Elke is the CEO and founder of Better Minds at Work, a company that focuses on the human capital of their clients. What’s unique about them is that they translate scientific research into a day-to-day approach to promote employee wellbeing and growth. If a company takes care of their employees, the rest will follow. 

We talked to Elke about her passion for interior design, the Covid-19 crisis and the vaccination strategy as well as some of her thoughts and practices while raising her kids.

In this episode of 48 Minutes I speak to the one and only José Woldring. 

José is the founder and CEO of The Media Nanny and SEG Artists. 

The Media Nanny offers global PR services for artists, events and brands in the entertainment industry and beyond. She has worked with DJs like Martin Garrix, David Guetta, Gianluca Vacchi and our very own Charlotte De Witte.

Last year The Media Nanny joined forces with Sport Entertainment Group, a talent management company that represents hundreds of talented clients worldwide. As a result of the merger, a new SEG division will come into being in addition to the existing branches Football, Cycling and Esports: SEG Artists. 

Besides this, she is also brand ambassador for Porsche. 

I speak to José about how she is dealing with the COVID crisis, the importance of following your own path and the things she does to stay centered. 

 Behind this young, successful woman there is a kind, down to earth and inspiring leader.

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In deze aflevering van 48 Minutes praat ik met Joost Callens.

 Joost is de CEO en voorzitter van het bouwbedrijf Durabrik.  Daarnaast zetelt hij in de raden van bestuur van Mixx, Alides, Mathieu Gijbels, Itam, en Vlaamse Confederatie Bouw, en is hij voorzitter van de raad van bestuur van Konekt. Hij is stichter van het sociaal impact fonds Toontjeshuis, geïnspireerd op zijn zoon Toontje, waarmee hij een eigen thuis wil creëren voor voor volwassenen met een beperking. Tot slot is hij ook medeoprichter van Futureproof Leadership, een leiderschapsprogramma dat hij samen met Bjorn Prins en Veerle Dobbelaere ontwikkelde. 

Het mag duidelijk wezen dan Joost geen doorsnee CEO is. Zo nam hij in 2010 deel aan een noordpoolexpeditie met Dixie Dancercoer en liet hij naar aanleiding van zijn 50ste verjaardag, 90 dagen lang zijn bedrijf achter om de Camino naar Santiago de Compostella te wandelen. Daar kwam hij naar eigen zeggen “tot zijn kern”. Joost heeft ook een uitgesproken mening over leiderschap, welke hij neerpende in twee boeken “De kwetsbare leider” en “De zoekende leider”.

Ik leerde Joost enkele jaren geleden kennen als een hele warme en zachte man, niet meteen wat je zou verwachten van een CEO van een bouwbedrijf. Zoals hij in zijn tweede boek schrijft, is hij een zoekende leider en ik hoop dat hij ons vandaag een inkijk kan geven in de lessen die deze zoektocht hem al geleerd heeft. 

Welcome to another episode of 48 Minutes.

Our guest today is Dirk Brossé.

Dirk is an internationally acclaimed conductor and award-winning composer. He is currently Music Director of the Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia, and Music Director of the Ghent Film Festival and has guest-conducted many top orchestras, all over the world, among them, the London Symphony Orchestra, Vancouver Opera, Hong Kong Chinese Orchestra and I could go on like this for a little while. 

Besides this Dirk has produced over 400 works including concerti, oratorios, lieder, chamber music and symphonic pieces, as well as scores for cinema, television and stage. 

Because that was not enough, he is also professor of composition and conducting at the School of Arts / Royal Conservatory of Music in his hometown Ghent, Belgium. 
 
The first time I saw Dirk live was at Tomorrowland last year where I was absolutely blown away by the energy that radiated from Metropole Academy Orchestra bringing his versions of some all time famous EDM music. 
 
Despite my music and piano classes as a child and young adolescent, I consider myself as an absolute dummy in classical music. So I was very curious to see where this interview would take us. One thing was sure: I had more questions than we had time.

The music used in this podcast is composed by Dirk himself and is called "Back to Utopia".

Welcome to another episode of 48 Minutes.

Our guest today is Ronnie Leten. 

Ronnie is the former CEO of the global industrial player Atlas Copco with headquarters in Stockholm, but active in more than 180 countries and employing almost 40000 employees . He has also served as chairman of the board at Electrolux. Today Ronnie is a board member at SFK Group and serves as the Chairman at Epiroc, Piab and Ericsson, all Swedish companies. 

In 2013 he received the prestigious Trends “Manager of the year” award.

Together with sports coach Paul Van den Bossche, he wrote the book “Act like a coach” in which they give tips for better leadership. 

Ronnie currently lives in Mol, which is close to where I grew up as a child and he turns out to be exactly as old as my dad. Besides that, I actually don’t know Ronnie, but I am curious to understand how a Belgian manages to win the hearts of the Swedes as well as his take on leadership. 

Welcome to another episode of 48 Minutes.

Our guest today is Marc Bogaerts.

Marc is an international choreographer with over 800 productions on his counter. He has designed choreographies for amongst others Cirque du Soleil, the Royal Ballet of Flanders, Hooverphonic, Pragha Khan, Washington Ballet and the Royal Danish Ballet. 

Besides that, he has countless of other artistic projects ongoing which makes him, in my opinion, an artist ‘pur sang’. 

I recently got to know Marc via a friend, and I must say he is definitely the most intriguing person I met in 2020. Which didn’t leave any other choice than to invite him for this podcast. 

Marc spends his time between Berlin and Antwerp, so I'm very happy he could make some time for us.

 Let's experience a glimpse of the wonderful world of Marc Bogaerts!

Welcome to another episode of 48 Minutes.  

Today we are honored to introduce to you someone with a truly unique and inspiring life story. Olivier Onghena - ‘T Hooft, a noble purpose entrepreneur and the founder of the Global Inspiration & Noble Purpose Institute and Wisdom Encounters. He has dedicated his life to inspire CEOs, entrepreneurs and political leaders around the globe to serve the interest of something special, something that transcends their own self. 

I know Olivier from Young Leaders - Inspiring Mentors, a mentoring program also founded by him, which I took part in last year and in which he inspired me from the first second with his words of wisdom. Recently Olivier launched his first book, ‘The Book of Noble Purpose’, in which he envisions a bright and more sustainable future driven by a higher level of consciousness on an individual, organisational and societal level.

Because of Olivier's dedication to purpose and meaning, I realized he could not be left out of our 48 Minute podcast collection, because I believe he will inspire many of you.