Continuous Professional Development
For curious people who want to understand where my methods come from and how I evolve in my practice.
This page reflects my conviction that effective support requires continuous development based on solid foundations and proven practices.
🎓 Training & Qualifications
Systemic Development
- 2026-03: Visual Facilitation - Flipchart Ninja (Visuality)
- 2026-01: Restorative Group Conferencing (Le Souffle asbl)
- 2025-01 → 2026-05: Strategic Systemic Practitioner (Institut Gregory Bateson)
- 2025-01: Radical Collaboration (Jim Tamm / Visuality)
- 2024-01 → 2024-04: Facilitator of Change (Exploration Labs)
Professional Agile Coaching
- 2023-06: Coaching Agile Transformations - ICP-CAT (ICAgile)
- 2022-09: Enterprise Agile Coaching - ICP-ENT (ICAgile)
- 2019-09: Agile Coaching - ICP-ACC (ICAgile)
- 2019-02: Agile Team Facilitation - ICP-ATF (ICAgile)
Agile & Product Fundamentals
- 2022-02: Professional Scrum Product Owner I - PSPO-I (Scrum.org)
- 2018-12: Agile Fundamentals - ICP (ICAgile)
- 2016-06: Professional Scrum Master I - PSM-I (Scrum.org)
Initial Training
- 2007: DEA in Physics (ULB)
- 2002 → 2006: Master’s in Physics (ULB)
🎤 Contributions & Conferences
Speaker
2026
- Agile Lean Europe: When the coachee didn’t choose to be coached: how to deal with it?
- Agile Lean Europe: Restorative conferencing: fixing the problem & repair the relationships
- Journée Agile Belgique: What does it cost not to collaborate: our team repair kit
2023
- Agile Tour Brussels: Burning Man: Co-creation in a hostile and complex environment
- Internal presentation: Improving internal IT services (with agility)
- Groupama Agile Day: Minimalism (Doing less to do better)
2018
- Engie Agile Day: A journey to Agility
- Engie Agile Day: Cross-pollination between teams
Media
2024
- Podcast Public Service Adventure, episode 1: Journey towards agile government
Trainer
2021
- European financial institution → Agile Short Sessions
- Consulting company → Scrum Training
- Belgian university → Introduction to self-organizing teams
📖 Key Readings That Nourish My Practice
Systemic Foundations
Thinking in Systems - Donella H. Meadows
Fundamental principles of systems behavior. Identification of leverage points for structural rather than symptomatic interventions.
The Fifth Discipline - Peter Senge
Integration of systems thinking with organisational learning. Complete framework for developing organisational capacity for adaptation and growth.
Systémique et entreprise - Jacques-Antoine Malarewicz 🇫🇷
Grounding of systemic approach in francophone and organisational context, with concrete examples of business application.
Collaborative Governance
Many Voices One Song - Ted J. Rau & Jerry Koch-Gonzalez
Complete guide to sociocratic governance. Implementation strategies for organisations transitioning to shared power structures.
Sociocracy 3.0 - The Novel - Jef Cumps
This narrative approach explores how to redistribute power in a structured way. Makes complex governance concepts accessible through storytelling, showing practical applications of distributed leadership and collaborative decision-making.
Change Support
Managing Transitions - William & Susan Bridges
Fundamental distinction between change (external) and transition (internal/psychological). Concrete tools for structuring transition support and creating lasting changes.
The Art of Gathering - Priya Parker
Sophisticated framework for designing meaningful collective experiences. Elevates facilitation from technique to art to generate lasting change.
Coaching Practice
A Skeptic’s HR Dictionary - Patrick Vermeren
Rigorous academic examination of contemporary management practices. Confronts management fads with factual research, providing evidence-based alternatives.
The Complete Handbook of Coaching - Edited by Elaine Cox, Tatiana Bachkirova & David Clutterbuck
Complete guide to the coaching field exploring theories, approaches, contexts, and professional issues. Establishes links between theory and practice with an evidence-based and academic research approach.
💬 Community & Events
Online Resources That Inspire Me
- A Practical Guide to Sociocracy 3.0 → Pattern library for sociocratic governance implementation
- Leverage Points → Fundamental framework for understanding intervention effectiveness
- The Systems Thinker → Continuous exploration of systems thinking applications
Event Participation
- 2026: Journée Agile (Belgium), Agile Lean Europe (Leuven)
- 2025: Journée Agile (Belgium), Agile Tour Brussels
- 2024: Journée Agile (Belgium), GOTO Copenhagen, XP Days BeNeLux
- 2023: Journée Agile (Belgium), Agile Tour Brussels, Groupama Agile Day, XP days BeNeLux
- 2022: Agile Tour Brussels
- 2021: XP days BeNeLux, Frug’Agile (France)
- 2019: Journée Agile (Belgium)
- 2018: Engie Agile Day
- 2017: Agile France
🎯 Want to discuss these approaches?
Free first exchange to see how these methods can apply to your context
This page represents my commitment to evidence-based practice, continuous learning, and the integration of cutting-edge research with practical application. Each resource contributes to my ability to support clients in creating sustainable, systemic transition.