THNK School of Creative Leadership

THNK School of Leadership is an international executive education organization[1] headquartered in Amsterdam. The school was founded in 2010[2]

History

THNK was launched in 2010 as a public-private partnership supported by the Dutch government, the city of Amsterdam,[3] the province of North Holland, Vodafone, McKinsey & Company, KLM Airlines, and a host of other private and public entities.[4] It was founded to establish Amsterdam as a creative center and boost the city's innovation ecosystem.[5] Partly funded by the City of Amsterdam, and influenced by the leadership thinking and creative modeling of companies such as McKinsey, Pixar, IDEO, and Philips, “THNK intentionally chose to stay outside of the formal education system so that it could create its own version of what leadership training for the 21st century should look like”.[6] In 2014, THNK expanded to Vancouver.[7]

The co-founders were Bas Verhart and Menno van Dijk. Stefano Marzano, former Chief Design Officer of Philips, was the Founding Dean of the new course.[8]

Programs

  • Executive Leadership Program[9]
  • Custom Programs: THNK works with different organizations on special programs. THNK has worked with FIFA[10][11] to support and develop female leaders at the senior decision-making level in football,[12] with Stanford University to deliver the mediaX Global Innovation Leadership program,[13] with World Economic Forum to deliver the Global Leadership Fellows Program[14] and with the Dubai Future Academy to deliver an Executive Education Program.[15]

Notable alumni

References

  1. ^"The 'barbarians at the business school gates'". Financial Times. Retrieved 17 January 2025.
  2. ^Say, My (Nov 4, 2014). "THNK: A Leadership Approach To Disrupt Thinking, Then Business". Forbes. Retrieved 15 August 2018.
  3. ^Junte, Jeroen. "Mentaliteitsles". Volkskrant. Retrieved 5 February 2025.
  4. ^Ungerleider, Neal (March 27, 2012). "The THNK Tank: Why Amsterdam Wants Your (Creative) Brains". Fast Company. Retrieved 15 August 2018.
  5. ^"THNK bevestigt creatieve status Amsterdam". Dutch Cowboys. 21 March 2012. Retrieved 15 August 2018.
  6. ^Paul, Roshan (May 25, 2012). "What Higher Education Should Look Like". Stanford Social Innovation Review. Retrieved 15 August 2018.
  7. ^"Amsterdam's THNK creative leadership school is expanding to Vancouver". BC Business. 22 September 2014. Retrieved 17 January 2025.
  8. ^"THNK bevestigt creatieve status Amsterdam". Dutch Cowboys. 21 March 2012. Retrieved 15 August 2018.
  9. ^Say, My (Nov 4, 2014). "THNK: A Leadership Approach To Disrupt Thinking, Then Business". Forbes. Retrieved 15 August 2018.
  10. ^"Female Leadership Development Programme by FIFA". SWinG. 29 September 2021. Retrieved 17 January 2025.
  11. ^"FIFA launches new programme targeting representation of women in leadership". AIPS. Retrieved 17 January 2025.
  12. ^Marcin, Tim (February 25, 2016). "Ahead Of FIFA Presidential Election, Here's How An Increased Role For Women Could Help Shape Reforms". International Business Times. Retrieved 15 August 2018.
  13. ^"Global Innovation Leadership Workshop". Stanford .edu. Retrieved 15 August 2018.
  14. ^"WEF GLF Brochure"(PDF). World Economic Forum. Retrieved 5 February 2025.
  15. ^"Dubai Future Academy is launched". Gulf News. December 21, 2016. Retrieved 15 August 2018.
  16. ^"Anya Ayoung Chee. Unleashing the entrepreneurial spirit". Newsday. 6 November 2016. Retrieved 16 August 2018.
  17. ^Johnston, Patrick (April 29, 2018). "Vancouver entrepreneur Mark Brand to teach innovation course for USC". Vancouver Sun. Retrieved 15 August 2018.
  18. ^Rich, Carrie (5 March 2015). "Going Against The Grain: The Story Of A Female Entrepreneur In Saudi Arabia". Huffington Post. Retrieved 15 August 2018.
  19. ^"Easkey Britton". Lineup. Retrieved 15 August 2018.
  20. ^"A man of many talents". Business Times. November 23, 2016. Retrieved 15 August 2018.
  21. ^"Jon Gosier". TED. Retrieved 16 August 2018.
  22. ^Poulsen, Sophie. "Football as a powerful tool for social change". THNK.org. Retrieved 21 August 2018.
  23. ^"Rand Hindi". IRU World Congress. Archived from the original on August 16, 2018. Retrieved 16 August 2018.
  24. ^"Hermen Hulst". THNK.org. Retrieved 21 August 2018.
  25. ^"Ellen Jorgensen". THNK.org. Retrieved 16 August 2018.
  26. ^"Katherine Maher". THNK.org. Retrieved 21 August 2018.

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