Februari 2024 – Veerkracht is nominated for the title “Managementboek of the year 2024”. Needless to say how proud I am :). Op 18 april zal de winnaar bekend worden gemaakt!
December 2023 – Interview over Veerkracht in Audit Magazine. Hier na te lezen!
November 2023 – Emerge Consulting sponsort heren 1 van volleybalclub Inter Rijswijk! Op naar promotie naar de hoogste divisie in Nederland!
Oktober 2023 – Hele mooie recensie van Carsten Busch in NVVK Magazine! Hier terug te lezen!
September 2023 – Presentation of “Veerkracht – Minder Compliance & Control, Meer Vertrouwen en Vakmanschap”. It was a blast!
July 2023 – Launch of the book “Veerkracht – Minder Compliance & Control, Meer Vertrouwen en Vakmanschap”. It is about organisational resilience. More information can be found here and here.
Juni 2023 – De cover is klaar van het boek Veerkracht!
April 2023 – Giro di KiKa 2023. Gerben will attend Giro di KiKa again in 2023, for the sixth time! From June 18-25th Feel free to support and donate via: https://www.girodikika.nl/gerben-bekooy-team-emerge. Thank you!
Here’s 2020 for Emerge in numbers. All in all this was a satisfying year. Wish you all the best for 2021! Stay healthy and stay fit!
December 2020
Award Time! Vandaag de Customer of the Year Award uitgereikt aan Bakels en Ouwerkerk Bouwgroep!
Zij krijgen deze prijs omdat zij dit jaar, ondanks de corona crisis, mooie stappen hebben gemaakt in het verwezenlijken van hun ambitie. Er zijn grote vorderingen in de verdere professionalisering van de organisatie. De sfeer op de werkvloer is uitstekend. Er worden mooie en uitdagende projecten gerealiseerd en de toekomst ziet er rooskleurig uit.
Deze prijs mag bovendien gezien worden als een blijk van waardering voor de prettige samenwerking en voor het feit dat Emerge Consulting mag bijdragen aan het succes van Bakels en Ouwerkerk Bouwgroep. Keep up the good work!
Since we are still locked down, some people wonder how business is run from the Emerge home office. Very convenient and coping well. Still going strong and able to service all of our customers.
April 2020
Official kick off of a new project with Allnex: the implementation of a new management system for the site in Bergen op Zoom. Looking forward to a great team effort!
March 2020
Succesfully finished off the implementation of a management system for B&S. This project was rounded off with succesful certification to the ISO 9001, ISO 14001 and ISO 45001 certification. A great collaboration with AVAQ, Lausale and the team of B&S!
February 2020
This month’s highlight is the succesful certification of the information security management system of 3 software development customers to the ISO 27001 standard: Monidee, Filelinx and Calvi Business Software. Again it is proven that Emerge Consulting is a solid partner for implementating your ISMS succesfully!
December 2019:
Year’s end, so time for an annual report again. It’s been another great year for Emerge Consulting BV. Very proud, again, and much faith for 2020! Enjoy your Year’s End, looking forward to meeting you in 2020! And of course we wish you and your families all the best for the upcoming new millenium!
December 2019:
Providing a training today on ‘not my job’ fuck ups and how to prevent them, based on the Emerge Consulting rules of engagement for effective organisations. I love doing this!
November 2019: I had a great meeting and inspirational masterclass with Simon Sinek, about the infinite game of life and business. Message: It is not about winning or losing, there is not such thing as winning in business or winning in a marriage or life. We can only choose how we play the game. It’s an infinite game. Goal: be a purpose driven leader and embrace an infinite mindset. All in all a very cool and inspiring experience!
September 2019:
Matchday! First home play for SOS Kwieksport Dames 1 and first win!
August 2019:
More and more Emerge Consulting cycling kits are spotted on the roads around The Hague and Rotterdam. Very nice to witness. In total almost 30 fanatics ride around in the Emerge Consulting kit! Positive note: of every cycling kit sold, € 25,00 is donated to KiKa for research for child cancer!
July 2019:
Provided a nice customer with a nice trophee, because champions deserve prices 😉
A nice project with a very nice project team completed succesfully, happy about that.
July 2019
Training day nr 2 at KNVB in Zeist about procesbegeleiding. It brought me fresh insights that can be applied immediately. Very happy with that.
July 2019:
the new batch of Emerge Consulting cycling kits has arrived.
Many friends and business relations will ride in a nice and shiny Emerge Consulting kit and we are proud of that!
July 2019
A nice strategy sessions with a customer about goals and strategy for the upcoming period of time today
June 2019:
Giro di KiKa 2019 finished off with Team Conor 4 KiKa raising over 127.000 euro for the battle against child cancer! For more details check the charity page on this site.
June 2019:
Masterclass Omdenken by Berthold Gunster. Very excited about, truly useful approach. Happy to have been part of this event.
May 2019:
Start of a project within a group of companies within the Johnson & Johnson medical division: auditing activities and roll out of an interactive training programme. A great challenge.
May 2019
Provided a nice training this week to a group of enthousiastic people. One of the best trainings I have given.
May 2019:
Congratulations to Bakels en Ouwerkerk Bouwgroep with the succesful implementation of the environmental management system! A nice result which is a result of a pleasant co-operation.
May 2019:
SOS Kwieksport Dames 1 almost won the championship this season. Great job ladies!
February 2019:
New ventures! Collaboration with Back2Basics for a role as procesbegeleider to assist sport clubs in solving organisational struggles and move forward. Today is training day at KNVB!
February 2019: Handover of freshly built integrated management system for Chemours (Chemours Werkplaats). Compliant and certified to all new ISO standards and NTA 8610/ BRZO 2015 requirement. A nice and successful co-operation within a fresh, proactive and transparant organisation.
February 2019
Ready for another strategic boardroom session with a customer’s management team. Full of energy.
January 2019:
Training and brainstorm event provided for IHC about the purpose of quality management. This brought new insights and energy to move forward. It was a great pleasure to contribute to this successful event.
January 2019:
A great job at Nolet Distillery this week, consisting of performing audits and brainstorms. A great and inspiring organisation.
December 2018: Annual review. All facts and figures. All in all a great year for Emerge Consulting. Great statistics to be proud of!
November 2018: Visiting Gianni Romme, a great Olympic champion and World champion in speed skating. A great guy loaded with energy and positivity. Happy to collaborate with him and have him as an ambassador for our team Conor for KiKa!
October 2018:
Another succesful and energetic training provided for clients of Lloyds. So much fun to do.
September 2018:
Introduction of projectmanagement process in accordance with Prince2 standard at Terre des Hommes. This was a very pleasant co-operation.
September 2018:
Great collaboration with Stork Power Service division, a project with the purpose to align all local management systems into 1 integrated management system called OneManual. Project visits throughout Germany, a nice experience.
August 2018
Nice brainstorm session at Hogeschool Rotterdam about the strategic management process. Happy with the outcome of it.
July 2018:
Working out in the field, project visit in Germany for one of my favourite customers to work with.
June 2018:
Emerge Consulting has been acknowledged as recognised consultant with Gold Status by Lloyds Register. „Onafhankelijke Consultant voor Management Systemen – Erkend door Lloyd’s Register Quality Assurance Nederland (LRQA)“
June 2018: Emerge Consulting will be co-sponsoring Team Conor 4 KiKa in 2019 in their attempt to raise over 100.000 euro in the battle against child cancer. Very proud of that. For more details check the Conor 4 KiKa website!
June 2018:
SOS Kwieksport Dames 1 handbal team championship party! Of course the sponsor is proud!
June 2018: Gerben finished the Giro di KiKa, riding almost 1000 km in 6 stages with over 16.000 meters ascending. It was a tough and beautiful experience, very proud to have finished it and have raised over 4.000 euro’s for research to child cancer cures.
May 2018:
Working on the new integrated managementsystem for Chemours
April 2018
Finalisation of the new Prysmian management system, which is compliant to the Prysmian global standards as well as to the ISO standards for quality, environment and health & safety. This was a pleasant project with nice and professional people to work with.
March 2018:
Strategy management and goal definition project at Hgeschool Rotterdam. It worked out very nice and turned out to be succesful. Happy with the process and the result.
March 2018:
Joined an interactive Scrum training based on Lego, with our partners at Data 4 Development. It was surprisingly amusing and effective.
February 2018:
Providing a nice internal audit training for Lloyds customers. Great experience again.
January 2018:
Finished off a challenging project at DHL Parcel. Fast and succesful restructuring of the environmental management system.
December 2017: Annual review. What a great results achieved during the past year. Very fond!
December 2017: To all thanks for the support and collaboration in 2017! Best wishes for 2018!
December 2017:
Completion of a series of internal audit training at Alliander. It was a really pleasant and challenging group to work with.
November 2017: Followed a very inspiring workshop about Holacracy by the its founder Brian Robertson. A great guy with a great concept. Many elements can and will directly be implemented into the Emerge Consulting methodologies.
October 2017:
Training provided for Lloyds for an enthousiastic group of people. I really enjoy doing this.
September 2017
Visiting Stork in the USA. A very nice and constructive session with good brainstorms and outcome. Happy with that.
September 2017:
Emerge Consulting is now sponsoring SOS Kwieksport Dames 1 handbal team. Very cool, very proud!
June 2017:
Providing an internal audit training for Lloyds. It brings me so much joy.
March 2017:
Succesful delivery of the integrated environmental and quality managementsystem of Kyocera Netherlands.
February 2017:
Providing a training for Lloyds. It was a ball. Great group to work with, great flow.
January 2017
Finaled and handed over the newly built integrated management system for Hexion in Pernis. A very pleasant collaboration, happy with how the project was run and with the result.
December 2016:
Ready to provide annual awareness training for a customer in Germany.
October 2016:
Providing a series of strategic risk analyses brainstorm sessions at Stork. A tough but effective session.
June 2016:
A nice project in Warsaw, Poland: delivering a gap analysis and action plan to improve and certify the safety management system.
April 2016:
Ready and prepared to kick off a board room session about the environmental management system at Stork Thermeq
March 2016:
Successful deliverance of an integrated Quality management system for Terre des Hommes. They now are the first NGO to be certified against the ISO 9001:2015 standard.
