van der Glas & van der Glas

- the place to be & feel @ home -

A large, old tree with a thick trunk and dense green foliage stands in a foggy landscape.

“The problems [the current meta-crisis] of the world
come from seeing the world as fragmented.”
- David Bohm, physicist -

This is our why,
why we provide learning perceiving through
holistically emergent & co-creating, dialogues,
foster the understanding of interconnectedness
&
guide you safely through
your individal life-long-learning-journey
- every step of the way.

We work with
individuals, organisations & governments
and help
create healthy environments.

With kindness,
van der Glas & van der Glas

Interesting insight:
“Attention is a moral act, because the way we pay attention
determines what we see!
[And only paying attention the ‘right’ way enables that what really is
to come into being fully and ‘it’ being perceived fully.
Paying ‘right’ attention is the prerequisite of a well-informed decision-making process and the subsequent actions
(i.e. do-no-harm-principle).] ”
- Dr. Iain McGilchrist, Medical Doctor, psychiatrist & author.

Photo above source: ‘The Fathom Trust’.

List of certifications and qualifications including Harvard, Trauma Research Foundation, Carpa, Ashidge, EMCC, and health & life advisor, with icons of graduation caps.

We are members of the:
- chamber of Commerce of the Canton Glarus since 2015
- the trade association of the community Glarus Nord
- small-and-medium enterprise association Switzerland
- SwissBoardForum since 2018-2024; to name a few.

We are rooted in:
- the valleys of Glarus & Linth in Switzerland
- the Twente area in The Netherlands
- the Vancouver area, British Columbia, Canada
- nature ever since.

Get to know us in 51 seconds here and/or have the best experience by engaging with us personally and/or our website through a desktop or tablet.

By the way: The original language of this website is English. In case you use ‘google translate’ or any other automated translator to translate our content into your mother tongue, then please be aware that the translations can and/or oftentimes do not reflect the meaning we mean to convey through the use of the English language. Thank you for considering this.

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Dear reader
a warm welcome to our fresh website
van der Glas & van der Glas [ continue understanding ].

We invite you to make yourself comfortable and feel at home,
have a thorough look around, engage with the rich content we offer here and maybe you are also enjoying an americano/cappuccino/latte or delicious herbal tea - whilst doing so. By taking the time to engage with our website, you can explore:

Your boutique English school!
Create your own bridge to a more in-depth, thorough understanding. Look for more here and/or get in touch with us here for your personal proposal.
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Boutique Executive Education
Coaching, Mentoring & Supervision, you find here.
Revive & revitalise your spirit of Teaching here.
Our unique Fellowship: one year of thorough research & deep inquiry - look here for more.
14 perspectives & insights, read on below.
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Healthy governance, Risk & Stewardship Advisory
Schedule your inspiring 1:1 human conversation here and/or get insights of what we do here.
Schedule your advisory through here and/or have a look at our work here.
.
The Mother Tree Nursery
Let’s plant trees together and support here .
Help to lower carbon/CO2 naturally, organically & for the benefit of all life.
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Last but not least: The two birds café [coming in 2025/2026] - more to come.

Our encompassing offering supports you in discovering how to find knowledge, educate yourself and/or your workforce so that you can deepen and broaden your understanding as well as your skillset to the benefit of yourself and your environment simultaneously.

With us you can choose flexibly your own curriculum & time-frame.
Learn for your own enjoyment & growth.

We offer Cambridge Exam Preparation [ Linguaskill (AI-powered) from September 2024, former BEC, FCE, CAE, CPE ] English language for the further Education in the Swiss Federal Education System [part of the fees are refunded by the federation!]

and education in the topics: Business, leadership, strategy, marketing, business development, Pharma, biotech, travelling, history, literature, philosophy, psychology, due diligence, architecture, ethics, health care, well-being, hospitality, stewardship, forestry/agro-forestry, governance, communication, compassionate conversations, creating a dialogue, reflective writing & mindfulness, cosmology, anthropology, pedagogy, epistemology & ontology, AI, risks / threats - this list is inconclusive and is listed as such just to give you a taste of what we can and do teach, coach & guide you through in a thoughtful and kind manner.

Our engagements start with 6 months and can last up to years - according to your own plan, growth, needs and/or until you reach the goal of your learning-journey.

We help you to navigate your way
- every step of the way.

We look forward to seeing you inside, are happy to guide you on a part of your individual life-long-learning-journey and trust that you love this experience as much as we do.

With kindness,

van der Glas & van der Glas

Ruud & Manuela van der Glas
Founder & senior partners @ van der Glas & van der Glas

Do you have any questions?
Feel free to contact us and/or
schedule your appointment and/or
connect with us by subscribing to our newsletter [see button below].

Good to know - we speak:
Schwiizertüütsch, Deutsch, English, Nederlands, Twents, y un poquito Español: “guidante los angelitos”.

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A gift card with a red bow on top, featuring the word 'Gutschein' written in white cursive on a dark background, and 'Glarnerland' in white on a red background at the bottom.

Certified English teachers CELTA,
the gold standard teaching qualification.

Here you find 14 perspectives we are immersed in and from which we bring together [synthesise] knowledge to gain insights of the whole picture and understand ‘life’ - and its meaning - on a deeper level:

1. Why becoming aware & seeing the interconnectedness of things matters.

Dr. Iain McGilchrist, medical doctor and psychiatrist from Scotland/UK, wrote the books:
“The master and his emissary” and “The matter with things.” - both books provide us with valuble insights of what it means to ‘be of a healthy mind’..

[ please log in to your personal fellowship a count to read on ]
2. Map it. Why? Make your thinking visible!

‘Mapping’ means:
“Make your thinking visible!”

By seeing, we can understand.
In order for us to understand where we have to / want to go, we need to know where we come from [our path/history], i.e. how we came here, where we are now.
Only by figuring this out..
[ please log in to your personal fellowship a count to read on ]
3. Getting organisation

Over the past decades we noticed disintegration in people, families, communities as well as governments and countries.
The foundation of organisation starts in each and every single human being.
In order to become a
whole human being
[C. G. Jung, a Swiss psychiatrist], ..
[ please log in to your personal fellowship a count to read on ]
4. Attention is a moral act

The way we pay attention determines what we are able perceive and see.

Humans biologically evolved to be enabled to perceive in a certain bandwidth only.
[i.e. we are not built to perceive that what is outside our bandwidth. In biochemistry, bandwidth it is the optimum state in which we remain healthy.}. However..
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5. Being response-able & the quality of responsiveness

In a lot of organisations employees are ordered / degraded to:
follow ‘process’ or ‘protocol’ - their voice is silenced and in the worst case a ‘power over’ is enforced. This instead of a healthy collaboration through ‘power with’ - and asking for consent.
This ‘silencing’ leads to..
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6. FOREST [example] Think things through thoroughly - or why 'due diligence' matters - to 'make it right'!

Our environment has trained our brains to take ‘short-cuts’ - most of the time - since we are artificially put under ‘time pressure’ and taught to perceive the world in a fragmented way. This leads..
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7. Learning English, why? [it is a door-opener] How to learn - some strategies:

Why we recommend learning English? Because understanding English equips you to access deeper and more encompassing, original knowledge.
The English language helps you to build a bridge to ..
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8. Das Fundament des Landes und den Organisationen in der Schweiz ist:

“Im Namen Gottes des Allmächtigen!
Das Schweizervolk und die Kantone, in der Verantwortung gegenüber der Schöpfung,

im Bestreben, den Bund zu erneuern, um Freiheit..
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9. How AI changes the way we perceive & are able to think.

The past years software was programmed to gather a lot of private data - mainly without our consent and/or knowledge - data that we humans provide by interacting with each other online on different social platforms. These platforms then use our data to make profit.
What is more: this data is then..
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10. The myth of normal - trauma, illness & healing in a toxic culture.

Dr. Gabor Maté, medical doctor from Vancouver BC wrote the book with above mentioned title. Gabor described our somatic sensing and recgonised that the symptoms that show up are actually healthy reactions to a toxic environment.
He is not alone in this finding..
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11. A one-shot documentary showing four senior Executives, describing Executive Coaching.

This documentary shows four executives describing their perspective on Executive Coaching - 4 real-life experiences in a one-shot documentary.
You can watch it here - for free.
Executives are..
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12. Learning how to lead in the 21st century

An Ecological & Community Approach by Jane Riddiford / NZ.
Jane Riddiford DProf, co-founded Global Generation in 2004. She has more than 30 years experience in leading environmental, arts and educational projects within urban communities in NZ and the UK.
The recording shows..
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13. "The world is so blind... needs to learn how to see again."

“The world is so blind
that it doesn’t even realise
it can’t see.
We need to learn to see again!”
- Ruud van der Glas -

Dr. Iain McGilchrist, MD/psychiatrist researched neuroscience among other sciences and documented in..
[ please log in to your personal fellowship a count to read on ]
14. Explore talking trees @ National Geographic

Our brain’s left hemisphere is focussed on utility and mechanics.
However, there is an entire different world out there that we can discover through paying attention with our right hemisphere.
[Split brain & hemisphere information you will find in the work of..
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Do you love to read on? Register for your fellowship below or contact us. See you inside!

Explore our year-long fellowship - it is a good way to support, benefit from our knowledge and be part of life-changing endeavours.

A woman with a hat walking near a large tree with sprawling branches in a park on a sunny day.

“ The world is so blind,
that it doesn’t even notice,
that it can’t see anymore.
We essentially have to learn how to see again. ”

- Ruud van der Glas -

Your personal fellowship [ a deep, one year inquiry & research ]

An intensive, personal inquiry into the concepts of epistemology and ontology through proprioceptive writing. This entails that we think about 'how we know' and 'based on what we know' through writing in the first person form, enabling somatic experiences to be felt, recognised, acknowledged - metabolised. Through this way of 'attending', we allow an unfolding and noticing that we otherwise 'blend-out' and develop a systemic view. On a monthly basis you will benefit from:

✓ Participate via zoom from the convenience of your home.

✓ Build & expand your knowledge base step-by-step.

✓ Learn from the perspectives of other participants.

✓ Receive a thorough, personal feedforward in writing.

✓ Conclude your inquiry with an achievement celebration.

Learn more