van der Glas & van der Glas

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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’..


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    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..

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  • 'Plan & get your things done!'

    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], ..

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  • Eye, van der Glas & van der Glas

    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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  • Being response-able & the quality of responsiveness

    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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  • Mountains van der Glas & van der Glas

    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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  • van der Glas & van der Glas, your boutique English school!

    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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  • Switzerland van der Glas & van der Glas

    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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  • Screen

    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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  • "The Myth of Normal" by Gabor Maté, MD, with Daniel Maté.

    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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  • Manuela van der Glas about Executive Coaching

    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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  • An Ecological and Community Approach' by Jane Ridiford.

    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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  • A middle-aged man with light skin, brown hair, and wearing an orange sweater over a checkered shirt, smiling at the camera against a plain gray background.

    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..

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  • A detailed scientific illustration of how trees communicate underground, showing tree roots, mycorrhizal fungi networks, and nutrient pathways. It includes labels identifying different types of trees, root sections, and resource exchange processes, with visual markers for various trees like Douglas fir and Western spruce budworm, as well as stages of tree resource sharing and distress signals.

    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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