I could care less….

When I started this blog I was working in a general hospital on the edge of IT and business. And the blog had that title; Healthcare and ICT. But as time moved on that wasn’t the correct title anymore for the content of the site. So I had to rearrange it.

And why this title? Why do I write here about things that interest me and over which I am curious, wondering, angry or which just strike me as odd. I really never had given the title of a blog much thought. But now I am thinking that the title says it all. It is really the first impression that makes the difference.

So Healthcare and ICT issues really wasn’t a good title anymore. Out with the old… in with the new. Because those issues are a too limited part of subject matter that I would like to write about. But what would I like to write about then?

I found out that in my work in the healthcare sector I came across more and more situations that I cared about. That struck me. Over which I was amazed. Or touched, or simply moved by. So I thought that this feeling or experience should be reflected in the title of the blog. And then please a little provocative of course, so I thought… I could care less

(for an interesting explanation on ‘couldn’t vs could care less’ see Merriam-Webster dictionary)

Hence the title…

And now that I have moved on and three fours years down a different path, with other contours but still related to healthcare, I notice that I care more and more how things are taken care of, or not. And that…I do care about…

Waarom dit blog?

En waarom deze titel? Waarom schrijf ik hier dingen op die mij interesseren en waar ik mij over verbaas, verwonder, boos maak of gewoon iets dat me opvalt. Ik had eigenlijk nooit zo over de titel van het blog nagedacht. Nu denk ik eigenlijk dat het natuurlijk heel belangrijk is hoe dit blog heet. Het is immers de eerste indruk die mede bepaald.

Dus Healthcare en ICT issues is geen goede naam meer. Out with the old…in with the new….Want dat is niet het enige waar ik over wil schrijven. Waarover dan wel?

Ik merk dat ik in mijn werk in de zorg steeds meer kijk naar de dingen die me zorgen baren. Waar ik me druk over maak. Waar ik me over verbaas. Of ontroerd , of gewoon geraakt wordt. Dus dat moet ook de titel worden. En dan liefst een beetje prikkelend, dus ik dacht; het zal mij een zorg zijn…

vandaar de titel…

Vier jaar verder en ik werk op een andere plek, met andere contouren maar nog steeds gerelateerd aan de zorg. En ik merk dat het me steeds meer een zorg is hoe dingen geregeld zijn, of niet. En dat …is me wel een zorg…

Glad you made it to my page…

(…the sunset picture was taken at San Diego while visiting the Exponential Medicine conference back in 2015. If you ever get a change to go there…take the shot and experience!…)

I work as a Manager Healthcare Innovation Innovation Manager at Health Valley ( www.healthvalley.nl ). I look at new developments develop business for entrepreneurs in (information) technology who support healthcare. To make incremental changes improvements. I love trying out new things and look for ways to do, change the status quo and to implement.  Facilitate the workshops that help SMB change.

Interested in new ways of working I write about subjects related to healthcare and ICT, but also about productivity, Getting Things Done (GTD) and (Service) Design Thinking.

I live and work in Nijmegen. In my free time I love to sport (cycling), to read (Murakami or Roth) or see a movie.

What can I do for you?

In my job I have a lot of different roles. I am not always sure what they are specific. And maybe I also don’t really want to know.

I do know what I like, what gets my creative juices flowing, what gets me excited and energized.

Above here you see me on stage presenting Health Valley and some of it’s partners, abroad and in a foreign language. That was out of my comfort zone, but I still like to do it. Because it gives me a sense of accomplishment and it makes me proud to be able to present some of the beautiful companies and technologies we have in our region.

I always hope that there will be a follow-up on one of these occasions. And now it seems that this might work out in the near future. In March 2019 we will have our annual event. The largest Lifesciences and Health event in the Netherlands and we will try to get as many international connections to Nijmegen the day prior to the conference.

So what else makes up one of the different roles in my job besides presenting?

I really like the different workshops I have been doing lately on so many varied subjects and challenges of the entrepeneurs. Doing the intake and setting up a design challenge is something that brings new questions and results everytime.

If you want to find out what I can do for you, drop me a line.

You can find more information on  my About.Me profile page.

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