Stefaan Vandist
Stefaan Vandist helps organizations craft narratives and contribute to a future-proof society with over 25 years of experience in advertising, sustainable branding, and business innovation.
Stefaan aims to liberate sustainability from dry reports and technical jargon, bringing it home to unlock new possibilities for innovation and change.
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Stefaan Vandist
Past speaking engagemens
“Stories order data into meaning.
Stefaan Vandist believes we create our stories, and then thestories create us. If you think of it: Everything is ‘sooner or later’ a story:your childhood, your career, your mariage, the organization you build, …
The question is: what narrative do you want to leave behind?
Most leaders would argue it is about heritage. They hope tohand down a legacy that younger generations will thank them for. As a keynotespeaker, Stefaan inspires large audiences to grasp their future narrative. As acoach, he helps organizations to catch, craft, share, and live their ownstories, supported by his program 'The Magic of Storytelling'.
Storytelling holds the power and magic to bend reality andreframe challenges into possibilities. We create our stories, and then thestories create us.
Stefaan Vandist
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Future Exploring Keynote
In every lecture, Stefaan invites the audience on a journey to explore the future. To predict the future, we must imagine it, share it, create it, and celebrate it. That is the central thought behind all his keynotes. He addresses trends and 'waves of change' affecting various industries to envision a bold, unifying, and attractive vision of the future.
Sustained by sustainability, his lectures shift the narrative from the World of Promise to the World of Proof. In every lecture, Stefaan aims to liberate the future from mind-numbing jargon, technical terms, and tedious reports, repositioning it where it belongs: as this generation's most captivating adventure.
Provotyping
Stefaan takes teams from the old normal to the new sublime through 'provocative prototyping'. In his book "Provotyping" (LannooCampus 2024), he explains the process of gently challenging visions of the future to create room for new perspectives.
The active, guided sessions foster collaborative, bold visions of the future, translating them into tangible experiences. From establishing a guiding narrative, building a 'coalition of the willing', to offering a vivid 'provocative prototypes', Stefaan stresses the importance of celebration: sharing your breakthroughs with pride.
The magic of storytelling
Stefaan’s masterclass invites participants to learn the art, craft, and magic of storytelling to shape futures with connecting narratives.Inspired by Yuval Noah Harari's articulation in both books Sapiens and Nexus, Stefaan explores the fundamental building blocks of engaging narratives.
His masterclass allows participants to craft stories that not only engage but also inspire action. He guides participants trough his Storytelling Canvas, equipping teams with techniques to engage audiences on emotional levels in order to improve content, marketing, branding and PR.
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