HOST Taster — Drive Human-Centered Leadership for Systemic Transformation

Schedule

Fri Jul 10 2026 at 03:00 pm to 06:00 pm

UTC+02:00
Location

DB55 | Amsterdam, NH

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Discover how to leverage today’s most essential human capability to scale sustainable change across leaders, teams, organizations & society.
About this Event



HOST is back!
Get a taste of HOST and discover how you can leverage human-centered leadership to help leaders, teams, and organizations strengthen their future readiness by enhancing (1) people's wellbeing and resilience, (2) organizational agility, and (3) sustainable impact (ESG's). Especially in the age of AI, this human-capability and Key Impact Indicators matter more than ever.

Come over if you:
1. Work as an experienced consultant, transformation expert, executive coach, L&D designer, people, culture, HR, change, agile or lean professional, or executive leader;

2. Feel a sense of urgency, responsibility, and purpose to actively contribute to humanizing the way we work, lead, and educate in order to drive sustainable change at all levels;

3. Want to deepen your practice and grow your career or business while helping to set a new standard for leadership by focusing on:

  • People's and teams' well-being and resilience;
  • Organizational agility and continuous improvement;
  • Sustainable value creation for all stakeholders, including our planet (ESG).



The HOST Key Impact Indicators
the metric for organization's future-readiness:
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When joining a HOST Taster?

Whether you want to deepen your impact through systemic reflection, expand your professional network, or explore new opportunities for collaboration and business growth, you will become part of a diverse group of like-minded professionals committed to a shared mission: humanizing the way we lead, work, and educate.


Agenda

Since 2010, HOST Tasters have immersed participants in a thriving environment for Human Energy, Openness, Sharing, and Transformation—empowering people, teams, organizations, and communities to unlock their potential in times of uncertainty and VUCA-change.

15:00 – 15:30 | Connective Walk-In
15:30 – 17:00 | HOST intro & practices by Jessica Tangelder
17:00 – 18:00 | VrijMiBo Drinks & Bites, featuring a special guest.


What you take home:

  • New connections with like-minded experienced transformation professionals and leaders;
  • The fundamental truths beyond trends and buzzwords: how human-centered leadership advances people’s well-being and resilience, organizational agility, and societal sustainability (ESG goals);
  • Inspiration how you can apply the evidence-based and agnostic HOST approach in your own practice, team, organization, and beyond;
  • Explore the opportunities of partnering with HOST to scale human-centered leadership and create sustainable change for people, organizations, society, and the planet.

Whether you’re leading change initiatives or consulting on transformations, this event is designed to fuel your passion and deepen your human-centered leadership capability in a dynamic environment.

Important Information

  • If you are running late, please send us a message at +31 6 52022854. As we are fully engaged in facilitating the program, we are unfortunately unable to answer phone calls during the session.
  • To ensure the best possible experience for everyone, we tailor each HOST Taster to the participants who are present in the room. For this reason, it is not possible to join after 15:30. If you are unable to arrive on time, we would be delighted to welcome you at a future HOST Taster instead.
  • We recognize that unforeseen circumstances can arise. At the same time, we make commitments and incur costs well before each event takes place. Because we run these events on a break-even basis, we are unfortunately unable to offer refunds.

Thank you for your understanding and cooperation. We look forward to welcoming you.

Watch the short video below for an introduction by Jessica and a glimpse of DB55—a space designed to humanize the way we work, lead, and learn.



https://vimeo.com/1197467888?share=copy&fl=sv&fe=ci


New to HOST? Read below to learn more.



The HOST Mission & Values — Are We a Match?

This event is designed for experienced professionals who align with the HOST mission: human-centered leadership that contributes to people's wellbeing, business agility, and societal-sustainability (ESG) impact.

Our core values are integrity, human connection, joy, and high impact. We focus on long-term collaboration, mutual fit, and measurable results—not on direct sales or recruitment.

We believe meaningful transformation scales when experienced professionals sharing diverse backgrounds, perspectives, and skillsets come together around a shared purpose. If our mission and values resonate with you, we would love to welcome you and partner up!

In this video you meet real people, with real stories, since 2010.



https://vimeo.com/1197654062?share=copy&fl=sv&fe=ci



About — the venue

DB55 and HOST leverage our mission to humanize the way we work, learn, and lead—by design and on scale. DB55 is a purpose-driven destination for events and meetings in the heart of Amsterdam Houthavens – curated by creative studio D/DOCK.

They bring hospitality, versatile workspaces and cultural programming together in one blended venue that actively connects people, business and ideas. Their circular interior and community-focused approach make DB55 an inspiring place to work, meet and create positive impact together.



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About the Founder—Get AGILE!

Jessica Tangelder is the founder and driving force behind HOST2Transform, a leadership, business innovation, and transformation consultancy she has been building since 2010.

With academic backgrounds in Business Innovation, Sociology, Corporate Anthropology, and International Relations, Jessica combines analytical depth, human dynamics with entrepreneurial action. Having lived and worked in Australia, Costa Rica, the United States, India, and Europe, she has developed the ability to bridge cultures, disciplines, and sectors.

Her career spans business, government, education, entrepreneurship, and social impact. She worked for the Dutch Mission to the United Nations and Deloitte Consulting, where she —as senior specialist—helped build transformation capabilities and led leadership, culture, and behavioral change programs. At age 27, she became one of the youngest lecturers at Nyenrode Business University and contributed to pioneering ESG initiatives around healthcare, inclusion, and sustainability.

Today, Jessica brings more than 15 years of experience in leadership, organizational development, culture transformation, and business innovation. She collaborates with consultancy firms in the Netherlands and internationally, and delivers executive programs for Oxford Management Centre across Europe, Africa, Asia, and the Gulf region, serving participants from multinational corporations, public-sector organizations, and SMEs. Through HOST2Transform, she certifies executives and licenses professionals and consultants and consultancy firms, with a mission to scale human-centered leadership for sustainable change.

Her work integrates systems thinking, behavioral neuroscience, and social anthropology to help leaders navigate complexity, build trust, and achieve lasting results. Known for combining strategic rigor with genuine human connection, she helps leaders see both the bigger picture and the human dynamics—such as psychological safety— that drive performance.

Based in Amsterdam and working internationally, Jessica delivers keynotes, lectures, and leadership programs focused on transformation, business innovation, and systemic change.
Follow Jessica and HOST2Transform on LinkedIn for insights and inspiration on leadership and transformation:
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HOST2Transform LinkedIn


Like to know more about our Consultancy, Certification & Licensing Parnership?
Read more below:


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Why HOST?

The world is changing fast — and traditional approaches to leadership and organizational transformation are no longer enough.

Organizations today face increasing complexity: AI disruption, burnout, declining engagement, resistance to change, and growing pressure to innovate sustainably while delivering meaningful societal impact.

At HOST2Transform, we believe that sustainable transformation starts with human-centered leadership—by leading with people. When people are connected with themselves, with others, and with the systems they are part of, change—or continuous improvement—become sustainable and effective.

Since 2010, we support organizations (B2B) and experienced change professionals (B2C) — leaders, consultants, facilitators, coaches, L&D designers, trainers, educators, and communication specialists — to unlock the potential within individuals, teams, organizations, and societies through the HOST Consultancy Services, Certification, and Licensing Membership-Programs.
Partner with HOST in shaping the future of human-centered leadership if you want to:

  • Contribute to our shared mission: humanizing the way we work, lead, and educate—our distinctive signature for B2B business development.
  • Build on the knowledge, networks, and expertise of a highly diverse, global community of experienced, ambitious, humble, and trusted professionals who lead by example, take responsibility for their own development, and openly share lessons learned.
  • Measure and scale your impact in an evidence-based way: understand the extent to which your work contributes to:
    - people's well-being and resilience;
    - organizational agility, continuous improvement, and performance; and
    - sustainability through alignment with ESG standards.
  • Potentially become part of our niche HOST business ecosystem as an ambassador or licensed associate, helping to scale both our collective (and measured) impact and our business.
  • Apply HOST in your own authentic way: use it as inspiration for your daily practice, consulting work, leadership approach, or organizational development efforts. We are cutting-edge yet approach-agnostic, continuously measuring our impact and results to learn, adapt, and improve.


Visualized how we grow our high-end qualified Business Ecosystem: by connecting HOST Consultants, with continously improved HOST Solutions, and World-class clients.


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Together, we are shaping the future of human-centered leadership and creating the conditions and culture — setting the standard — for sustainable transformation: one person, one team, and one organization at a time.

Below real stories by real humans partnering with HOST:


https://vimeo.com/1044095263?share=copy&fl=sv&fe=ci



Global HOST Certification Program—boost your human-centered capabilities

Together with our community, we have certified more than 180 HOST Practitioners and supported Big Four consultancies, Fortune 500 companies, scaling SMEs, government institutions, NGOs, and educational organizations—consistently delivering transformation programs and consultancy services rated 4.5 to 5 stars.

Our Certification Program offers:

• Lifetime access to the HOST Design Toolkit
• Peer-to-peer learning and coaching cycles
• Certification based on your demonstrated impact—building credibility and visibility to attract your ideal clients and organizations
• A global professional network to co-create, exchange expertise, and collaborate across industries and cultures

Which Workplace Challenges Do You Address?

The HOST Certification Program is designed for executives and experienced culture, leadership, change, and transformation professionals who want to deepen their expertise and grow their career or business by investing in one of today's most essential human capabilities: enabling sustainable change.

The program equips you to address six workplace challenges driven by global megatrends:

• Workplace Exhaustion
• Accelerated Change
• ESG Compliance
• Workforce Disengagement
• Failing Technology Adoption
• Talent Turnover


https://vimeo.com/1197631712?fl=ip&fe=ec



HOST Partnership Program — Scaling Impact Together

HOST Certified Practitioners often grow organically into becoming ambassadors or licensed partners of our programs and services.

To build momentum and continuously scale our people, business, and societal impact, we offer two partnership pathways: Ambassadorship and Licensing Partnership.

The HOST Ambassador Program is open to all HOST Practitioners, HOST participants, and client organizations who are positively critical, genuinely enthusiastic about our services, and committed to helping others benefit from the HOST approach and its impact.

The HOST Licensing Partnership Program is primarily designed for experienced culture, leadership, change, and transformation professionals, as well as consultancy firms, who want to grow their consultancy practice and collectively scale their impact through HOST—human-centered leadership for sustainable change.


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HOST Consultancy Services (B2B)

If you are a decision-maker responsible for selecting services in one or more of the following areas:

• Strategy Execution
• Learning Organizations
• Continuous Learning & Development
• Change and Technology Adoption
• Culture Transformation
• Leadership Development
Or responsible to address one or more of these globally trending workplace challenges:

• Workplace Exhaustion
• Accelerated Change
• ESG Compliance
• Workforce Disengagement
• Failing Technology Adoption
• Talent Turnover
We invite you to join our HOST Labs for In-Company Decision-Makers.

These Labs are tailored to the specific needs of you and your organization, providing a space to explore challenges, exchange insights, and co-create effective solutions for sustainable change.

You can also directly Book a complimentary call—our HOST Assessment—or contact us via email: [email protected] to explore how we can best support you.


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Where is it happening?

DB55, 55 Danzigerbocht, Amsterdam, Netherlands

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Tickets

EUR 10.00 to EUR 25.00

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