REFRESHING SOLUTIONS FOR
ORGANISATIONAL AND SOCIAL ISSUES
for organizations in the public sector
The worldview of children is different from that of adults. Children are unbiased, ask questions that we as adults may not dare to ask, and come up with thoughts that do not occur to us. ConsultingKids taps into this alternative way of thinking. Inspired by the refreshing ideas of children, we find solutions to help organizations and our society move forward. Topics for complex issues range from “poverty and social cohesion” to “adapt to climate change,” and from “innovating with citizens” to “(internal) organizational development.” By no means typical subjects for kids, and the advice translated into the adult world is practical and valuable.
Win-win for organizations and children
Furthermore, during an exciting day, we provide children with methods and techniques from reputable consulting firms and well-known management books that have been translated into their world of experience. This way, we teach children problem-solving skills that many of us only acquire later in our working lives but would have liked to know much earlier…
INNOVATIVE - PROFESSIONAL - PARTICIPATORY!
certainly not typical issues for kids!
We work on a variety of different types of issues for our clients. Your top 5 challenges, regardless of complexity, are the starting point! Examples of recent themes we have worked on include:
Poverty & debt policies
Organizational development
Climate Change
Collaboration project & program management
Accessibility of the healthcare system
Innovating with citizens
Corona
Healthy neighborhoods
Design of public space
And more…
OUR METHODOLOGY IN 1 MINUTE
The power of the approach lies in
translating complex reality IN A WAY THAT CHILDREN CAN PARTICIPATE IN THINKING.
And translating inspiring ideas from
children back into
professional advice that fits
in the adult context.
(Oh…and the children absolutely love it & LEARN PROBLEM-SOLVING SKILLS too!)
A SELECTION OF OUR (DUTCH) CLIENTS
Bedrijven
Ways of collaboration
Working together on social and organizational challenges
90% of our time is spent working on your biggest challenges. Here, we go through the 5 steps explained in the approach to come up with refreshing solutions for adult issues. The duration is 6-12 weeks. We always involve several and different upper primary school classes from the local area. When desired, we sometimes combine this with other groups such as students, seniors, or young adults with Down Syndrome. Combinations with a train-the-trainer approach are negotiable and require commitment for multiple challenges.
Inspiration sessions for colleagues and events
The remaining 10% of the time, we are happy to provide inspiration sessions, TEDx-style talks, and workshops such as “thinking like a child”. During these sessions, we take participants along in the most wonderful concepts based on children’s ideas to inspire your own challenges.
POWERED BY LOCAL CONSULTANCY FIRMS & NETWORKS
ConsultingKids HQ is located in Leiden the Netherlands and we have a team of 10 creative professionals and 25+ associated consultants. Each with their own unique background.
We have years of experience as management consultants and project managers within the government, corporate world, creative industry, media, IT and education.
In addition, we share a number of crucial characteristics; the enthusiasm and analytical ability to tackle complex organizational issues, the creativity needed to come up with innovative and new perspectives, the ability to recognize and leverage the refreshing thinking power of children, and the conviction that we help children in their development with our lesson program ‘problem solver in 1 day’.
Outside the Netherlands we operate as labels of carefully selected unique local consultancy firms & networks that share our vision and are fun & inspiring to work with.
More information? Contact our office via +31 6 528 81 023 or info@consultingkids.com
Bas Warmerdam Founder ConsultingKids
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A SMALL IMPRESSION OF CONSULTINGKIDS IN FIGURES AND IMAGES
that we worked on together with people in organizations
where we unleashed the creative thinking of children on complex issues
and interventions that we have provided to clients and make an impact
and interventions that we have provided to clients and make an impact
COUNTLESS
MOMENTS OF JOY
with clients due to the refreshing inspiration, and fun that we experience in the collaborations
Mailing Address
ConsultingKids B.V.
Minervalaan 7
2314 BT Leiden Netherlands
Visiting Address
Area071
Sisalbaan 5a
2352AZ Leiderdorp Netherlands
Contact
Dutch Chamber of Commerce number (KvK) 74167790
KvK-nummer 74167790