No joke! Before the summer I finished my training to become a professional jester. A role known from the past, but with a modern twist the role of a jester may just be appropriate to ensure that reality remains part of the discussion on complex matters.

Did you know that there are sixteen roles that the professional jester can excercise to facilitate and start meaningful conversations in complex environments? A set of tools that is very welcome if your are a strategist and advisor in large companies and orgnisations!

It was wonderful to learn about influencing and stimulating necessary discussion with the fellow students in this series of trainings, and I was happy to see than also one of my cases from my professional environment was used as exercise material in the course, with many insights as a benefit!

The training is available via Het Narrengilde (the image is (c) Narrengilde, too).