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Learnings & Expert views on the Nike situation

Sure, much has been written about Nike by both (former) insiders and outsiders. Critiquing Nike’s current situation is easy, even for us, as we aren’t directly involved. We spontaneously decided to meet – a week before the current CEO stepped down – to discuss Nike, and it turned out to be a valuable exchange of thoughts that we want to share with you.

This conversation aims to foster a genuine understanding of Nike’s current challenges and draws on theories and experiences about how it could bounce back—offering lessons for others facing similar challenges. It also offers valuable insights on staying relevant and future-ready!

: Featuring

Howard Yu: LEGO professor of Innovation at IMD and Head of the Center for Future Readiness 

Hans Koeleman: A former Olympian and Nike’s storytelling maestro for over a decade. 

Aljan de Boer: Head of inspiration at TrendsActive 

: Exploring 

  • What happened at Nike, and how can it bounce back?
  • What invaluable lessons can business leaders take from Nike’s challenges and triumphs?
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Kim Pillen

Consultant

Before Kim Pillen started as a trend consultant at TrendsActive, she worked for four years as a creative strategist at Dept. For brands such as Philips, bol.com, Beiersdorf, JBL, and the Consumers’ Association, she built (online) campaign, brand, and social media strategies. After four years, she decided that she wanted to better understand people and society in order to advise brands more effectively. That’s how she ended up at TrendsActive. Here, she can do what she loves most: digging into people’s needs and then working with brands to see how and where they can be relevant and meaningful.

Douwe Knijff

Researcher

Douwe is fascinated by how people work. With a background in Interdisciplinary Social Sciences (Bachelor) and Psychology (Master) and an analytical mind he tries figure out how societal shifts manifest themselves through social culture and human behaviour.

Aljan De Boer

Keynote speaker

Aljan has been widely recognized as an inspiring professional speaker on the critical trends that will shape society in the decades to come. He works as the Head of Inspiration at TrendsActive, a trend consultancy from the Netherlands using social science to human-proof business decision for brands like

  • Disney
  • Vodafone
  • Hugo Boss
  • ASR
  • Rabobank

Next to his role at TrendsActive he is the Community Director at the Institute for Real Growth where he inspires and connects a global community of +400 CMOs.  

He has been on the board of the Dutch Platform of Innovative Marketing for almost a decade. Regular speaker and moderator for the Dutch Marketing Awards and 3 times winner of the best of MIE. 

Kees Elands

Founder & Strategist

Kees his purpose is to help ambitious leaders and brands to human-proof their business. In 2003 he founded TrendsActive, a trend consultancy enabling brands to become more human centric.

Kees consults global brands like

  • Disney
  • The Coca-Cola Company
  • Asics
  • Discovery Channel
  • Swiss Life
  • Vodafone

and many more.

Next to being the founder of TrendsActive, he is also initiator of the first academic trend master for executives at the University of Utrecht and is initiator of various trend studies and white papers on subjects like trust, meaning, visual culture & generations.

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Kees Elands

Founder & Strategist

Kees Elands

Founder & Strategist