Speaker

Name: Games for Health Europe Conference
Start: 2026-03-30T09:00
End: 2025-03-31T18:00

Speaker Info

Biography: Arjan Postma is known for helping organizations turn complex challenges into real breakthroughs. As founder of The Futures Academy, he works with leaders, companies, and cities that want to move beyond ideas and actually make change happen. His focus is simple: creating true future value. From implementing AI in organizations to helping cities move toward zero-waste strategies, Arjan works at the intersection of technology, design, and systems thinking. Over the years he has collaborated with pioneering companies, institutions, and change-makers around the world. What makes his approach different is its pragmatism. Arjan believes breakthroughs rarely come from massive programs or complex strategies. They happen when you identify the smallest intervention that can create the biggest impact. Using lenses like pattern recognition, design principles, and systemic thinking, he helps teams see what others miss: the hidden structures shaping decisions, behavior, and results. Once those patterns become visible, new possibilities emerge and you can create leverage to make a change. Arjan is ambitious about impact, but humble in method. It’s about working together to reframe challenges, unlock creativity, and make things happen. Because in the end, meaningful change starts with one insight: you need to see the difference to make a difference.

Summary: The world is changing fast. Technology. Markets. Society. Expectations. The question is not whether change will happen. The question is how ready we are to respond. Breakthroughs rarely come from big strategic plans or programs. They happen when people look at challenges differently. When teams rethink how things work. When organizations redesign the structures that shape decisions, collaboration, and innovation. And how they balance the constant tension between execution and exploration. We’ll draw inspiration from how pioneering companies approach the complex challenges of the 21st century. How they experiment. How they learn. How they align people around a shared direction. And how they create momentum. In this keynote, unconventional thinker Arjan Postma shares his perspective on how organizations can become more futures-ready. Not through prediction. But by seeing patterns. Recognizing the superstructures of change. And understanding how systems behave. Above all, it is about recognizing where small interventions can create big impact. The future is not something that happens to us. It is something we shape together. But first you need to see the difference to make a difference.