I am very very honoured for my Dutch book to be reviewed by Thomas Fondelli, he already applies play in his therapeutic practice, and got curious about applying ‘gamification’ in his practice,…
We are launching the game “Open deur?!” (=open door) by Anne Frank Foundation. Together with a great team of divers expertise and Tinqwise Immersive, we created an educational game for vmbo students…
Thanks to several organisations as the Dutch Embassy in India, Dutch Culture and the DGA, I was invited to visit India to share knowledge on game design and development. From that amazing…
For many years I’ve been following Chi kung workshops and courses from Remco Wernert at Natural Ease and this summer I followed a weekend workshop with Ole Eskildsen and it hit me,…
I was interviewed for a Dutch Magazine CoachLink and it is an impressive article they created. I am mostly proud to be together in one magazine with Jan Geurtz, who I read…
This sign is a warning NOT to play at that location. How can someone design a sign telling/ordering something so not natural?… if we look close, we might be able to construct…
John Cleese talks about creativity in this video, so many great quotes and so well articulated. Het mentions Johan Huizinga, and addresses PLAY as activity or even as necessity for creativity. Most…
My book is reviewed in Dutch! “Play the game – gamification as a motor for change is a nice and fresh booklet in which the elements of (playing) games are unraveled and…
25 juni 2020 is met met uitgeverij Boom te Amsterdam het boek ‘Speel het spel’ online gelanceerd. Voor alle gasten was een wedstrijd “Wie stelt de meest uitdagende vraag aan Ellis?” –…
Yes, my second boek “Speel het spel” is out, although I am cheating a bit.. since this is the translation of my first book “Apply Play • to get Ahead of the…