
Rotterdam Business School innovation team
As an active member of the innovation team "The Change Nomads" we are designing a new module in which students explore their own genuine motivation and ignite it into action.

GenuineThinking · Rotterdam
It goes wrong in the design. Not in the execution. Not in the strategy. In the design.
Explore the model01 — The reason
Since my time at school, university and in my professional life as a business developer, brand marketer, lecturer and coach, I have often felt I look at situations from a completely different perspective than most people — even experts. That continuous struggle triggered research. The result is the GenuineThinking approach. Not thinking differently, but thinking genuinely. A thinking process that puts people in their strength, in their place, and goes beyond answering a why.
I have shared genuine thinking with more than 1,000 students and 500 professionals, and every time I see them unconsciously stuck — reacting from the outside in, setting goals and targets as output, stuck in processes instead of owning their impact. My promise to you: the GenuineThinking model activates meaningful impact thinking. You get a clear framework, a decision model and the ability to set course — for yourself, your team, your organisation and your personal relationships.
Do you have the courage to change your perspective and thinking?
Ernst-Ariaan van der Giessen MSc BCoG
Chief Value Officer

People are made.
Made to have impact.
Impact arises from relationship with one another.
Impact happens throughout the entire value process — internally, towards the market and for society.
02 — Genuine gains
Use your unique DNA profile.
You have — and receive — energy.
Working from relationship.
You have a clear focus.
Logical, coherent impact goals.
Effectiveness in your goals.
03 — Programs

An individual and team coaching journey aligning the self-system with one's purpose and action. Discover and strengthen your unique DNA™ and express it in a promise and an ambition. Only for leaders and organisations with courage.
What is your legacy?

With our network, proven GenuineThinking method and hands-on mentality we guide the next steps — and hold up the mirror for candid feedback.
Elevating chances of success

We help young people reach their potential through genuine personal coaching, discovering the keys they possess to ignite the power within.
Discover your potential
04 — We are proud of

As an active member of the innovation team "The Change Nomads" we are designing a new module in which students explore their own genuine motivation and ignite it into action.

Explore how the genuine principles work in different situations. Free papers and inspiration. Dare to doubt your existing paradigms and create new ones.
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Wholehearted companies! GenuineThinking had the honour to give a TEDx talk at Johnson & Johnson. Open for invitations to pay it forward.
Read more05 — What others say
“Ernst-Ariaan is asking questions that matter. You might not want to answer them, but deep inside you know you have to answer them some time in your life.”
Bart Kuijpers
Co-founder Coolblue · Royalis Investment
06 — Genuine inspiration

Paper 01
Ernst-Ariaan explains the core model of GenuineThinking and how it came to life.

Paper 02
Who owns the key to natural results? Do you reign, or are you led by your circumstances?

Paper 03
Recapture the six reasons for focusing your business, with input from Malcolm Ross.

Paper 04
Marketing is mixed! Understand the strength of working from your (business) heart.