I am a Registered Nurse (MBO-V and part-time HBO-V) and worked as a RN for several years. Afterwards, I studied parttime Care and Policy at the University of Amsterdam. This is study teaches policy making for all organisations which are paid by our Welfare-state. After this study, I worked as an advisor, consultant and manager of the staff office in several hospitals and at a medical association. In all these jobs I focused on improving primary processes and quality. In 2003/2004 I followed a course Advanced Change Methodology at the Sioo (an inter-University centre for to organization, change, innovation and learning). This course resulted in obtaining the master degree Master of Change Management (MCM). In 2015 I defended my PhD at the Erasmus University, studied the combination of learning and improving.

After obtaining my PhD I was appointed at the Erasmus School of Health Policy and Management as assistant and later on associate professor Change Management. I started as endowed professor at Tilburg University in July 2022. Additionally, I have a small consulting practice, giving advice and working as interim manager. Also, I work at the department Clinical Informatics at TU/Eindhoven.

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