Rik FarenhorstLeadership. Transformation. Flow.

CEO · KEYNOTE SPEAKER · LEADERSHIP THINKER

Rethink digital.
Build for real impact.

Better technology is only part of the answer. I help leaders rethink how their organizations work—so people, teams and AI create value that matters.

Currently building Aidrian and leading DASA.

Rik Farenhorst
Rik Farenhorst From insight to action.

01 / A DIFFERENT STARTING POINT

The goal isn’t
transformation.
It’s better outcomes.

Organizations have no shortage of initiatives, frameworks or new technology. Yet customers still wait, priorities compete and talented people spend too much time working around the system.

I’m interested in what sits beneath those symptoms. Where does value get stuck? Which decisions, dependencies or ways of working constrain performance? And what should we change next?

That is what rethink digital means to me: challenge the assumptions, look across the whole value stream, and build the leadership and organizational capabilities that make sustained improvement possible.

02 / WHAT I’M BUILDING

Capability meets
evidence.

Two connected roles. One ambition: help digital organizations perform better and keep learning.

CEO

Aidrianby DASA

A Performance Intelligence & Execution Platform designed to help leaders identify constraints in digital value streams, focus action where it matters, and evaluate whether interventions improve outcomes.

Connect insight to action. Keep business value in view.

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DASADevOps Agile Skills Association

Developing the capabilities, leadership and ways of working that high-performance digital organizations need. Bringing professionals and leaders together to learn from practice and improve how value is created.

Develop people. Strengthen teams. Rethink the system.

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03 / ON STAGE & IN CONVERSATION

A fresh perspective.
A practical next move.

I speak with leadership audiences about the organizational choices behind digital performance. Grounded in research and leadership experience, my sessions connect a challenging idea with decisions people can use.

01

From transformation to flow

Move beyond transformation programmes. Understand how leadership, ownership and end-to-end value streams shape performance.

02

More AI. But more value?

Look beyond adoption and output. Rethink workflows and human accountability to turn AI ambition into meaningful outcomes.

03

Leading the whole system

Recognize constraints beyond team boundaries and create the conditions for focus, learning and sustained improvement.

04 / EXPERIENCE THAT SHAPES MY PERSPECTIVE

A researcher’s curiosity.
A leader’s responsibility.

I’ve worked on digital performance from different sides of the table: as a senior consultant, CIO, transformation leader, researcher, entrepreneur and CEO.

As a senior consultant and leader of specialist boutique consulting firms, I’ve helped many organizations navigate digital transformation. That breadth of experience has shown me the recurring challenges of building high-performance organizations: making clear choices, developing capable people and changing how work flows across the business.

At Transavia, my CIO role brought technology and organizational transformation together. My experience also includes digital leadership at Ordina, research in software engineering, and developing leaders and professionals through DASA.

Today, I bring those perspectives to Aidrian and DASA. I care about ambitious organizations where people take ownership, leaders learn together, and improvement is visible in the value created—not just the work completed.

My full background on LinkedIn

05 / IDEAS WORTH SHARING

Think together.
Learn from practice.

A community starts with useful conversations. I share perspectives on leadership, transformation and flow—and learn from the leaders challenging these ideas in their own organizations.

06 / LET’S CONNECT

What is holding
your organization back?

For speaking invitations, leadership conversations or exchanging ideas about digital performance, connect with me on LinkedIn.

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