Talks

Inspire people with a compelling story on SaaS Growth, Innovation, Lean OKRs and Agile Software Development

I speak publicly on strategy execution using OKRs and other agile management techniques. Topics include SaaS Growth, Innovation, OKRs, Performance Measures and Agile Fluency. I’m equally comfortable talking about technology and/or organizational aspects. I’m very flexible and can work as your speaker or workshop organizer. Tailoring my speech or session to the specific themes or goals of your conference or event. Contact me now to discuss your needs.

Upcoming gigs in 2023 conferences and events

TEDx Talk: Navigating Your Future: Personal Development with OKRs (Nov 16)

L for Lean: The OKR Encyclopedia (July 4th)

OKRX Summit 2023 (May 23rd)

Talk: Strategic Execution in 2023: Mastering OKRs and Lean Principles

Why is OKR so hard in digital production space (April 16th)

Agile India 2022

Modern CTO Podcast

In this podcast Joel and Bart discuss how to effectively implement OKRs to move your business forward, why solving a strategy execution problem starts with changing the behavior of individuals on your team, and how to optimize the speed of learning in your teams.

All of this right here, right now, on the Modern CTO Podcast! 

OKRX Summit 2022. (May 26, Turkey)

Link: https://kommunity.com/okrxsummit/events/okrx-summit-2022-28077dd9

KrezzoCast (16 May, Florida, United States)

Interview by founders of Krezzo, Stephen Newman (CEO), and KJ McGowan (CCO) on the book Moving the Needle with Lean OKRs in their podcast show KrezzoCast.

OKR Forum (3rd Feb, Amsterdam, The Netherlands)

Link: https://hopin.com/events/okr-forum-2022/registration

Seeds of Agile (Jan 13, Iasi, Romania)

Link: https://www.meetup.com/seeds-of-agile/

Past Talks and Conferences

Agile Lietuva (Dec 14, Lithuania)

Talk: How to make OKRs Lean Again

StretchCon 2021 - (Dec 8, Hungary)

Leadership and management conference.

Talk: How to make OKRs Lean Again

S4.E22 - Top 3 Mistakes Companies Make When Implementing OKRs (June 29, 2020)

(Dutch Only) #7 - De zin en onzin van OKR's, met Bart den Haak (June 23, 2020)

All about OKRs with Bart, Le Podcast with Alexis Monville, April 18, 2020

More info at the website of Le Podcast.

Management 3.0 Meetup. Executing strategy with Objectives and Key Results. Feb 25th 2020

More info: Management 3.0 Meetup, The-Netherlands

Inspirational OKR Speach / Keynote for Nike (Internal Event). Feb 20th 2020

More info at Nike.

Interview with Niroshan Madampitige on personal OKRs. Jan 16th 2020

Fit Bots Webinair. Slingshot your OKR Success. October 16th 2019

More info: https://www.fitbots.com/webinars

Agile Slovenia 2018. The OKR Commitment Square, November 23th, Ljubljana, Slovenia

More info:http://www.agileslovenia.com/speakers/bart-den-haak

OKR Forum Amsterdam 2018. The OKR Commitment Square, October 25th

More info:https://www.workpath.com/en/okr-forum-amsterdam/

ING Backend Summit 2018. Keynote Speach. The future of software craftsmen, October 3rd, Amsterdam

ING Backend Summit

Teqnation 2018. The future is smart, April 26th, Utrecht, NL

More info:https://teqnation.nl/program-smart/

OKR Meetup Amsterdam, OKRs for OKR, May 31th 2018

More info:https://www.meetup.com/Amsterdam-OKRs/events/249058905/

Agila Budapest 2017, The missing link, Oktober 10th 2017, Budapest, Hungary

More info:https://agiliabudapest.com/agilia-budapest-2017/speakers/

OKR Meetup Amsterdam, OKRs for OKR, July 27th 2017

More info:https://www.meetup.com/Amsterdam-OKRs/events/240608691/

National Architecture Congress 2016, The bank of the future: bringing the power of Netflix to banking, 11/18/2016

More info:http://www.laccongres.nl/dag-2(Dutch only)

Backbase Connect 2016, CXP 6: Ready for takeoff, 2016

More info:http://blog.backbase.com/4504/backbase-connect-2016/

Backbase Connect 2015, How to become a disrupter, 2015

More info:http://www.backbase.com/connect