RiverStoneBlue

Helping medium and large organization to kickstart or level-up their Ideation, Incubation and Intrapreneurship activities in order to make a true difference and create real value for the challenges and opportunities you are facing.

Founder | Consultant | Trainer | Coach

The Tailored Intrapreneurship Learning Toolbox (TILT) is about creating innovative habits. It’s not a one-directed training that ends up in your drawer. It’s an applied learning approach to develop intrapreneurs that can independently generate value for your company!

Tailored Intrapreneurship Learning Toolbox

Storytelling is a fantastic way to share and inspire! I have experiences to draw upon and share – the good, the bad and the ugly. If you’re looking for an experienced and inspiring speaker – look no further. I’d love to work with you for other event-related work, such as event moderation, innovation panelist, and workshop host.

Exciting Keynotes

Having lived and breathed Ideation & Innovation as a practitioner, I can now provide you with hands-on advise as your trainer and coach. At the heart of successful, value generating ideation is setting the right question and driving a more intense collaboration. It’ll deliver higher implementation ratios and thus enable you to realize more value.

Enabling Training & Coaching

Hire me as your external Campaign or Community Manager, or completely outsource online ideation to me with the RiverStoneBlue All-In-One Ideation Pack.

Executing Online Ideation

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Interim manager voor medewerker gedreven innovatieprogramma, oa verantwoordelijk voor:
- Publieke hackathon
- Begeleiden diverse innovatie projecten
- Opzetten en leveren van het “Ik innoveer” scholingsprogramma om intern ondernemerschap te stimuleren

Interim Innovatie Programma Manager

Limpid & co

Corporate Innovation Expert

Innovation Stickers

Chief Stickiness Officer

ROEL | Collaborative Innovation Management

Independent Business Owner

HYPE Innovation

Enterprise Innovation Consultant

Liberty Global

Responsible for international rollout and management of Liberty Globals's innovation program (Spark).

Innovation Program Manager

UPC Nederland

Focus on new business models and Next Generation Networks. Created and implemented the innovation program (Spark) for all UPCNL employees.

Business Developer/ Strategy Consultant

Furthering progress on SoD-project and other projects for UPC, like a new portal by which the operation can raise IT issues.

IT Project Manager

RealFlair B.V.

Assignments:

UPC NL: Project manager for a SOx-related (Segregation of Duties) project; 01/04/2008 - 31/10/2008
Start-up company: Market research, writing business plans and processes; 01/07/07 - 31/03/08
RealFlair: Managing of several research projects; 01/07/07 - 31/03/08
Friesland Bank: Implementing of the new strategy; 01/09/2006 - 30/06/2007

Junior Consultant

Friesland Bank

Process redesign and the compete introduction of the so-called PSU that helps account managers during their sales conversations and the communication with the back office.

Intern Business Improvement

Igniting innovation within corporate walls is my passion. For over a decade, I've guided corporate employees to unlock their creative potential and drive meaningful change from within their organizations.

Many talented professionals feel stifled by rigid corporate structures, struggling to bring fresh ideas to life. I bridge this gap, empowering individuals to become catalysts for innovation in their companies.

Through proven frameworks and hands-on learning experiences, I transform corporate employees into skilled intrapreneurs. My approach blends design thinking, lean startup methodologies, and business model innovation to equip professionals with practical tools for ideation and execution.

Participants in my programs consistently report increased confidence in pitching ideas, improved problem-solving skills, and a renewed sense of purpose in their roles. Many have successfully launched internal projects that have significantly impacted their organizations' bottom lines.

My tailored courses and workshops have helped hundreds of corporate innovators across various industries. From ideation sprints to long-term innovation capability building, I provide the guidance and support needed to navigate the complexities of corporate innovation.

If you're ready to unleash your innovative potential and make a lasting impact within your organization, let's connect. Together, we can transform your ideas into reality and propel your career to new heights.


CONTACT ME!

I’ve never knowingly refused an invitation to talk about innovation. If you want to include me as a speaker at your next event, have me as a trainer or workshop host, or get our help to set up your own intrapreneurship toolbox or innovation lab, 

Message me here on LinkedIn, 
Call me on +316 2251 0348, or 
Email me on roel@riverstone.blue.

Roel de Vries

HTM Personenvervoer N.V.

Rail

ENERGIZE Management

Ingevulde posities:
HBM Machines #ecommerce 
MANAGER CUSTOMER SERVICE
FleetSupport (Autobinck Group) #Mobility.  HEAD OF OPERATIONS 
Siemens Healthineers #Healthcare	   NEW BUSINESS MANAGER
Pregis Europe #Packaging.  DIRECTOR OPERATIONS / HR
PostNL #Logistics #Parcels.  PROGRAMMA- / FORMULE- & COMMUNICATIEMANAGER 
Tele2 #Telecom #Mobile.  PROGRAMMA MANAGER RETAIL
Nassau Group #Consultancy #Executivesearch.  ASS.BUS.PARTNER
Blokker Holding #Retail.  COACH
Kirkman Company #Consultancy.  PROGRAMMA MANAGER
IADC #Dredging.  TEAM COACH
Dobla International #Food	   COACH
Media Artists #Marketing #IT.  OPDRACHTGEVER
Fresh Connections #IT #detachering.  COACH
Zeiss Optics #Optics.  COACH

CEO (Chief Energizing Officer) Interim Manager & Coach

Glen Dimplex Consumer Appliances Europe

Chief Executive at Glen Dimplex Benelux B.V. part of the Glen Dimplex Group, Dublin Ireland. 
P&L responsibility Benelux organization.

International operating company, export from the Netherlands to more than twenty countries around the world.

Professional manufacturing, trading, sourcing, retail and etail of market leading products, operating own Research & Development division for continuous product development and quality assurance. 

International number one brands in various markets serving Retail, DIY, B2C, B2B, through Omnichannel and E-Commerce (set up E-Commerce platform from scratch) approach in and outside of Europe. 

Representing:
FABER Decorative (wood, electric, gas) Fires
CARMEN Personal Care
DIMPLEX Heating
EWT Heating & Cooling
MORPHY RICHARDS Domestic Appliances
STOVES / BELLING Kitchen Appliances
XPELAIR Ventilation

Managing Director

Responsible for new look and feel of own shops and opening flagship store. P&L responsibility for  retail channel of UPC (80 FTE) Steering on typical store KPI's and retail parameters like conversion, store traffic, mystery shopping, customer satisfaction, numeric and weighted distribution, market shares. Hiring new store locations and set up complete new stores incl. staffing as well as refurbish existing stores to the new standard. Set up third party retail channel including shop in shop concepts at key market retailers in the Netherlands.

Director Retail

Ligare Groep B.V.

Interim Management, Personal Coaching, Consultancy

T-Mobile

Leading the way, in line with overall objectives, in order to steer and manage enormous growth of Mobile Telecoms and guarantee the quality needed to make it a lasting succesfactor and differentiator towards competitors. Complete set up of the necessary backbone ( Contact Center, Sales Support dept. QSHE dept. Trade Marketing dept. Training dept. etc )of a very successfull and fast growing Sales (B2B and B2C) division of a leading mobile telecom operator

Vice President Sales & Operations

Siemens

Optimize output, maximize results. Set up budgets, steer on financial, logistical and market KPI's and leading a team of commercial controllers and IT staff.

Business Unit Manager Controlling & Supply Chain

Connecting demand and supply in the most optimal way concerning lead times, budgets and time to market requirements both at home and abroad. Assignments in Turkey, Italy, United Kingdom and Germany. Enormous cost cutting and savings realized by outsourcing distribution logistics towards the production sites whilst guaranteeing delivery standards to Dutch distributors. New set up of entire supply chain within European countries involved.

Logistics & Supply Chain Manager

Enable commercial power in the market place within set budgets as well as working capital requirements in order to maximize results.

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