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

Lloyd's Maritime Academy

My role as a Senior Learning Consultant for Lloyd's Maritime Academy involves working with a range of clients with our Learning & Development solutions to help them overcome the challenges they face in the maritime/shipping industry.

Senior Learning Consultant

PROTRAINING

I am responsible for developing be-spoke training solutions, creating learning pathways and fostering strong client relationships. I regularly engage with existing and new clients by introducing fun, dynamic and experiential training programmes that are relevant and specific to their learning and development needs.

I work with government entities, banks, financial institutions, telecoms and large corporates in UAE, KSA and Bahrain. 

My objective has always been to help clients achieve maximum ROI on their training budgets. Expert in Business Planning, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Business Development and Client Relationship Management.

Senior Business Consultant

Xebia

As the companies worldwide incline towards digital transformation, there’s an urgent need to upskill the future IT professionals to be well-versed with new-age technologies and Digital Transformation strategies such as DevOps, Cloud, Big Data, Data Science, Agile frameworks, Testing and Automation. 

With Xebia Academy, Prashant intends to facilitate the bridging of the industry-academia gap through its specialized IT courses which carries a huge demand for skilled workforce in the Industry. Prashant is highly skilled at creating customized learning solutions and managing relationships with key clients by addressing their training needs.

Key Responsibilities:
•	Formulation and execution of go to market strategies that can leverage tremendous opportunities for Xebia Academy
•	Creating customized learning solutions and managing relationships with key clients
•	Achieve allocated sales target by planning and prioritizing sales activities 
•	Planning and implementing marketing activities in the region 
•	Channel Partners & Training Partners 
•	Writing be-spoke training proposals in response to Tenders, RFQs & RFPs 
•	Act as the liaison between various departments to ensure end to end process optimization, and seamless service delivery

Associate Director - Academy Dubai

Informa Connect Middle East

Key Responsibilities 
•	Bespoke and customised training designed for organisations, combining traditional classroom setting and online learning models
•	Managing relationships for over 50 companies (key accounts) across various sectors
•	Identifying and generating new leads through research and networking
•	Frequent client meetings to gather thorough understanding of their needs, and needs analysis process 
•	Producing proposals in response to the Tenders, RFQs or RFPs 
•	Frequent presentations and negotiations 
•	Budgeting, scheduling, and ensuring projects are delivered in time and within budget 
•	Managing/Selling Informa’s 500+ Public/Open Courses, 10+ large scale Conferences and Exhibitions, and over 200 in-house courses both digitally and on-site

Client Relationship Manager / Key Accounts Manager 

Key Responsibilities 
•	Managing a large team of Conference Sales Managers
•	Assisting Head of Sales in making and implementing key strategies 
•	Supervise, help, train and motivate the team to achieve their KPIs 
•	Conflict Resolution 
•	New joiners training and onboarding 
•	Making and presenting multiple reports 
•	Collect feedback on Key events from the team and present it to the management 
•	Meeting my own revenue targets and lead by example 
•	Plus, all the other responsibilities of a Conference Sales Manager

Team Leader - Conference Sales

Key Responsibilities 
•	Selling delegate places over the phone on IIR’s Public Courses and Conferences 
•	Building long term relationships with new and existing clients 
•	Meeting KPIs (Revenue target, call time and number of calls) 
•	Identifying and generating new leads through research and cold calling 
•	Planning and organising well while working on multiple products 
•	Providing clear feedback to the Production Team on new product opportunities
•	Having a thorough understanding of Informa’s offerings

Conference Sales Manager

PETRONASH

Key Responsibilities 
•	Regularly speaking to clients and helping them with their queries
•	Focal point of contact in Dubai, for Sales Manager around the globe 
•	Preparing Weekly and Monthly sales reports, Commercial offers, and POs 
•	General trading and following up with suppliers to ensure on-time delivery 
•	Providing vital market feedback to direct manager & company’s GM

International Sales Coordinator

A confident, motivated, and accomplished business development professional with excellent communication, relationship building and account management skills. A proven track record of meeting KPIs and targets for over 11 years and is adept at identifying new business opportunities to significantly increase sales revenue. Has the ability to interact professionally at all levels, displaying strong work ethics and a passion to deliver.

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