Radiate as the Sun E24
“The shadow disappears if you truly accept who you are,” says Cees Buisman, Professor at Wageningen University and Executive Board Member at the water technology institute Wetsus in the Netherlands. “The more you accept yourself, the more authentic you can be.” How do we work with the challenges of our time as authentic leader?
Cees sees three groups of people: suns, moons and black holes. He quotes research that says that 30% of people are good, 10% of people are bad and 60% of people are influenceable. The good people are suns and the influenceable are moons, reflecting the light of the sun. If we know we are a sun, our job is to radiate strongly so also the moons can be awoken to the light.
In an organization that means truly living your values and holding others accountable to do the same. “If I want to be a good leader I must radiate”. This isn’t always easy. It requires us to grow. “Personal growth is always a process of courage and a process of perseverance.” Listen to this episode. Also read Cees’ latest book: “We Need to Change to Solve the Water Crisis.”
Wetsus, European centre of excellence for sustainable water technology is a facilitating intermediary for trendsetting know-how development. Wetsus creates a unique environment and strategic cooperation for development of profitable and sustainable state of the art water treatment technology.
The inspiring and multidisciplinary collaboration between companies and research institutes from all over Europe in Wetsus results in innovations that contribute significantly to the solution of the global water problems. Wetsus’ scientific research program is defined by the private and public water sector and conducted by leading universities.
Prof.dr.ir. Cees J.N. Buisman holds a MSc and PhD (1989) degree from Wageningen University & Research, the Netherlands. Until 2003 he was director Technology and Business Development at Paques B.V.
Since 2003, he is full Professor at the sub department of Environmental Technology at Wageningen University, the Netherlands, in the field of biological reuse and recovery technology. His current focal point is on bio-recovery of organics and minerals from waste streams for reuse in industry and agriculture.
He combines his position of full Professor with his position as Executive Board Member at Wetsus, European centre of excellence for sustainable water technology (Leeuwarden, The Netherlands). The objective of Wetsus is to create a business driven international multidisciplinary research program for all aspects of water technology.
Prof. Buisman is member of the Netherlands Academy of Engineering (AcTI) and board member of many companies and organisations like Paques B.V., Aquatech/RAI, Wadden Academy, Topsector Watertechnology (TKI), KWR, CEW and BlueTech Research.
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