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Navigating Complexity and Change Using Entrepreneurial Thinking as a Life and Work Skill
Award Winning Expert Speaker
Master’s degree from the University of Liverpool. Practical frameworks that shift how people think and work in the real world.
- Startup Mentor of the Year 2023
- Top Global Thought Leader in Lean Startup (2022, 23 and 25)
- Top Global Thought Leader in Careers (2025)
- Certified FIrewalking Instructor
What it’s like working with Willem
“Willem’s advice is practical, and my team implemented it immediately. The feedback was spectacular; new advisers and veterans alike found value. If you need a speaker who delivers real impact, Willem is the guy to call.”
— Mano Appasamy, Business Manager, Sanlam
I’ve come to appreciate the value of integrating both work and life experiences to navigate complex scenarios more effectively. Going forward, I’ll be applying the Entrepreneurial Thinking Compass in my day-to-day role. In sales, we often encounter high-pressure situations that demand swift, thoughtful solutions, and this mindset equips me to respond with greater confidence and agility.
— Karabo Moremi - Internal Sales -
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Why Willem?
Inspirational, empowering, relatable, insightful: motivating leaders, teams, and students
Willem’s speaking isn’t theory. His work is proven in some of the toughest, most unpredictable environments imaginable. He has taken people with little more than determination and shown them how to build profitable businesses in just five weeks, without outside funding, support, or safety nets.
If his frameworks can deliver results under those conditions, imagine what they can do for you, your team, or your organisation with all the resources at your disposal.
This is what makes Willem unique: his tools are field-tested under pressure. They are not academic models that only work on paper. They are practical, repeatable processes that anyone — from executives to students — can use to stay calm under pressure, think clearly in uncertainty, and turn disruption into opportunity.
Audiences around the world call Willem’s talks “energising,” “mind-shifting,” and “extraordinary value.” He does not just inspire, he equips people to act — the reason companies and institutions keep bringing him back.
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What Makes Willem Different?
Proven frameworks. Real results. Practical transformation.
Most speakers talk about ideas. Willem delivers tools that have already been tested where the stakes are highest, in environments where failure is not an option. His Entrepreneurial Thinking Compass is not just motivational; it is a structured, five-part framework that reprogrammes how people approach uncertainty, challenges, and opportunity.
Willem’s combination of global thought leadership (Top 50 Global Thought Leader, Startup Mentor of the Year) and hands-on success stories means audiences don’t just hear about resilience and adaptability, they learn how to do it for themselves.
When you choose Willem, you’re not getting a motivational talk that fades after the applause. You’re bringing in a transformation catalyst who equips people with practical, repeatable processes they can use the next day. That’s why he is the speaker that companies, universities, and communities invite back time and again.
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