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Joachim De Vos
Author and Ghent University professor helping leaders understand transformation failures and navigate an uncertain future.
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English, Dutch
data, AI, Innovation, Scenario Planning, Strategic Foresight, Leadership, Decision-making under Uncertainty
Recognition
Why Data Wins methodologies are used in more than 10,000 organisations
Why Innovation Fails ranked among the top five Dutch-language management books of 2023
First LannooCampus book with a built-in AI assistant (VRT NWS, December 2024)
Member of the Harvard Business Review Advisory Council
Professor of Scenario Planning and Future Health at Ghent University
Joachim De Vos (MSc in Engineering, MBA) is an author, professor at Ghent University and international keynote speaker. He is known as the driving force behind Living Tomorrow/House of the Future and TomorrowLab for more than 25 years, before stepping down from his operational role at the end of 2025. Today, he is the CEO and founder of FuturuZ.
His book Why Innovation Fails (LannooCampus, 2022) ranked among the top five Dutch-language management books of 2023. Together with Steven Sasson, the inventor of the digital camera, he revisits the Kodak story from an insider’s perspective. It was the first LannooCampus book with a built-in AI assistant.
In 2026, he published Why Data Wins: Transform Your Organisation into a Data-Driven Powerhouse in 7 Key Steps. Written for managers rather than technical specialists, the book covers everything from data literacy and governance to AI, with case studies from organisations including BDO, Craftzing and BARC. More than 300 leaders attended its launch at KBC’s headquarters in Brussels, with Herman Van Rompuy (President Emeritus of the European Council), KBC CEO Johan Thijs, BDO CEO Peter Van Laer and Murli Buluswar (Head of Decision Science, Optum – UnitedHealth) on stage.
At Ghent University, he is Professor of Scenario Planning and Future Health and has been teaching scenario planning for more than ten years. He trained in scenario planning at Oxford, holds an engineering degree in electronics and data communications, and earned an MBA at FBS-KU Leuven and Kellogg. He serves on the Harvard Business Review Advisory Council.
Every keynote draws on a book, a methodology or his own research and is tailored to the people in the room. To support this, he has developed his own toolkit, including the 6 Levels of Innovation™ model, the Data-Golf Scan™, the Black Box Canvas™ and the ImQ Test™. He combines these with established methods such as scenario planning and the Three Horizons model. His audiences leave with more than inspiration: they leave with tools to make decisions.
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Joachim De Vos
The session with Joachim was 100% aligned with what we wanted to achieve. The split between keynote, provoking discussion and scenarios worked very well. Joachim prepared his session and tailor-made it with relevant examples and extrapolations for Kraft Heinz, which was much appreciated. His seniority and fit with the audience were good, and the tools he brought were super useful. Feedback from our team is super positive.
KraftHeinz
Alexandra Colleaux
Why Data Wins keynote is much more than the book. It is an eye-opener.
Scanbie
An Meersman, founder
We live in times of uncertainty, but Joachim De Vos gives us hope in Why Innovation Fails. He offers practical insights and ideas to keep believing in the future. I was able to see up close how innovation is his life and how he and his teams open the eyes of companies, governments and cities for the unknown. ' The future is ours' is his message.
Herman Van Rompuy, President Em. European Council, Minister of State
Highly advised to experience this keynote for any business leader who wants to innovate successfully!
Kodak
Steven Sasson, inventor digital camera
I used to think a keynote about data is boring. But this? A whirlwind. An amazing story.
CuroVia
Peter Delva
An insightful wake-up call and practical roadmap in times of AI for every leader who wants to transform their organisation with data.
Optum, UnitedHealth Group
Murli Buluswar, Head of Decision Science
The 7 keys to innovate from Joachim's keynotes are mandatory insights for every preceptive business leaders who wants to build a future-proof organisation.
Q8 - KPI International
Fadel Al Faraj, CEO
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