Ontwikkelweg initiatiefnemers

Aan dit aanbod wordt nog gewerkt, data en inhoud kloppen.

Jij bent impulsdrager en je hebt deze impuls omgezet in een initiatief. En dan begint jouw weg want ineens moet je alles kunnen. En hoe sluiten mensen zich bij je aan? Je ontdekt je plek in het geheel en hoe je zo organiseert dat samenwerken vreugdevol is en blijft.

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De essentie van de ontwikkelweg initiatiefnemers

Een initiatief dragen is een pittige klus en veel mensen verslikken zich erin. In deze tijd willen we vaak te snel naar het Samen en vanuit de co-creatie verwatert je initiatief en komt het in een verkeerd krachtenveld terecht. Wat is jouw plek als initiatiefnemer in het geheel? Hoe verbind je de eerste mensen aan je initiatief, in welke juridische structuur giet je je initiatief? In een groep van mede initiatiefnemers leren jullie van elkaar en van het gedachtegoed van Economy Transformers hoe vrij-gelijk-samen te werken op een radicaal mens- en aardewaardige manier.  

Voor wie en hoe

Voor wie is dit bedoeld:

  • voor mensen die hun kwaliteiten al ergens in het leven bewezen hebben,
  • voor mensen die zeker zijn dat dit initiatief biografisch klopt en aan de tijd is, en dat het past met wie zij in wezen zijn,
  • als je al met een groepje mensen bent en de samenwerkvraagstukken je duizelen; in welke rechtsvorm ga je je organiseren, hoe kom je tot besluiten, hoe ga je om met geld en vereffening en meer van dat soort vragen die allemaal menselijker kunnen dan nu vaak het geval is,
  • het liefst heb je al een bronoducument geschreven of ben je daar vanuit het boek of een eerdere training bij Economy Transformers al mee bezig. 

 

Participant conditions:

  • je bent bereid om op je eigen denken en handelen te reflecteren,
    je bent bereid om deel uit te maken van een groep en voor elkaar een veilige bedding te scheppen waarin alles gezegd en onderzocht mag worden,
    je hebt het boek Vrij, Gelijk & Samenleven van Damaris Matthijsen gelezen en je voelt dat je je door dit gedachtegoed wilt laten inspireren tijdens dit traject,
    het is belangrijk om tijd te investeren in het inhoudelijk verder uitwerken van aangereikte ideeën over vormen en processen. Je bent bereid om minimaal 4 uur per maand te reserveren voor jezelf om dit ’thuiswerk’ te doen.

 

Graag onderzoeken we in een intake of dit jaartraject de plek is om aan de verdere ontwikkeling van je initiatief te werken.wo

Waar kun jij eigenaar van worden?

De bedoeling van dit jaar is om jezelf en je initiatief (onderneming/organisatie) in zijn geheel dieper te doorgronden en verder in proces en vorm te brengen. Daartoe ontwikkel je een besef over hoe zij een lichaam, ziel en geest heeft, en hoe zij deel uitmaakt van de werkelijkheid. Je gaat je eigen initiatief (onderneming/organisatie) beter waarnemen en krijgt helderheid over jouw eigen scheppende kracht binnen dat geheel. Door middel van observatie, reflectie en oefening ontdek je de verbinding tussen hoofd, hart en handen, en kun je na een jaar eigenaarschap nemen over:

  • de organiserende begrippen gelijk, vrij, samen; de onderlinge verhoudingen, wat ze van jou als initiatiefnemer vragen en hoe ze doorwerken in jullie samenwerking. Je hebt jouw plek als initiatiefnemer gevoeld en neemt deze in,
  • de Zes Sleutels, de onderlinge samenhang en welke sleutel(s) binnen jou en je initiatief om ontwikkeling vragen,
  • wie is eigenaar van het initiatief? Je leert het drievoudig eigenaarschap kennen en hoe dit uitwerkt voor jouw initiatief, je begrijpt hoe het werkt met een brondocument, hoe je dat levendig houdt, en doorziet het belang van congruente (juridische) structuren,
  • je kent je eigen intrinsieke bedoelingen en verlangens  (en de schaduwkanten- en strategieën daarbij)
  • je hebt een brondocument geschreven, als middelpunt van jouw onderneming/organisatie

 

De natuur is onze spiegel

We sluiten aan bij de behoeften in de groep en gaan zo snel als we gaan. Haast en urgentie zijn signalen om juist te vertragen en te verdiepen.

We richten ons op ieder individu die met zijn/haar creativiteit in staat is alles wat nu al is, weer te vernieuwen.

We sluiten zo dicht mogelijk aan bij ieders realiteit. Fijn als je je voorbereid op de vraag die je wilt inbrengen.

Organisation

Data

  • orientatie avond online; kennismaking nader te bepalen
  • Maandagen in 2026: 5  oktober, 2 november, 7 december.
  • Maandagen in 2026: 11 januari, 8 februari, 8 maart, 5 april, 10 mei,
  • Op maandag 7 juni een individueel afrondend gesprek van 30 minuten (tijd nog te agenderen)


Tijden
Tenzij anders vermeld, zijn de standaard tijden: 9.30 inloop. Van 10.00 tot 17.00 met een potluck lunch tussen 13.00 en 14.00

Overige zaken

  • Lunch is potluck – elke deelnemer neemt iets (zelfgemaakts) mee,
  • Voor lekkers en drinken wordt gezorgd,
  • Deze ontwikkelweg wordt verzorgd door Jennifer Benson en Damaris Matthijsen. Zij zijn verantwoordelijk voor de kwaliteit en de vorm van dit traject. Bij wijzigingen nemen zij  besluiten na raadpleging van de groep.
  • Het brondocument van Economy Transformers, zie elders op onze website, is altijd leidend mocht, er iets in dit document niet helder zijn.
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Vereffening

De vereffening voor dit jaartraject is:

  • Tarief VRIJ € 1600,– dit is een bedrag wat ik minimaal wens te ontvangen,
  • Tarief GELIJK € 2500,– dit tarief dekt alle kosten af,
  • Tarief SAMEN € 3500,– met dit tarief maak je de door-ontwikkeling van ons werk mogelijk en/of dat we het Vrij tarief kunnen blijven aanbieden.

Dit tarief is BTW vrij gesteld. Er zal een verbintenis getekend worden voorafgaand aan de training.

Locatie

De Kokon 
De Held 26, Almere Oosterwold (de spannende zelfbouw wijk).

Dieper, breder en toekomst verbinden

Tijdens en na dit traject onderzoeken we hoe we je verder kunnen faciliteren in relatie tot het langdurig ‘in de praktijk’ brengen van deze processen. Dit traject, of anders gezegd: Gelijk, Vrij, Samenwerken, leidt tot oneindige onderwerpen en mogelijkheden om tot bloei te brengen en tot leven te kussen.

Wat we in ieder geval willen delen:

  • Het is denkbaar dat het zingevend is ook in je bedrijf of organisatie ruimte te openen voor het proces wat geopend wordt in dit traject. Als je hier interesse voor hebt dan horen we graag van je,
  • We bieden een prachtige palet aan verdiepingsdagen vanuit Economy Transformers. Als je twijfelt adviseren wij daar graag over,
  • Na dit traject nodigen we je uit om onderdeel te worden van de gemeenschap van Economy Transformers.
  • Voor zover dit niet al in het traject gebeurd is, er zijn een aantal vormen gecreëerd op basis van Vrij, Gelijk, Samen, die je mogelijk interessant zult vinden en waar we je graag mee laten kennismaken, zoals het Eigentijds Kapitaalorgaan, Vast- & voor Goed, Living Ownership Foundation, Grond van Bestaan.

Economy Transformers is CRKBO geregistreerd.

This means we meet quality requirements.

We are accountable for these quality requirements:

Alle informatie die we verstrekken is altijd waarheidsgetrouw en accuraat. Mocht je vragen hebben of iets willen delen, je kunt altijd bellen of mailen. Vóór je je inschrijft raden we je aan om de oriëntatiedag te doen. Als je overweegt om in te stappen, doen we ook een intake-gesprek. Ook tijdens deelname kun je altijd bellen of mailen of een afspraak maken voor een persoonlijk gesprek. Alles wat we bespreken blijft altijd onder ons.

All lecturers live what they teach, so they are experts by experience in their field and, moreover, they are always approachable. 

Van te voren, tijdens en na de training is helder wat docenten en deelnemers van elkaar kunnen verwachten. Er zijn intake-gesprekken, tussengesprekken en evaluatiegesprekken. Als er onduidelijkheden zijn, kan er altijd gebeld of gemaild worden.

Als je op deze link klinkt, vind je een voorbeeld van een Verbintenis voor de Leergang Eigentijds Ondernemen: Commitment.

The teachers stand by the quality of their lessons and are accountable for it. Participants get out what they put in. If teachers feel that participants are not putting in enough, they will be lovingly addressed. Teachers and participants walk a path together in connection with themselves, each other and the whole.

The aim of all Economy Transformers' courses and trainings is to provide tools for participants to help themselves blossom socially to make the whole more beautiful, better, truer. Everyone helps each other in this process. Life itself is the examiner. Because we observe each other during the process, we will motivate, encourage, stand by each other in time. As Economy Transformers, we will never test or examine. However, we do ask participants to regularly present their development.

Click here for the complaints procedure: complaints mechanism.

“...Het bedrijf is als een mogelijkheid om mijn diepste verlangens en wensen voor de wereld met de wereld te kunnen delen. Jennifer helpt me om deze beweging, vanuit mij naar mijn bedrijf, te maken. Ik realiseer me nu dat dat precies is waar ik naar zocht.”
Richard van Romunde
"As a Delft-based startup, we are hard-wired to make our activities productive and efficient. With Jennifer's guidance, we learned to take time for attunement and contemplation. By performing inner work, we could understand and convey Biosphere's mission more profoundly, thereby seeing real value, rather than productive value, and becoming effective, rather than efficient.
Tim KaasjagerBiosphere
Tim Kaasjager
Ik beleef dit proces als een lichtgevende parel, in mezelf en in de ander. En ik begrijp nu dat het belangrijk is de worsteling te erkennen, dat dat er helemaal mag zijn.
Barend BootBoot Koffie

Hiernaast vind je diepere informatie over de uitgangspunten van Economy Transformers en ontwikkelintenties van Leergang Eigentijds Ondernemen:

Listed below are the four scenarios, based on what is in Free, Equal & Together and The Fourth Scenario is described:

The four scenarios

  1. The capitalist scenario (First Scenario)

    • Features: Exchange and allocation of land, labour and capital are dominated by the market. Economic interest prevails and freedom is seen as the freedom of ownership and competition.
    • Criticism: Capitalism ignores equality and cohesion. It leads to inequality, exploitation and ecological destruction.
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  2. The socialist scenario (Second Scenario)

    • Features: Here, the state becomes the dominant actor in society. Land, labour and capital are allocated through central planning and bureaucracy.
    • Criticism: Socialism denies freedom through its emphasis on state control. This often leads to alienation and inefficiency in the economy.
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  3. The mixed scenario (Third Scenario)

    • Features: A combination of market and state, mixing elements of capitalism and socialism. Often referred to as the Rhineland model, where economic decisions are influenced by both political elites and market players.
    • Criticism: This scenario often combines the drawbacks of both capitalism and socialism, such as concentration of power with an elite and lack of real freedom and equality.
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  4. The free scenario (Fourth Scenario)

    • Features: The means of production are managed and allocated outside the market and state through proper mutual consultation between stakeholders. Land, labour and capital are targeted to fulfil common and individual needs, with respect for people and Earth.
    • Objective: Freedom, equality and cohesion are realised in an integrated way. The emphasis is on cooperation, local ownership and regenerating natural and social systems.
    • Vision: This scenario offers a fundamental transformation of social structures and sees humans as the creators of a humane society.
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With these four scenarios, The Fourth Scenario a clear contrast between existing social systems and a forward-looking, regenerative approach.

Hier is een beknopte uitleg van de zes sleutels zoals deze aan bod komen voor Gelijk, Vrij, Samenwerken (naar het boek Free, Equal & Together van Damaris Matthijsen):

De zes sleutels voor mens- en Aardewaardig ondernemen

  1. I am – Ondernemen vanuit de essentie

    • Dit gaat over zelfkennis en authenticiteit. Wie ben jij en jouw onderneming werkelijk? Wat is jouw unieke bijdrage aan de wereld?
    • Pas wanneer je jezelf en je onderneming goed kent en trouw bent aan je innerlijke drijfveren, kun je op een vrije en bewuste manier deelnemen aan de samenleving.
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  2. Value – Value creation independent of financial compulsion

    • Reële waarde vervullen behoeften
    • In a healthy society, value is not determined by money, but by how much it contributes to people and Earth.
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  3. Property – Land, labour and capital at the service of the whole

    • Property is not a personal possession, but something to be handled responsibly.
    • In a free, equal and cohesive system, productive resources are managed in accordance with the community and the greater good.
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  4. Organisation – Cooperation based on equality

    • Decision-making and organisation should take place in a way that does justice to everyone's voice and contribution.
    • Power is not concentrated, but distributed through natural authority and aligned structures.
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  5. Relationship – Connection based on trust and openness

    • Healthy relationships in society are based on respect, listening and seeing the other as an equal fellow human being.
    • Relationships transcend ego-interest and focus on cooperation and alignment.
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  6. Earth – Cooperation with nature instead of exploitation

    • The Earth is not seen as a source of resources to be depleted, but as a living entity with which we must live in harmony.
    • A healthy economy and society respect ecological limits and regenerate rather than destroy.
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Deze zes sleutels vormen samen een raamwerk voor het bouwen van een rechtvaardige, duurzame en menswaardige samenleving. Ze helpen zowel individuen als organisties en gemeenschappen om bewust en in harmonie met zichzelf, anderen en de Aarde te leven.

Shadow keys: When the six keys lose their power

When the six keys are not applied consciously and in connection, they create shadow keys. These can be divided into two main patterns:

  1. The warning triangle - Fear, hatred and doubt keep humans trapped in powerlessness and destructive interactions.
  2. The three false strategies - False surrender, false power and false hope disfigure our relationship to Earth, relationship and organisation.

1. The danger triangle: fear, hate and doubt

  1. Fear (Shadow of ‘I am’)

    • Fear undermines the true Self and stifles inner freedom.
    • Instead of living from one's own essence, fear paralyses the individual and makes them dependent on external affirmation or control.
    • Fear leads to conformism and avoidance of responsibility, making authentic action impossible.
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  2. Hatred (Shadow of ‘Value’)

    • Hatred arises when the value of Self or other is not recognised and hurt.
    • Instead of creating and recognising real value, destructiveness arises: people want to undermine themselves or others.
    • This leads to competition, envy and the belief that one can only prove oneself by beating another.
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  3. Doubt (Shadow of ‘Property’)

    • Doubt destroys the ability to take ownership and responsibility.
    • Instead of consciously dealing with possession and responsibility, people get stuck in indecision, causing systems and structures to collapse or crash.
    • This leads to fear of loss, a sense of insecurity and an obsession with control.
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Dynamics:

  • Fear paralyses the Self and makes people dependent.
  • Hatred focuses outward, on the other, creating division and conflict.
  • Doubt ensures that no responsibility is taken, thus preventing real change.
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2. The three false strategies: False surrender, false power and false hope

When fear, hatred and doubt rule man too much, it creates three false strategies as ways of dealing with them. These shadows disfigure our relationship to Earth, relationship and organisation.

  1. False surrender (Shadow of ‘Earth’)

    • Instead of truly cooperating with the Earth and life, a form of surrender arises that amounts to passivity and indifference.
    • This leads to an attitude of “it doesn't matter anyway”, spiritual detachment or even destructive nihilism.
    • The connection to the bigger picture is not felt or recognised, thus preventing regeneration and caring for life.
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  2. False power (Shadow of ‘Relationship’)

    • Instead of building relationships based on trust and equality, power is used as a control mechanism.
    • This leads to manipulation, dependency relationships and hierarchical structures in which the other is not seen as equal.
    • Genuine connection is replaced by dominance or submission.
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  3. False hope (Shadow of ‘Organisation’)

    • Instead of organising clearly and taking responsibility for realistic change, a misplaced hope of external salvation or utopia arises.
    • This leads to the pursuit of illusions, unfounded ideals or blind faith in systems that do not work.
    • As a result, organisation becomes chaotic, irrational or based on false certainties.

How do you free yourself from the shadow keys?

The key to transformation lies in awareness and taking responsibility:

  • Stepping out of the warning triangle means turning fear into trust, transforming hate into loving creation and replacing doubt with conscious ownership.
  • Breaking the false strategies means truly connecting with Earth, building relationships from equality and creating organisational structures that actually work and are supported by the community.

By applying the six keys consciously and in connection, a human- and Earth-worthy society can emerge.

General development intentions

The Contemporary Entrepreneurship course guides you on a profound journey of discovery into how you as a human being, with your unique qualities and inner strength, can contribute to a human- and Earth-worthy society. This requires not only developing the six keys, but also seeing through and transforming the shadow keys that can keep you from doing so.

Through these six keys, you will learn:

1. I am → From fear to inner freedom

  • Target: Discovering your personal essence and unique motivations and guiding your life from intuition and creativity. You learn to live your own star and realise your potential.
  • Challenge: Fear can paralyse you, throw you into doubt about who you are and make you dependent on external affirmation.
  • Question: How do you learn to trust your deepest being and make choices from inner certainty, instead of being guided by fear?

2. Value → From hate to true creative power

  • Target: To understand what you have to give and how your abilities contribute to fulfilling real needs, both for yourself and others. You develop a healthy balance between giving and taking.
  • Challenge: Hatred and jealousy can arise when you do not recognise your value or when you perceive others' as threatening.
  • Question: How can you truly embrace your unique value and harness it for the greater good, without undermining yourself or others?

3. Ownership → From doubt to responsibility

  • Target: Taking ownership of your experiences, insights and choices. You explore how you deal with land, labour and capital and how to manage them in connection with people and Earth.
  • Challenge: Doubt can keep you from taking responsibility, leaving you stuck in indecision or powerlessness.
  • Question: How do you learn to perceive clearly and take responsibility confidently for what your task and role in the world is?

4. Organisation → From false hope to true creative power

  • Target: Organising collaborations in an equal and natural way. You will learn how to shape power, control and decision-making from trust and equality.
  • Challenge: False hope can tempt you to keep believing in systems and structures that don't work, or to wait for an outside solution.
  • Question: How do you build real, functioning structures in which trust and equality are the basis, rather than continuing to hope for external change?

5. Relationship → From false power to authentic connection

  • Target: Build responsible and authentic relationships, both with yourself and others and with the world. You develop communication that strengthens trust and deepens connection.
  • Challenge: False power can disrupt relationships through control, manipulation or dependency dynamics.
  • Question: How do you create relationships that focus on freedom, equality and genuine connection, without dominating the other person or making yourself small?

6. Earth → From false surrender to true cooperation with life

  • Target: Aligning your actions with the Earth's natural cycles and boundaries. You learn to live and work in harmony with the reality of nature and contribute to a sustainable and inclusive world.
  • Challenge: False surrender can lead to fatalism, passivity or spiritual detachment, leaving you unable to face reality and not actively contribute.
  • Question: How do you really connect with the Earth and life, without giving away responsibility or falling into cynicism?

The transformation to Living Together

The Cohabitation Art Course helps you not only understand the six keys, but also live them, by actively working on seeing through and transforming the shadows that can block them.

You grow into a Collaborative Life Artist: someone who with love and trust embodies and realises not only personal but also social innovation.

the trainers

Economy Transformers

Damaris Matthijsen

De rode draad in mijn leven is het zoeken naar structuren die levengevend zijn.

More about Damaris
Economy Transformers

Jennifer Benson

Ik maak de intenties van ondernemen en samenwerken beleefbaar en begeleid ze naar praktische vormen. 

Meer over Jennifer
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Economy Transformers

Economy Transformers Academy is CRKBO-registered. This means we meet quality requirements in the field of short vocational education.

Our registration guarantees that we act carefully, reliably and transparently, and that our courses match the needs of our participants. To the right, we explain the quality requirements step by step, so you can get an idea of the journey to and through the Cohabitation Art Course 😉

And you have the books Free, Equal & Together of Damaris Matthijsen and The Fourth Scenario by Jac Hielema and listened to all the podcasts already. Then you can sign up for a meeting night Economy Transformers comes to you or an Orientation Day Learning Walk Together. To get to know the teachers' working methods and potential fellow participants.

You are welcome to bring yourself in with any questions and answers you may have. You can always contact Jac Hielema, see: contact.

Then make an appointment with Jac Hielema for a one-to-one intake interview.

During that meeting, we will get to know each other better and discuss the Commitment you will be emailed in advance, see: Commitment.

During the interview, Jac Hielema asks if you are willing to meet the participation conditions, article 24. But more on that later.

First things first:

During the Samenlevenskunst Leergang, you will learn about the so-called Six Keys to Transition, among other things. Apart from the fact that you can set your own learning objectives each year, which the teachers align their lessons to, there are also general learning objectives of the Living Together Course. These are them using those six keys:

General learning objective of the Living Together Course
The Samenlevenskunst course guides you on a profound voyage of discovery into how you as a human being, with your unique qualities and inner strength, can contribute to a human and Earth-worthy society. Through the six keys you will learn:

  • I am: Discovering your personal essence and unique motivations and guiding your life from your intuition and creativity. You learn to live your own star and realise your potential.
  • Value: To understand what you have to give and how your abilities contribute to fulfilling real needs, both for yourself and others. You develop a healthy balance between giving and taking.
  • Property: Taking ownership of your experiences, insights and the choices you make. You explore how you deal with land, labour and capital, and how to manage them in connection with people and Earth.
  • Organisation: Organising collaborations in a free, equal, together way. You will learn how to shape your power, (co-)control and decision-making from love and trust.
  • Relationship: Build responsible and authentic relationships, both with yourself, others, and the world. You develop communication that strengthens trust and deepens connection.
  • Earth: Aligning your actions with the Earth's natural cycles and boundaries. You will learn to live and work in harmony with the reality of nature and today's society while contributing to a sustainable and inclusive world.

The Course helps you not only understand these six keys, but also live them. You grow into a Collaborative Life Artist: someone who embodies and realises both personal and social renewal from love and trust.

 

Prior knowledge in any field is not necessary. The starting point every time is the person as he or she is here and now, including her/his thoughts and feelings, in the reality as it is here and now. No more and no less. However, each participant is asked to meet the following conditions:

These are the participant conditions:

Participant declares that he/she:

        a. is willing to reflect on his/her own thinking and actions,

        b. feel a desire to get one or more ideals clear and realise them alone or with others,

        c. be willing to form a safe bed with fellow participants in which everything can be explored, discussed, questioned, named and done that is necessary to realise the above goals.

Participant should be familiar with the complaints procedure:

The complaints procedure can be found here: complaints mechanism. And is based on the premise: we will work it out together and otherwise find someone we both trust and ask her/him to act as mediator.

Participant may rely on the confidentiality clause:

Everything that is discussed during the intake interview, lessons, interim talks, talks during exercises and the evaluation interview may be shared with third parties. It is hereby expressly requested to speak with integrity and discretion about all involved and situations.

The teachers and assistants lovingly and carefully exchange their observations and experiences with and about the participants. This is done with the aim of gaining an ever better understanding of each participant's learning needs and capacities, so that guidance can be best tailored to them.

How do we together ensure a safe atmosphere during lessons?

During classes, and in fact at every Economy Transformers meeting, we adhere to the following guidelines:

Safety guidelines for the Living Together Course:

1. I am

  • We are here to enable ourselves and each other. This means we focus on recognising and supporting each other's unique path, without judging, analysing, saving or improving.
  • Each participant has the freedom to participate or not in an exercise and/or to share what he or she has observed or experienced. This freedom is always respected, as long as the group process as a whole is not disrupted.
  • We take responsibility for our own thoughts, feelings, words and actions. We respect the autonomy of the other person by not imposing meaning or expectations.

2. Value

  • We share candidly what we experience and live inwardly and outwardly. Our honesty and vulnerability are our contribution to the process, supporting and inspiring each other.
  • We do not hide our emotions such as pain, anger or sadness, but share them honestly, without holding others responsible. This contributes to the valuable exchange within the group.
  • If we see a judgement or analysis coming into us, we acknowledge it and then bring our attention back to ourselves and the other person in the here and now.

3. Property

  • We take ownership of our own feelings and experiences. This means we make ‘I’ statements, not ‘you/you/we’ statements and take responsibility for what we bring to the group.
  • When another person shares their anger or hurt, we acknowledge this without defending ourselves or justifying our words and/or actions. We are, however, honest about what feelings come to us.
  • Everything we share with each other, we cherish respectfully in love and trust. We treat everyone's contribution as a valuable part of the shared process.

4. Organisation

  • We give and take each other's undivided attention in the here and now. Silence and quiet are honoured as an essential part of the group process.
  • If we feel we are losing sight of our learning objective, we discuss it together. For example, by banging on the singing bowl and creating a moment of silence to refocus on our learning goal.
  • We respect the group structure and work together on the basis of equality. Everyone has the space to follow their own pace and process.

5. Relationship

  • We build relationships based on honesty, respect and recognition of each other's uniqueness. We are present in the here and now, without straying into the past or future unless relevant in the moment.
  • We listen attentively and without interruption to what the other person wants to share. When emotions or judgements arise, we acknowledge them in ourselves without projecting them onto the other person.
  • In relationships within the group, we respect everyone's learning and create a safe bed in which everything can be explored, discussed and shared.

6. Earth

  • We recognise the value of silence and rest as a natural basis for reflection and connection. These moments help us connect with our own being, that of others and that of the whole of which we are all a part.
  • We stay rooted in the here and now and use our experiences to practice love and forgiveness, both for ourselves and others.
  • We see our group process as part of a bigger picture. Everything we do and experience contributes to our own growth and the development of a human- and Earth-worthy society.

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We are aware that perfection does not exist and that we will sometimes deviate from these guidelines. We do not see this as a failure, but as an opportunity to learn and practice forgiveness, both for ourselves and for each other. Together, we work to create a safe and inspiring environment where everyone can come into their own.

 

During the intake interview, we also discuss the price. In the first year, Everyone can choose between three prices. And if the right price is not among them, we can make other arrangements.

The creation of the second- and third-year awards is part of the process.

You can pay the price for the Course in one, two or three instalments.

We can also agree another payment arrangement on the spot. However, we do strive to strike the right balance between give and take.

During the 2025/2026 school year, Damaris Matthijsen and Jac Hielema will be delivering a Samenlevenskunst (Art of Living Together) course for the tenth year. In other words, they have been delivering for ten consecutive years without interruption. They take full responsibility for the quality of the course. There is regular evaluation, formal and informal. All criticism, tips, questions, comments and proposals are taken seriously and taken into account in the further development of the Course in the Art of Living Together. However, decisions are made by Jac and Damaris, who will always substantiate and explain them if required.

Even if, after the intake interview, you are not yet sure whether you want to step in and join, you can at least participate in the first meeting. After the first meeting, we ask you to make a decision. So that at the second meeting we will have formed a permanent group in which we will do the year.

Of course, anyone can always decide to drop out anyway for all kinds of reasons. Up to and including the fifth meeting, you will receive a partial refund of the tuition fee.

Do you have any questions or want to share anything else? You can do so by emailing Jac Hielema: [email protected] or to call him: 06-14687873

Kind regards,

Damaris & Jac

Economy Transformers is CRKBO geregistreerd.

This means we meet quality requirements.

We are accountable for these quality requirements:

Alle informatie die we verstrekken is altijd waarheidsgetrouw en accuraat. Mocht je vragen hebben of iets willen delen, je kunt altijd bellen of mailen. Vóór je je inschrijft voor de Leergang Eigentijds Ondernemen raden we je aan om de oriëntatiedag te doen. Als je overweegt om in te stappen, doen we ook een intake-gesprek. Ook tijdens Leergang Eigentijds Ondernemen kun je altijd bellen of mailen of een afspraak maken voor een persoonlijk gesprek. Alles wat we bespreken blijft altijd onder ons.

All lecturers live what they teach, so they are experts by experience in their field and, moreover, they are always approachable. 

Van te voren, tijdens en na de Leergang Eigentijds Ondernemen is helder wat docenten en deelnemers van elkaar kunnen verwachten. Er zijn intake-gesprekken, tussengesprekken en evaluatiegesprekken. Als er onduidelijkheden zijn, kan er altijd gebeld of gemaild worden.

Als je op deze link klinkt, vind je een voorbeeld van een Verbintenis voor de Leergang Eigentijds Ondernemen: Commitment.

The teachers stand by the quality of their lessons and are accountable for it. Participants get out what they put in. If teachers feel that participants are not putting in enough, they will be lovingly addressed. Teachers and participants walk a path together in connection with themselves, each other and the whole.

The aim of all Economy Transformers' courses and trainings is to provide tools for participants to help themselves blossom socially to make the whole more beautiful, better, truer. Everyone helps each other in this process. Life itself is the examiner. Because we observe each other during the process, we will motivate, encourage, stand by each other in time. As Economy Transformers, we will never test or examine. However, we do ask participants to regularly present their development.

Click here for the complaints procedure: complaints mechanism.