OASIS @ knowmads

What do you do if you are about 30 people. One building. No architect. No space. No money. You want to rebuild your communtiy life. Limited amout of time. A 1000 ideas. Even more talents. No clue how to preceed? … Continue reading →

Happy Happy Joy Joy

I don’t know about you but all I want to do is to feel good. I just want to feel good. Some of you will argue with me that you also want to feel pain, suffering, anxiety, uncomfortableness, sadness, anger, … Continue reading →

Free Lecture about Swarming

Dear Reader, this Blogpost and Free lecture about Swarm Leadership is written by Floris Koot. It´s already his second free lecture after ´The best Job Title in the world´ Enjoy it !!! Anyone following the news saw last year quite some … Continue reading →

Just another week @ Knowmads

a blogpost about the knowmadic life by Jonas and Filippa – f*cking co-created and co-authored Monday 2 days before our event for WereldWinkel on the future of fairtrade we thought it was time to run it by our coach. There … Continue reading →

Self-improvement is masturbation; now self-destruction

Back in what seems to be a time long gone in a kingdom far far away when I first considered joining Knowmads I naturally had a good deal of doubts about the whole knowmadic journey. I think everyone does. It’s a leap into the unknown and even into a very vaguely described unknown. I chose to take a short trip to Amsterdam to check it out and remember being impressed by the people; that is mostly the story of how I ended up here. Continue reading →

Master in Sales with Wim Vrolijk

  Hello, my Name is Peter, I’m a student at Knowmads and I wrote a Blogpost about the workshop “Master in Sales” with Wim Vrolijk. W.i.i.f.m:  What is in it for me: From this blogpost I want to share with … Continue reading →

Knowmads for Life and Me!

After some weeks with days of non-inspiration, it just hits me. New ideas popping up and ready to do something. I don’t know what it is with me. Maybe I do know, but can’t find the right words to describe … Continue reading →

Knowmads VS Time-Schedules.

We are Knowmads, we are people, we are human beings, and yes, sometimes, we are also late. I would like to share a funny story about Joshua, being late & Karma. Me (Nadav) and Joshua were in contact with a … Continue reading →

What happened @Knowmads according to a 40+ year old geezer

What happened at Knowmads the last three weeks told by a 40+ year old geezer…… Where to start? The last weeks @Knowmads where like a rollercoaster ride. (nothing different then any other 3 weeks @Knowmads, but still) For me, and … Continue reading →

Whose crazy idea is university anyway?

This post is a follow up to "When an elephant tries to jump" in two aspects. For one thing it is a week later in a difference country but the same theme but more important it is the differences and … Continue reading →

A five weeks guide in “how to save the world” at Knowmads

So, I’m starting at this school with the slogan “we educate changemakers”.  I’m thinking; sweet, I would like to become a changemaker. Actually, I would like to save the world. “We educate changemakers” might sound like a cliché and coming … Continue reading →

When an elephant tries to jump

A few years ago I had a couple of beers with two friends from university celebrating our last exam in history of anthropology. More than half a year ago I decided to apply for funding for an idea we came … Continue reading →

Making money on unhappy dutchies

So I came up with this genius idea – actually I have probably never come up with anything better in my life. Let us imagine that I am successful businessman – I have made millions but of course also lost … Continue reading →

Modern communication: An unexpected case study.

Well I'm sitting here working the night shift, ready to dive back into doing nothing after having a great conversation with a Brazilian man who just walked in and took a room with his wife not 3 hours earlier.
 What … Continue reading →

How is Knowmads Really Different? (by Floris Koot)

How can it be that at most educations the individual development gets the least amount of attention? Quite recently I was asked to host a quest lecture at a university on social activism. During the lesson I noticed something weird. … Continue reading →