Insights
Essays, reflections, and field notes from our practice.
recorded_webinar·5 AUGUST 2026The €29 Billion Question — LinkedIn Live #5
Sick leave in Dutch organisations sits at 5.4%. Cost: an estimated €29 billion a year. Most responses target the KPI, not the system producing the illness. Elsbeth Van Lienden and Nienke van Bezooijen on the architecture underneath.
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article·30 JULY 2026The Canary Knows Something the Org Chart Doesn't
Organisations signal disruption long before it breaks — cynicism, silence, quiet withdrawal — but almost nobody is trained to read those signals. Experiential expertise, embedded structurally in the org chart, is one of the clearest ways to build sensing capacity before the crisis forces it.
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recorded_webinar·9 JULY 2026Heart-Centered vs Mind-Centered Companies
Companies sit on a spectrum. On one end: mind- and ego-driven organisations where numbers come first. On the other: heart-driven, soul-led collectives where meaning and contribution shape every decision. Where does your organisation actually operate?
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recorded_webinar·9 JULY 2026Deep Dive Live #1 — Not Broken. The System Is.
In our first Deep Dive Live, the three founders open the conversation on why organisations are not broken — the system is. From industrial control toward soul-first, heart-led companies designed as living systems for a new economy.
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video·5 JULY 2026First Founder Interview — The Full Conversation
The unfiltered 71-minute founder conversation behind The Indigo Elephant. Mario, Nienke, and Elsbeth on why the movement found them, why organisations are designed for a world that no longer exists, and what a business built as legacy actually looks like.
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recorded_webinar·5 JULY 2026First LinkedIn Live — Meet the Founders
In our first LinkedIn Live, the three founders — Mario Haneca, Nienke van Bezooijen, and Elsbeth van Lienden — introduce The Indigo Elephant. Not a firm. A movement. A triangle of complementary contributions, helping visionary leaders guide their organisations into what comes next.
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article·28 JUNE 2026When Nothing Else Is Certain, the Leader Must Be
In an era without certainty, the leader becomes the source of stability — not because they have more answers, but because they have more presence. The future of organisations is not built by predicting the unpredictable. It is built by leaders who can stay sovereign when the world is not.
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podcast·21 JUNE 2026From Controller to Conductor — The Indigo Perspective
Under pressure, our focus narrows into tunnel vision — sharp, analytical, fast. Useful for deadlines, but it shuts down our deepest asset. The Indigo Perspective is the practice of softening from controller to conductor, accessing what only a wider field can show.
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article·21 JUNE 2026A First Note From the Founders
The Indigo Elephant is in the world. Founders Mario, Elsbeth and Nienke introduce an advisory built to help leaders bridge from Society 3.0 organisations to a Society 4.0 reality — where intelligence belongs to the whole.
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