Bas Warmerdam

In a world obsessed with Artificial Intelligence, we may need Childlike Intelligence more than ever. AI helps us find answers. Children help us discover possibilities. AI helps us optimize. Children help us imagine. AI helps us move faster. Children help us make sure we're moving in the right direction. Drawing on more than a decade of experience working with over 20,000 children and 300+ organizations, Bas Warmerdam explores what leaders, innovators, and change-makers can learn from the way children approach complex challenges. Through powerful stories, practical tools, and interactive experiments, participants discover how to challenge assumptions, unlock fresh thinking, and create momentum for change. Because when complexity increases, the answer is not always more expertise. Sometimes it starts with curiosity, imagination, and the courage to ask a different question. A refreshing and practical antidote to terminal seriousness.

What if the fastest way to solve a complex problem is not to think harder, but to become more curious? Organizations often get stuck in analysis, meetings, and plans. Children do something different. They explore. They test. They play. They wonder what might happen if... The World of Curious Little Experiments is an inspiring and practical keynote and workshop that helps teams tackle uncertainty through curiosity, experimentation, and discovery. Drawing on more than a decade of experience working with over 20,000 children and hundreds of organizations, Bas Warmerdam shows how small, low-risk experiments can unlock fresh insights, create momentum, and make change feel less overwhelming and a lot more energizing. Participants learn how to replace assumptions with evidence, discussions with discoveries, and hesitation with action. Along the way, they rediscover something many organizations unintentionally lose: the sense of wonder that fuels innovation, learning, and progress. Less predicting. More exploring. Less debating. More discovering. One curious little experiment at a time.

Three unlikely teachers for fresher thinking, bolder action and better decisions. What can professionals learn from a child, a criminal, and a time traveler? Quite a lot, it turns out. Drawing on more than a decade of experience working with over 20,000 children and hundreds of organizations, combined with research spanning hundreds of scientific papers, real-world cases, and conversations with former criminals, futurists, scientists, and leaders, Bas Warmerdam introduces a surprisingly practical framework for tackling complex challenges. The Child helps you imagine new possibilities. The Criminal challenges assumptions and turns ideas into action. The Time Traveler reveals the long-term consequences and opportunities hidden in today's decisions. Together, they offer a fresh way to think, act, and lead in an increasingly complex world. (In Beta: currently being developed into a keynote, workshop, and upcoming book.)