Healthcare Keynote Speaker
“Caring for others starts with yourself.”
“Caring for others starts with yourself.”
Caring for others. The most beautiful job there is. Or should we say: the most beautiful job it can be? Our healthcare system is among the best in the world, but it is under great pressure. The demand for care exceeds the supply, and this will only increase in the coming years.
The result is that the pressure to change is increasing, with all the consequences that entails. The perceived workload is historically high, and attrition and turnover are significant. We cannot (unfortunately) change the healthcare system with the push of a button, but how can employees deal smartly with all those changes in their work?
As a healthcare keynote speaker, Arjen helps healthcare professionals to experience their work as meaningful and manageable again. Because you cannot change the healthcare system overnight, but you can change how you work within it.
Inspire healthcare professionals to continue working with pride, resilience, and pleasure.

Arjen has previously spoken for hospitals, elderly care, disability care, mental healthcare, general practitioner organizations, and everything in between. Customization is standard, because Arjen gets his job satisfaction from customization.
A small warning: Arjen is ambitious. His famous quote ‘From making hours to making impact’ says it all. Arjen goes for maximum impact. A lecture with him as a speaker is therefore not just one moment of inspiration, but multiple moments of activation.


Participants receive a video message from Arjen in advance. Not a standard ‘save the date’, but a sharp question or thought that makes you reflect on the theme of his lecture.

You won’t get a knowledge dump on stage, because content without form doesn’t stick. And Arjen excels as a speaker in the form. Expect a lecture with humor, storytelling, interaction and activating working methods.

Afterwards, participants scan a QR code and immediately receive an inspiration email with tips, videos, insights and the slides. This is followed by a podcast version of the lecture, which they can listen back to or share later.

“The future of work is now but how we work now does not fit into the future“
As one nurse said:
“I thought I was a bit done with it. But now I know again why I once chose this profession.”

Arjen comes from a real healthcare family, co-authored the book Put the Patient at 2 with Niek van den Adel, and worked with hundreds of healthcare teams on themes such as job satisfaction, change, and innovation.
As a healthcare keynote speaker, he knows better than anyone how to make a difference in the work experience in healthcare. He connects people, reminds them of the essence of the profession, and encourages movement, with energy, sharpness, and humor.
“If at the end of your workday you think: if only it were as good at home as it is at work… then it’s right.”
As a healthcare keynote speaker, Arjen inspires your team to work with pleasure and pride again. Do you want to build a culture in which not only the patient, but also the employee is central? Then this is the moment.
Contact us for a lecture that unleashes energy and makes a difference. Or view Arjen’s other themes, such as job satisfaction, innovation, or change.