Board of Directors

Paul van Scherpenseel, Independent Consultant Researcher on Change Management

Paul van Scherpenseel is an independent consultant and a researcher on change management. In his consulting work he helps organizations change in a sustainable way.

Van Scherpenseel is also conducting a multi-year survey on why people, and especially groups of people, behave as they do in professional organizations. His research approach is exemplified by the underlying assumption that the dynamics of daily practice guide any change process. Therefore the emphasis should not be on people but on direction. The reason is that organizations are imperfect: there is always a gap between the competencies an organization thinks it needs and its current competencies.

Van Scherpenseel has experience in both private companies and government organizations. In addition, he publishes on change management and is currently writing a book on effective leadership.

F. Kees Boersma , Ph.D.

F. Kees Boersma studied Mechanical Engineering (Ba.) and Science and Technology Studies (MSc.). His thesis work at Eindhoven University of Technology resulted in the book "Inventing Structures for Industrial Research. A history of the Philips Nat.Lab." (2002) for which he received the EBHA dissertation award. In 2000 he joined the history department of Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore as a visiting scholar. Since August 2001 he has been working as a researcher/lecturer at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam.

Boersma continues to do independent research in science and technology studies, the history of technology, and organization studies (change management and R&D management). He has published on the history of Research & Development, organizational learning, and the organizational culture of enterprise systems. His publications have appeared in Enterprise and Society, History and Technology, and Human Relations.

Hannes Taken: Filmmaker, Professor of Film and Television at the University of Amsterdam

Hannes Taken has more than 18 years of filmmaking experience as a cameraman, director, editor, and writer. Taken prefers a type of documentary that is personal and involving. His short documentaries for television have been shown in the Netherlands and Belgium . Partners at Ashtary Design first worked with Taken more than 10 years ago when he came to New York to make a short film about the Children's Photography Project, a program founded by Kamran Ashtary and Tori Egherman.

Taken also has experience with industrial and promotional filmmaking. He currently teaches film and television and the University of Amsterdam .