John van der Linden is an authentic senior business leader who brings his extensive people & organizational development skills to his work in an inspirational way. He is a passionate trainer, mentor and organization builder with a distinct international experience.

During his successful 30 year global career at Procter & Gamble, John frequently delivered skill development training, mentoring and enabled an open (essential for innovation) culture. He has personally led both large innovation organizations (100+ people) as well as small but highly strategic groups. Today John uses this experience to help improve the output of organizations and individuals.

As co-founder of Becoming-Aware, his goal is to improve the strategic innovation output of customers as well helping people to get more out of their life - via a higher awareness. He is also a founding partner of EI4I - Ecosystem Intelligence for Innovation.

John is currently also an active investor & board member for 9.5 Ventures, a pre-seat corporate venturing fund. He teaches for the Franklin Covey organization & KDG Business School.