Tom Van den Steen
Tréner, Kouč, Facilitátor
Something for work
Tom is an impact couch and certified meditation and mindfulness instructor. He created Quantum Discipline, a personal growth method and facilitates personal, professional and organizational learning and growth processes. His passion: building bridges between cultures and knowledge, translating the whole into digestible language and supporting others to be clearer and more effective.
Something personal
After traveling to every continent, meditation changed Tom's life for the better and opened the door for him to explore the world from within. He and his wife share a passion for navigating (and hacking) the human mind and meditation, which helps them raise their teenage son. Tom is also part of a men's collective in Colombia, Manes a la Obra, which promotes personal growth and group banter.
1) What topics do you focus on in people development?
First of all, it is generating a greater self-awareness: who am I? Why do I do what I do and how do I do it? What part of my personal and professional habits contributes to my further growth and which hinders it? From there, we can work to develop conscious habits that align with our own values and ambitions. Knowing yourself is the key to growth!
2) What has influenced you in your life and how is it reflected in your work?
Meditation, energy work and transpersonal psychology have played a major role in creating the human being I am today. I seamlessly integrate these aspects into my workshops whenever the opportunity arises and the group welcomes these excursions. Showing that there is more to reality than meets the eye and understanding one's own role and responsibility in co-creating this reality are essential.
3) Why do you work for humancraft?
I really enjoy working with human art because of the hands-on experience and opportunities to share our vision and mission in places where it makes an impact.
4) What has been your biggest challenge in developing others so far?
The biggest challenge is recognizing where my responsibility ends and trusting that the participants will take ownership of their growth process, even if it is not always visible at first glance. Each training is a 50/50 process: I go 100% with my 50% responsibility for the training and each participant has the remaining 50% in owning the learning process and making the best use of what I have to offer.