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Humanity's Inner Development: What the 2026 IDG Meta-Analysis Reveals
2026Mark Vandeneijnde

Humanity's Inner Development: What the 2026 IDG Meta-Analysis Reveals

Key findings from an Inner Development Goals meta-analysis conducted in March 2026, aggregating self-assessments from approximately 3,200 individuals across five continents.

April 9, 2026Read →
Inner Development Goals: To Measure or Not to Measure?
2026Mark Vandeneijnde

Inner Development Goals: To Measure or Not to Measure?

A persistent paradox lies at the heart of IDG adoption: how do you measure deeper human qualities like compassion, self-awareness, and courage without diminishing their essence?

April 9, 2026Read →
Exploring Action Logics Across Generations – Insights from the IDG Assessment Data
2025Mark Vandeneijnde

Exploring Action Logics Across Generations – Insights from the IDG Assessment Data

The IDG assessment now integrates Action Logics, a developmental framework inspired by Bill Torbert — revealing how your inner operating system shapes your worldview across generations.

November 12, 2025Read →
The Natural Synergy Between Inner Development Goals (IDGs) and the B Corp Movement
2025Mark Vandeneijnde

The Natural Synergy Between Inner Development Goals (IDGs) and the B Corp Movement

The IDGs — 23 science-based skills across five dimensions — serve as powerful enablers for the B Corp movement, connecting inner development with business-for-good credentials.

November 9, 2025Read →
Redefining Validation: From Psychometrics to Soul Recognition
2025Mark Vandeneijnde

Redefining Validation: From Psychometrics to Soul Recognition

Ten years after launching the Human Potential Assessment, a deeper question arises: can inner development ever be fully captured by psychometric tools, or does it require a different kind of recognition?

September 4, 2025Read →
8 Characteristics of a Soulful Organization
2025Mark Vandeneijnde

8 Characteristics of a Soulful Organization

Key takeaways from a Back to Source Coaching webinar on how personal and collective transformation fuels systemic change — and what makes an organization truly soulful.

September 4, 2025Read →
Being at Full Potential: Renewing a Father–Son Relationship at the Berlin Marathon
2024Mark Vandeneijnde

Being at Full Potential: Renewing a Father–Son Relationship at the Berlin Marathon

As the founder of Being at Full Potential, part of the job description is to keep stretching in new ways. An unexpected journey to the Berlin Marathon became a profound story of renewal.

October 18, 2024Read →
Inner Development Goals: To Measure or Not to Measure?
2024Mark Vandeneijnde

Inner Development Goals: To Measure or Not to Measure?

In our quest to drive adoption of Inner Development Goals in organizations, a paradox remains: IDGs exist to focus attention on deeper human qualities that resist conventional measurement.

April 8, 2024Read →
5 Ways to Explain the Gap in Employee Well-Being
2023Mark Vandeneijnde

5 Ways to Explain the Gap in Employee Well-Being

A Deloitte survey reveals a puzzling gap: employees feel a standstill or decline in well-being, while executives believe they've improved. Five frameworks to make sense of the contradiction.

December 6, 2023Read →
Retrospective – Conversations that Matter
2023Mark Vandeneijnde

Retrospective – Conversations that Matter

One year after launching 'Conversations That Matter', a reflection on what emerged when we created open space every two weeks to explore the Human Potential House framework.

November 17, 2023Read →
Evidence-Based Strategies for Maximizing Human Potential
2023Mark Vandeneijnde

Evidence-Based Strategies for Maximizing Human Potential

Choosing the path of Human Potential Realization requires deep trust in people's resourcefulness. Here is the scientific evidence that fulfillment at work drives long-term organizational success.

November 2, 2023Read →
Being Human at Work: Harnessing the Power of Emotions to Drive Employee Engagement
2023Mark Vandeneijnde

Being Human at Work: Harnessing the Power of Emotions to Drive Employee Engagement

What role do emotions play in driving engagement? Understanding the power of the emotional dimension at work is key to creating organizations where people bring their full selves.

September 7, 2023Read →

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