Before Martijn Stegink became Global IT Director at Greenpeace 12 years ago, the people on that position changed almost yearly. The first thing he did was ask the global team what they needed and consistently delivered on their top 3 requests.

Everyday, Martijn and his team balance technology needs of activists and offices in 28 countries. In this episode of Leadership Deep Dive, Martijn talks to Hendrik Deckers about working across every time zone for global change, with sometimes extreme cultural differences. He talks about keeping an open mind for possibilities, rolling with the punches, learning from mistakes and balancing weaknesses.

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▶ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fdkhETWjOHE

TABLE OF CONTENTS

01:09 - Introduction: Martijn Stegink - Global IT Director of Greenpeace
02:25 - How Martijn has built the IT systems and regained trust of the organisation
06:30 - Transformation program: Global online collaboration system
10:13 - Billion Acts of Courage
12:50 - How IT is organised at Greenpeace
15:00 - Working with different global cultures
16:24 - Martijn's role as global CIO
23:58 - Martijn's management and leadership style
28:12 - Martijn's MBTI profile: ENFP
38:20 - His Mentors (or: why he doesn't believe in mentors)
40:30 - His most brilliant failure
47:12 - Advice for future digital leaders

EUROPEAN DIGITAL LEADER OF THE YEAR 2020

Martijn Stegink is a finalist in the European Digital Leader Of The Year contest organised annually by CIONET. Find out the B2B and B2C winners and learn more about the other 16 finalists in the Public and Financial sectors - the winners will be announced at CIONEXT on 26th June 2020.

https://ecoty.eu/