Every organization is made up of people and work structures.
And every minute, things change within the relationships between people,
the circumstances, the ambitions. All those different lines of communication:
it’s a constantly moving panorama.
Jitske Kramer (YIT-skuh KRAY-mer) is a corporate anthropologist who travels the world to learn from traditional healers, leaders, surprising innovators and random passers-by. She is a bestselling and award winning author of nine eye-opening books, including the #1 Dutch bestseller Tricky Times (2024), Jam Cultures (2021), Deep Democracy (2015), Building Tribes (2018) and The Corporate Tribe (2016) which won the prestigious Managementbook of the Year award.
Holding a master’s degree in cultural anthropology from Utrecht University and with over 25 years of entrepreneurial experience, she brings worldly knowledge and human insights back into the world of management, cooperation and leadership. Through challenging keynotes and masterclasses. To improve the strength and results of individuals and groups (and to make the world a more beautiful place). She has the ambition to activate organizations to be wildly attractive to everyone and everything. Preferably in a pleasantly simple way. In her stories, the familiar gradually becomes strange. And what was once strange becomes surprisingly familiar.
What others say about Jitske: “Jitske Kramer is one of the most inspiring speakers in the Netherlands. She provokes you into thinking deeply and speaking out. She gazes into the depths with flair and courage. Looking for surprising new insights and their practical applicability. Unifying and forceful.”
Jitske Kramer is widely regarded as one of the most captivating speakers in the Netherlands. Some describe her talks as performances—immersive, unforgettable experiences that awaken the mind and touch the heart.
She brings complex topics to life through vivid storytelling and multi-sensory moments, making abstract ideas compelling and accessible. Her renowned keynotes and masterclasses reveal how authentic human connection drives co-creation and meaningful change.
Jitske works from a foundation of powerful, universal stories—but no two talks are the same. Her stories are unscripted and ever-evolving, enriched by each new journey. When you hear her speak a second or even third time, you’ll hear something new. Each keynote is tailored after an online intake session, aligned with your audience, organizational context, and current challenges.
With years of gathering insights from around the world, Jitske reveals how people shape cultures—and how cultures shape people—across both societal and business ecosystems. Drawing on deep anthropological knowledge of how people live and work together in groups—from remote jungle and desert communities to modern boardrooms—she transforms powerful human insights into practical tools for leadership, transformation, and organizational culture.
She explores how to build environments rich in meaningful interaction and teaches leaders how to evaluate and influence culture by “becoming an anthropologist in their own organization.”
Jitske Kramer is a best-selling author. Her books are about her journey of discovery about how people can be good together. How we can build strong tribes, safe for diversity and ready for change. How we can work and live well together, even with people we might not like. How people shape cultures and how cultures shape people. About change and what change requires of leaders and organizations. About decision-making, power, diversity and inclusion. About the lessons she learned on her anthropological trips. Many beautiful stories and practically written, solid theories.
Jitske Kramer is the founder of Human Dimensions. Human Dimensions looks at the world and at organizations through the eyes of an anthropologist. The Human Dimensions team has the ambition to activate organizations to be wildly attractive to everyone and everything. Preferably in a pleasantly simple way. Our approach can sometimes be disruptive, turning everything upside down, coherently disturbing the status quo and exploring conflicts. Other times we focus on being together, reconnecting people, fun and establishing harmony. Human Dimensions offers training courses on Deep Democracy, Anthropological Perspectives, Holding Space and Jam Cultures.
Jam Cultures was developed by Jitske Kramer to provide handles for diversity and inclusion. It offers a perspective and practical method for dealing with contrasts, differences and conflicts. With loving boundaries and a strong focus. Working together based on each individual’s voice. Rock-hard and soft at the same time. The inclusion paradox: be yourself and adapt.
Together, Jitske Kramer and the HumanDimensions team put the Lewis method of Deep Democracy on the map in the Netherlands. This resulted from a deep fascination for decision-making, with an eye for and appreciation of differing opinions. No trade-offs. Actual consensus. Without compromising. Tackling and solving conflicts, instead of working around them. And including the wisdom of the minority in the majority decisions.
For more information or specific questions, contact us with the form below. That will bring you into contact with Roos Prins. Roos handles everything for Jitske and the Human Dimensions team. As we say: questions? Roos knows.
You can also reach Roos by phone: +31 613166610
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