Matthijs Rosman

Matthijs Rosman is a seasoned corporate innovation specialist. He is a partner at RevelX, a Dutch growth consultancy firm specializing in business model innovation and digital transformation. Over the years, he has advised many clients ranging from bicycle manufacturers, offshore maritime operators to highstreet retailers.

Matthijs is a sought after speaker and advisor in the fields of disruption, business model innovation, digital marketing transformation. In addition, he is an experienced startup and scale-up mentor for tech startups and corporate ventures.

Matthijs holds an MBA in International Business from Maastricht University in The Netherlands. He further specialized in Strategic Marketing and Competitive Strategy at Fairfield University, Fairfield, Connecticut.

As I get older, I get more comfortable with knowing that I don’t have the answers for everything. I guess you could call it experience. At the same time, I get more joy from experiencing the fact that everything has an order. There are patterns. Ways of looking at reality which help it make sense. At the same time, I also enjoy trying to disrupt my own thinking patterns; to break the mold before a new one can be formed. My travels through India, meeting people in a foreign culture, unable to relate to situations yet being able to relate to people have been a great catalyst in that. As humans, we are blessed with an instinct to survive. And survival requires us to rethink and reframe our surroundings. We are rarely

in real danger and even less face extinction personally. However, the companies we run are at odds. They do face the risk of extinction. If we don’t constantly rethink, reframe and rebuild our companies, they will not be here any longer if we fast forward ten years into the future.

My ambition is not to be a modern-day archeologist, dusting off extinct companies and trying to revive them. I want to work with companies and leaders who dare to face the reality of not knowing exactly where the future of their business lies. Who are willing to build on their strengths and know when a strength has become aliability? I guess you could call them DARING leaders.