About us

What we do

HOSTing Transformations since 2012

HOST2Transform builds on more than 30 years of expertise in human-centered leadership consulting and education to enable sustainable change.

Alongside our HOST Education—tailored Certification & Licensing programs—for consultancies, consultants, and leaders, we provide HOST Consultancy— tailored stand-alone and end-to-end HOST Solutions to help your organization, department, or team transform sustainably. 

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Trusted by leading organizations

HOST in Nutshell

Our Story—
Transform your world, and that of others

What began in 2012 as 20-minute HOST sessions—“Fitness for Your Mind & Network”—in a co-working space in Amsterdam has evolved into the cutting-edge HOST platform for human-centered leadership education, consultancy, training, and coaching.

HOST stands for unlocking Human energy, Openness to connect, and Synergy through shared value to systemically Transform people, teams, organizations, and societies towards a sustainable future for all.

Over the years, HOST has grown into a vibrant, highly diverse, global community of practitioners—including experienced consultants, trainers, coaches, L&D and HR professionals, change leaders, and executives responsible for making change successful—all united by a shared mission:

Humanizing the way we lead, work, and educate (HOST) to transform people, businesses, and society towards a sustainable future for all.

Our growth journey

2030 - HOST becomes the standard in leadership, consultancy, and education

Our growing global ecosystem of HOST Licensed Consultants and client organizations scales its impact on people, business, and society by contributing to people’s well-being, continuous improvement, and ESG implementation on a daily basis.

Profits are reinvested in emerging ESG ventures and initiatives, creating our targeted, scalable Win-Win-Win-Win impact—similar to the Patagonia Model.

2027 - HOST Business Ecosystem Hub

HOST2Transform has a physical hub where HOST practitioners co-work, meet, and validate their practices for maximum impact.

2026 - HOST Licensing - Growing a sustainable business ecosystem

Lowering the threshold for business partnerships through a simple Licensing Model, where we primarily evaluate:

  • Alignment with the HOST values — Human energy, Openness to connect, and Synergy through shared value — to scale Transformational Impact.

  • Consistently high customer satisfaction, demonstrated by 4.5–5.0-star ratings from paying customers.

  • Completion of the HOST Certification, ensuring a common language, approach, and set of tools that enable us to collectively measure to scale our impact.

The benefits are countless:

  • Continuously deepen and integrate human-centered leadership practices by connecting with yourself, others, and the environment (ecosystem) around you.

  • Build collaborative working relationships with peers across industries and cultures.

  • Grow your career and business opportunities by tapping into the six megatrending workplace challenges shaping organizations across the globe. Lead ahead of the curve.

  • Bring your purpose to life and contribute to the (work) lives of many people and the planet. Being of service simply feels good!

2020 - 7 HOST B2B Solutions One Platform

We meet you where you are and tailor HOST Solutions to your organization’s specific needs, while ensuring a consistent standard of quality. This can range from a stand-alone solution, such as a personalized change leadership program, to end-to-end support for business transformation and strategy execution.

We don’t position ourselves as outside experts or gurus. We work as trusted partners alongside your people—co-creating, building internal ownership, and turning the desired change into sustainable results.

2016 - Over 150 HOST Practitioners got certified in one year

Our train-the-trainer approach is further professionalized through the HOST Certification, which safeguards a consistent standard of quality, shared language, and common approach—while enabling us to collectively measure and scale our impact. HOST Certification can also be added to practitioners’ LinkedIn profiles, increasing visibility and strengthening professional credibility.

Our growing community of 150 HOST Certified practitioners represents a highly diverse and experienced network of professionals, including change consultants, Lean and Agile coaches, executive coaches, interim managers, and specialists in Deep Democracy, well-being, ESG, psychological safety, and leadership development.

While the majority of our practitioners are currently based in the Netherlands and across Europe, our presence is expanding in the USA and Asia. Together, they bring experience from rapidly transforming industries such as renewable energy, healthcare, retail, and FMCG.

The HOST practitioner network continues to grow organically, expanding our collective capacity to support transformation across organizations, industries, and geographies.

2012 - HOSTing human connection in the workplace

Jessica Tangelder, together with the early HOST adopters—a community of peer consultants, coaches, facilitators, and trainers—recognized that a sense of belonging and genuine connection with oneself and others were often missing from traditional and co-working environments. Yet these are fundamental human needs for people to flourish in both work and life.

This lack of connection and engagement in the workplace inspired Jessica, now the founder of HOST2Transform, to introduce 20-minute “fitness for the mind & network” sessions. These sessions became known as “Host to Transform” sessions.

The goal was simple: to help leaders and business owners—within teams and organizations—continuously develop and grow as humans, professionals, and business owners by strengthening their mindset, relationships, and networks, both within and beyond the workplace.

HOST in the news

HOST part of Events—
Keynotes, panels & articles

  • BASE up Conference, Amsterdam (2019): How to Build, Advance, Sustain, and Elevate your Business. Innovating your Scale Up through Design Thinking.
  • Freedom X Fest, Spain (2018): The Global Festival on The Global Independent Movement.
  • Health Innovation School, The Netherlands (editions: 2017, 2018, 2022): Reshape Radboud University Nijmegen. Building the Future of Dutch Health Care.
  • International Documentary Festival Amsterdam (2015): Moderation and Q&A’s.

  • Social Media Week Berlin (2014): In Search of Serendipity: Adding Value to the Co-work Experience.
  • Sankalp Mumbai & Sankalp Delhi (2014 & 2015): Fuelling the Innovation Economy for Impact. The AGILE Mindset.
  • Construct Fest Bangalore (2014): India’s Largest Startup Event. Opening Festival: Unconferencing Network Sessions.
  • GLAMCamp Wikimedia Foundation (2014): Amsterdam (2011) meeting/workshop for Wikimedians active in outreach to cultural institutions and is directly following from the inaugural GLAMcamp in New York.

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WHY HOST?

Your trusted partner in human-centered
leadership for sustainable change

We bring the HOST core-values—Human energy, Openness to connect, Synergy
through shared value, and Transformational impact—to life in everything we do.

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Humanizing
Organizations

Humanizes the way we work, lead, and educate to transform people, businesses, and societies towards a sustainable future.

Continuous Improvement

Drives continuous improvement across all levels and functions, adapting to an ever-evolving environment.

Quality Assurance

Provides multiple HOST solutions through a single point of contact, ensuring consistent high-end quality standards are met.

Measure to Scale Impact

Scales measurable impact on wellbeing, innovation, and sustainability, while reinvesting profits into emerging ESG-focused ventures.

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