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Applying the HOST DesignToolkit

Unlock human-centered leadership to drive
sustainable transformation across individuals, teams,
organizations, and societies— Anywhere, anytime

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The HOST DesignToolkit

Unlock human-centered leadership for sustainable
transformation within 20 minutes, anywhere, anytime.

Since 2010, we have been building, testing, and validating the HOST DesignToolkit—a comprehensive, flexible, and practical collection of validated exercises, practices, and meta-skills for designing, facilitating, and guiding human-centered transformation across individuals, teams, organizations, and societies, in offline, remote, and hybrid settings. We work with the freedom within a frame principles:

Rather than prescribing a single methodology, the HOST DesignToolkit offers a rich repertoire of practices and designs that can be adapted to the unique needs of individuals, teams, organizations, and communities.

The HOST Formula—unlocking human-centered leadership

How we most effectively help you, other HOST practitioners, and ourselves, to scale your people-business-societal impact is by:

  • Blending the toolkit seamlessly with your own authentic facilitation style, interventions, communication approach, and professional change practice. Stay your authentic-self while illuminating your blindspots and levering your superpower.
  • Enhancing and deepen the impact of your day-to-day work, consulting engagements, program designs, and service delivery. Continuously improve your practices through our action-based—experimental learning— approach. Grow and adapt your comfort-zone like you do for your own fitness and wellbeing.
  • Humanize the way we work, lead, and learn. Set the conditions for a culture in which people, groups, and teams feel socially- and psychologically safe and are able to connect with themselves, one another, and their surrounding work environment (the system). 
  • Actively reinvent KPI’s and contribute to today’s Key Impact Indictors that determines the future-readiness of yourself and that of the people, team, and organization you work with. Together we build on a future-readiness metrics for global human-centered (workplace) culture that nourishes:
    – wellbeing/ resilience 
    – continuous innovation/ organization agility, and
    – sustainability.

    HOST's Key Impact Indicators—
    Business Case for Future Readiness

    The HOST Business Case — Invest in yourself, your career, business, and the planet!

    Measuring to scale your People-Business-Societal Impact by also applying the HOST practices and design as an action-based research tool in which we, together with hundreds of practitioners and participants, actively collect real human stories and data to:

    • Continuously improve our HOST meta-skills, practices and designs for more impact
    • Share your evidence-based impact stories and our collection of data and cases with peers, clients across industries and the globe
    • Build a thriving independent business ecosystem where you, your work environment, HOST practitioners, and the world, profit from—economically, mentally, socially, and spiritually!

    HOST STORIES

    What will your HOST Impact Story be?

    Get inspired by the HOST Impact Stories from practitioners and their participants
    around the world — across industries, sectors, generations, and cultures.

    Trusted by leading organizations

    Put the HOST DesignToolkit into practice during your next ‘Moment That Matters’ and experience its impact—for yourself and for the people, groups, and teams you work with.

    Our premise? A meaningful stretch beyond the comfort zone—
    one that benefits people, businesses, and societies!

    Your story on your scaled impact...
    Is this you?
    Transforming...

    Make the Leadershift happen

    Upskilling from... towards...

    Evolve towards Systemic Transformation

    Upskilling from... towards...

    HOST DesignToolkit is applicable across
    industries, sectors, generations & cultures

    Frequently Asked Questions
    about the HOST DesignToolkit

    What exactly is the HOST DesignToolkit?

    The HOST DesignToolkit is a human-centered change design system that helps practitioners, leaders, consultants, facilitators, coaches, and HR professionals design, facilitate, and scale sustainable people-business-societal and system change.

    It combines a structured and modular process, practical tools, facilitation frameworks, change leadership models, dialogue practices, and measurement instruments into one integrated approach.

    Rather than offering another change model, HOST provides a way of working that helps people navigate complexity, uncertainty, transitions, and transformation in a more human and sustainable way.

    Who is the HOST DesignToolkit for?

    HOST is designed for people who influence change, including:

    • Change leaders and transformation professionals
    • Consultants and facilitators
    • Leadership and team development practitioners
    • HR and Organizational Development professionals
    • Agile coaches and Scrum Masters
    • Internal change agents and project leaders
    • Managers leading teams through uncertainty and transition

    You do not need to be an experienced facilitator to start using HOST, although experienced practitioners often find it helps them deepen and structure their existing practice.

    What makes HOST different from other change or leadership frameworks?

    Many frameworks explain what change is.

    HOST focuses on how to design and facilitate change in practice, while staying authentic and strengthen your human capabilities.

    The toolkit integrates:

    • Human-centered leadership
    • Systems thinking
    • Behavioral change
    • Psychological safety
    • Facilitation and dialogue
    • Team development
    • Learning and reflection
    • Measurement and continuous improvement

    Rather than introducing another standalone methodology, HOST helps connect and operationalize— lever— concepts that many practitioners already know.

    Is HOST a complete methodology or can I combine it with what I already use?

    Both.

    HOST can be applied as a complete design philosophy and methodology, but it is also designed to complement existing approaches.

    Many practitioners integrate HOST with:

    • Agile and Scrum
    • Design Thinking
    • Lean Change Management
    • Prosci ADKAR
    • Leadership development programs
    • Team coaching
    • Organizational development initiatives

    HOST is intended to strengthen and enrich existing practices rather than replace them.

    What practical tools do I get?

    The toolkit includes a range of practical resources, such as:

    • Design canvases
    • Workshop structures
    • Facilitation guides
    • Reflection exercises
    • Dialogue formats
    • Team development tools
    • Leadership frameworks
    • Change navigation models
    • Psychological safety interventions
    • Impact measurement instruments

    The specific contents may evolve over time as the toolkit continues to develop.

    Can HOST help me design services, workshops, programs, or interventions?

    Yes.

    One of the primary purposes of HOST is helping practitioners design meaningful interventions that create engagement, ownership, learning, and sustainable behavioral change.

    Many users apply HOST when designing:

    • Leadership programs
    • Team development initiatives
    • Transformation journeys
    • Change workshops
    • Strategy alignment sessions
    • Culture change initiatives
    • Community-building events
    How quickly can I start applying HOST?

    Most practitioners can begin using parts of HOST immediately.

    Simple tools, dialogue formats, and facilitation practices can often be applied within days.

    Developing mastery of the HOST mindset and design philosophy takes longer and grows through practice, experimentation, reflection, and application.

    How do I know whether HOST will work in my organization?

    No toolkit can guarantee results in every context.

    The effectiveness of HOST depends on factors such as:

    • Leadership commitment
    • Organizational culture
    • Facilitation quality
    • Willingness to learn and adapt
    • The complexity of the challenge being addressed

    HOST provides a structure and set of tools that increase the likelihood of meaningful engagement and sustainable change, but outcomes ultimately depend on how they are applied.

    Does HOST work only for large transformations?

    No.

    HOST can be applied at multiple levels:

    • Individual leadership development
    • Team development
    • Departmental initiatives
    • Organizational transformations
    • Networks and communities

    Many practitioners start with a single team or project before scaling the approach more broadly.

    How is impact measured?

    HOST includes measurement and reflection practices that help practitioners gather ongoing feedback and evaluate progress.

    The HOST Measure-to-Scale-Impact Tool supports:

    • Real-time feedback
    • Learning loops
    • Continuous improvement
    • Engagement insights
    • Adoption indicators

    The goal is not measurement for compliance, but measurement that informs learning and action.

    The Organization-wide 5 Directions of Leadership Feedback Tool enables Certified & Licensed Practitioners to contribute to wellbeing and resilience, ongoing innovation and organization-agility, and performance on the ESG’s.

    What if I am not a professional facilitator?

    HOST is designed to be accessible to leaders and practitioners who do not identify as facilitators.

    The toolkit provides structure, guidance, language, and practical tools that help people facilitate more confidently.

    At the same time, professional facilitators often find sufficient depth to significantly expand their practice.

    What results do users typically experience?

    Results vary depending on context.

    Users commonly report:

    • Greater confidence facilitating, guiding and leading change
    • Better service, workshop and intervention design
    • More meaningful dialogue
    • Increased engagement and ownership
    • Improved collaboration and trust
    • Stronger alignment between strategy and culture
    • More human-centered leadership practices

    HOST does not promise quick fixes. It supports the long-term development of capabilities that contribute to sustainable and systemic change.

    What if I am skeptical about another change framework?

    That is a healthy starting point.

    HOST encourages critical thinking rather than blind adoption.

    We believe every methodology has limitations, including HOST. We encourage practitioners to test, adapt, and evaluate what works in their own context.

    The goal is not to create dependency on a framework, but to help people become more capable, reflective, creative, and effective change practitioners.

    What kind of support is available after purchasing?

    Depending on the offering, support may include:

    • Community learning opportunities
    • Updates to the toolkit
    • Learning resources
    • Workshops or training experiences
    • Peer exchange and reflection opportunities

    Specific support options depend on the version of the HOST offering you purchase.

    How do I know if HOST is right for me?

    HOST may be a strong fit if you:

    • Want a practical rather than purely theoretical approach
    • Lead people through change, uncertainty, or transformation
    • Believe sustainable change requires both human and organizational perspectives
    • Want tools you can apply immediately
    • Are committed to continuous learning and development

    HOST may not be the right fit if you are looking for a quick fix, a rigid step-by-step formula, or a one-size-fits-all solution.

    What can I expect when I subscribe to the HOST DesignToolkit?

    When you subscribe, you gain immediate access to the HOST DesignToolkit and its growing collection of frameworks, models, canvases, facilitation tools, exercises, guides, and learning resources.

    The toolkit is designed to support both immediate application and long-term development. Many members start using individual tools right away, while gradually deepening their understanding of the HOST philosophy and approach over time.

    As the toolkit evolves, new content, tools, and resources may be added to help practitioners continue learning and growing.

    The goal is not simply to provide access to tools, but to support your ongoing journey as a human-centered leader, facilitator, consultant, or change practitioner.

    How long will I have access to the HOST DesignToolkit?

    Your subscription provides lifetime access to the HOST DesignToolkit, including future updates and additions.

    Lifetime access means you will retain access for as long as HOST2Transform continues to operate and maintain the platform.

    We believe meaningful development happens over years, not weeks. The toolkit is therefore designed as a long-term resource that practitioners can return to throughout their professional and personal development journey.

    What if the HOST DesignToolkit is not right for me?

    We want people to join because they genuinely believe HOST can support their work—not because they feel pressured to stay.

    If you explore the toolkit and determine it is not the right fit for your needs, you can request a full refund within 30 days of your purchase.

    We encourage you to actively engage with the content during this period so you can make an informed decision about its value and relevance to your context.

    Our goal is to create long-term relationships built on trust, transparency, and mutual value.

    What do you mean by "Scale Impact"?

    At HOST, we believe sustainable change starts with individuals but does not end there.

    The Scale Impact philosophy recognizes that every meaningful change creates ripple effects across multiple levels:

    Self → Team → Organization → Society → Planet

    When you develop your own leadership, facilitation, and change capabilities, you increase your ability to positively influence the people around you. Better conversations can lead to stronger teams. Stronger teams can contribute to healthier organizations. Healthier organizations can create positive outcomes for communities, society, and ultimately the world around us.

    Scale Impact is therefore not about growth for growth’s sake. It is about creating positive and responsible influence that extends beyond individual success.

    Next to that, HOST reinvests their profit in ESG initiatives and (start-up) businesses. By this we create even a larger Win-Win-Win-Win ripple effect.

    How is investing in HOST an investment in myself, my work environment, and the planet?

    Every organization influences society through its decisions, behaviors, products, services, and relationships. By helping leaders and organizations become more human-centered, responsible, and adaptive, HOST aims to contribute to healthier systems that create positive social and environmental impact.

    We do not claim that using HOST alone will change the world. Rather, we believe that thousands of people making better decisions, having better conversations, and creating healthier organizations can collectively contribute to meaningful and lasting change

    HOST DesignToolkit is applicable across
    industries, sectors, generations & cultures

    The HOST formula is applied as a tool for behavioral change, adopting a growth mindset, psychological safety, shared leadership and ownership to help humanize and transform HR, Legal, Banking & Insurance, HealthCare, Education, Government and more, that varies from start-& scale-ups, SME’s, Fortune 500 organizations, and Big 4 Consultancies.

    GLOBAL MEGATRENDS WE ADDRESS

    Which of today's most pressing workplace challenges are you facing?

    Focused results by light-heartedness in times of VUCA—challenges in the workplaces and in the world— together with a highly diverse professional online community of whole-hearted peers your are enabled to exchange on your learnings to help each other grow and become better in addressing todays most pressing workplace challenges— with ease, joy, and scalable impact.

      HOST approach

      HOST presents a cutting-edge Leadership Framework with multidisciplinary roots

      HOST is agnostic, evidence-based—we measure-to-scale impact— and is science-based rooted in sociology, organizational anthropology, behavioral neuroscience, business innovations, and international relations—ultimately striving for transformative global citizenship and a sustainable planet.

      We have integrated best practices from:

      • systems thinking
      • organizational psychology
      • leadership development
      • facilitation methods
      • applied improv theatre
      • solution-focus
      • appreciative inquiry
      • design-thinking
      • reflective practices
      • change design tools

      into a holistic, systemic DesignToolkit that has been validated bij over 200 practitioners and thousands of participants since 2010, and continuously evolves.

      ACTION-BASED LEARNING

      How we work and collaborate—
      Our Way of Working

      • Personalized & flexible context over content
      • Virtual & blended self-paced, engaging & experiential. Low threshold by nature, easy and short explanatory videos and demo’s—us doing the work. No bots, only real people.
      • Human-centered & systemic become your own ‘tool’ for change
      • Accelerate and deepen your impact through continuous improvement on all levels: personal, professional & business
      • Measure-to-scale meaningful impact on people, business & society

      Get encouraged and confident to experiment safely— to fail fast to succeed faster, while continuously learning, improving and deepening your human-centered leadership capabilities. You adopt a growth mindset, stretching your comfort-zone, and able to anticipate on unexpected situations, feeling more comfortable showing up authentically and improvise in the moment.

      HOST is AGILE for people

      The complete design philosophy for human-centered change and validated framework provides you with a structure, process, language, and concepts that help people make sense of change. It provides you a work flow that is easy to apply on a day-to-day basis, while it can also complement and deepen your existing consultancy or coaching practice.

      At its core, the H.O.S.T. DesignToolkit is grounded in the belief that, beyond our differences—which can lead to fear, skepticism, and judgment—meaningful transformation (T) emerges when human energy (H), genuine connection (O), and mutual support (S) come together.

      The complete design philosophy for human-centered change and validated framework provides you with a structure, process, language, and concepts that help people make sense of change. It provides you a work flow that is easy to apply on a day-to-day basis, while it can also complement and deepen your existing consultancy or coaching practice.

      At its core, the H.O.S.T. DesignToolkit is grounded in the belief that, beyond our differences—which can lead to fear, skepticism, and judgment—meaningful transformation (T) emerges when human energy (H), genuine connection (O), and mutual support (S) come together.

      Contribute to the human standard
      in how we work, lead, and educate

      Number one human capability to
      make any type of change work

      HOST provides you a unique structure and process that gives you the confidence through safe experimentation and enables you to connect with yourself, and to connect others with ‘the self’, ‘others’ (teams, peers, “strangers”), and the ‘environment’— the ecosystem they are part of.

      In more practical terms it strengthens and deepens your skills to help unlock the potential of your students, colleagues, participants, clients—beyond differences such as age, gender, industry, and culture.

      Once you have experienced HOST—it’s something that can easily be grasped and translated in any kind of context that you would like. You can apply it in a people, business, social, and educational environment. Check-out the business cases we are adding on an ongoing basis.

      Step into future-ready human capability building

      If you are curious what the additional benefits
      are to become HOST Certified and Licensed, read more here.

      Summary of the HOST DesignToolkit Benefits:

      How HOST Empowers Practitioners

      1. Design and Deliver High-Impact Change Interventions

      • Design high-impact, human-centered interventions, programs, services, workshops, and consultancy offerings.
      • Apply the HOST Formula, design philosophy, and structured process to create consistent, meaningful outcomes.
      • Feel equipped and confident to facilitate sustainable change across diverse audiences and contexts.
      • Augment and strengthen existing facilitation, consulting, leadership, and coaching practices with ready-to-use tools and canvases.

      2. Lead People Through Change, Uncertainty, and Transition

      • Guide individuals, teams, and organizations through uncertainty, resistance, and transition.
      • Strengthen change leadership capabilities by treating change as a continuous process rather than a one-off event.
      • Use practical models, language, and concepts that help people make sense of change and navigate complexity.
      • Facilitate meaningful dialogues during critical Moments that Matter, such as town halls, kick-offs, check-ins, announcements, keynotes, and transformation programs.

      3. Build High-Performing, Collaborative Teams and Cultures

      • Align strategy, culture, values, behaviors, and mindsets to create lasting organizational impact.
      • Build high-performing, collaborative, interdisciplinary, and agile teams, groups, and communities.
      • Foster psychological and social safety, trust, ownership, engagement, alignment, and accountability.
      • Support leadership and team development through proven frameworks, exercises, and structured workshop flows.

      4. Create Engagement, Ownership, and Sustainable Adoption

      • Activate ownership and engagement by involving people in the change process.
      • Enable safe experimentation, continuous learning, and a growth mindset.
      • Help people move from awareness to action by creating meaningful participation and commitment.
      • Increase the likelihood of sustainable adoption and lasting behavioral change.

      5. Continuously Learn, Reflect, and Improve

      • Develop human-centered leadership capabilities through ongoing reflection on yourself, others, and your environment.
      • Use reflection and dialogue practices to deepen self-awareness and strengthen relationships.
      • Measure progress and impact through transparent, real-time feedback using the HOST Measure-to-Scale-Impact Tool.
      • Continuously adapt and improve interventions based on evidence and learning.

      In Essence

      HOST provides a complete human-centered change design system that combines a structured formula, practical facilitation tools, design skills, leadership frameworks, and measurement capabilities to help practitioners confidently design, facilitate, scale, and sustain meaningful change.

      The list of impact and results is growing, also see the reviews by practitioners below.
      We are curious and love to learn from your experienced and HOST Impact Stories!

      What HOST Practitioners Say

      “The HOST approach brings depth and humanity into organizational change. It helps people feel seen while still moving the organization forward.”

      “What makes HOST powerful is that it connects strategy with behavior and emotion. It creates real ownership.”

      “I immediately started applying the tools in workshops and leadership sessions. The conversations became more honest, reflective, and impactful.”

      “HOST gives language and structure to dynamics that many leaders feel, but struggle to address.”

      “This is not another rigid framework. It is practical, thoughtful, and deeply applicable in real organizational contexts.”

      — Listen to what practitioners say in the video below:

      Pricing

      Early Bird Access Pricing

      €497 including: – 1:1 intake & onboarding – 4 HOST Growth Peer Learning Cycles – Impact Measurement Toolkit – Average time investment varies between 30 min up to 6 hours a week.

      Available for this pricing until 1st of January 2027

      This early access phase is intended to build a strong community of practitioners and pioneers who want to help shape the future of human-centered transformation.

      In 2027 we merely focus on growing the Incompany services and Certification & Licensing Program. Why? To grow our business ecosystem, joined by experienced leaders and consultants who are in the position and function to scale their impact.

       


      HOST Stories

      OUR services

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      Standalone Solutions for Targeted Impact

      Executive coaching, change leadership enablement, strategy enablement, effective team collaboration, and more.
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      End-to-end Change Leadership Programs

      In 5-phases we can help you diagnose, strategize, co-design, deliver, and continuously improve targeted change.
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      HOST Certification
      & Licensing

      Upskill your workforce with today's number one human capability
      to accelerate sustainable change and continuous development.
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      WHAT MAKES US UNIQUE

      Your trusted partner in human-centered
      leadership for sustainable change

      We bring the HOST core values—integrity, human connection, joy,
      and high-impact—to life in everything we do. Our:

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      Purpose

      Humanizes the way we work, lead, and learn to enable sustainable people, business, and societal transformation.

      Approach

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

      Platform

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

      Impact

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