Peter Aker

My wonderful mentee, Lieselot Declercq and 40under40 mentor Lieve Verplancke have both challenged me to share a book that had a profound impact on my life. As a book addict, reading between 20 & 30 books a year, this is not an easy choice. There are so many good reads out there ! This is also why I love this favourread initiative by Alixe Tsang-Leclercq, Dorien Vandormael and Mayada Srouji of Belgium's 40 under 40 since it broadens my "to read" list again with some great suggestions by inspiring people. Thank you to everyone who shared their favourite books already! Between the many choices available, I decided in the end to share a book that is not revolutionary in terms of global impact or technology, but had a profound impact on how much time I spend in bed. Bear with me :-) In these busy times, with a world changing at an incredible pace, it is essential to be able to keep your energy, spirits, empathy and intellectual capacity high. And while sports and nutrition is well known to keep you healthy, one of the underestimated secret powers is sleep. Why we sleep by Matthew Walker, PhD opens your eyes to how good sleep is the key to unlocking a productive and happy life. It explains what sleep does to your body and mind and the research behind it. Once you read this book, you will guard your sleep like a lion and it will improve your decision making, happiness and productivity ! Now I would love to know which book had an impact on Kirsten Florentie, John Porter and Marijke Schroos ! Please post your #favourread and tag 3 people to do the same ! #bookrecommendation

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How to use AI in recruiting without losing your human touch, that's where our last blog post is about, go check it out: Liza Huyghe Sien De Bree Julie Deneweth Rhüne Vandenberghe

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👉 Full story: https://lnkd.in/eR2v_pXD 🚨 A group of 10 tech entrepreneurs is sounding the alarm and uniting under the name 'Tech Champions'. In their eyes, The Netherlands lacks the innovation and business climate in which scale-ups have the opportunity to be successful. Compared to the US, deep-tech scale-ups in the Netherlands grow four times slower. As united scale-up CEOs they call on government, investors and companies to commit to deep-tech scale-ups to ensure the future prosperity of the Netherlands. 💬 "We, the 10 Tech Champions below, have united to shape the future of the technology sectors from the NTS together. Consistently implementing the NTS (National Technology Strategy) with a focus on scale-ups is crucial to create value in a healthy and sustainable way and preserve the level of prosperity in the Netherlands. This is far from self-evident. We call on investors, the government and companies to join us in the challenge for the successful implementation of the NTS. This is how we create an economically strong, independent Netherlands, with a sustainable, healthy and safe future." The statement is signed by these 10 entrepreneurs: - Johan Feenstra (SMART Photonics) - Mattijs Slee (Battolyser Systems) - Koenraad Wiedhaup (Leyden Labs) - Merel Boers (Nicolab) - Hamed Sadeghian (Nearfield Instruments ) - Elise de Reus (Cradle) - Christian Rood (LeydenJar) - Fabrizio Del Maffeo (Axelera AI) - Joep Gommers (EclecticIQ) - Matthijs Rijlaarsdam (QuantWare)

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