Trainer, Coach, Facilitator
Tom Van Den Steen
Something work-related
Tom is an impact coach and a certified meditation and mindfulness instructor. He created Quantum Discipline, a method for personal growth, and facilitates personal, professional, and organizational learning and growth processes. His passion lies in building bridges between cultures and knowledge, translating complexity into accessible language, and supporting others in becoming clearer and more effective.
Something personal
After travelling across all continents, meditation changed Tom’s life for the better and opened the door to exploring the world from within. He and his wife share a passion for navigating — and hacking — the human mind, as well as for meditation, which helps them in raising their teenage son. Tom is also part of a men’s collective in Colombia, Manes a la Obra, which supports personal growth and group playfulness.
1) How would you describe your job in one sentence?
2) What has influenced you in life, and how does it show up in your work?
Meditation, energy work, and transpersonal psychology have played a major role in shaping the human being I am today. I integrate these aspects naturally into my workshops whenever the opportunity arises and the group welcomes such explorations. Showing that there is more to reality than meets the eye — and understanding one’s own role and responsibility in co-creating that reality — is essential.
3) Why do you work for humancraft?
I really enjoy working with humancraft because of the practical experience it brings and the opportunities to share our vision and mission in places where it can have real impact.
4) What has been your biggest challenge at humancraft so far?
The biggest challenge is recognizing where my responsibility ends and trusting that participants will take ownership of their own growth process, even when this is not always immediately visible. Every training session is a 50/50 process: I bring 100% commitment to my 50% responsibility for the training, and each participant holds the remaining 50% by owning their learning process and making the best possible use of what I offer.
5) How does your work influence your personal development and career?
6) What are the biggest challenges in corporate education today, and how is humancraft addressing them?