Michiel R de Boer

Michiel R de Boer Michiel R de Boer is Director Consulting Asia for MindMagine Asia Sdn. Bhd. (formerly known as Quint)

Michiel R de Boer is Director Consulting Asia for Quint Wellington Redwood.

12/05/2026

What if improving your organisation didn't require a big project, a thick document, or a 6-month consulting engagement?

๐—š๐—œ๐—ง๐—ขยฎ โ€” ๐—š๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ป, ๐—œ๐—ป๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ, ๐—ง๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜€๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—บ, ๐—ข๐—ฝ๐˜๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ถ๐˜‡๐—ฒ โ€” is MindMagine's approach to continuous organisational improvement through an organic, iterative loop.

Not big-bang projects. Not complex process manuals.

Targeted coaching. Focused workshops. Real alignment โ€” from strategy all the way down to day-to-day operations.

As our team explains it: "Very basic coaching and workshops in an organisation to get alignment in place and get synergy in place. This works from strategy all the way down to business and IT processes."

Four phases. One continuous loop. Compounding improvement with every cycle.

See the full GITOยฎ model ๐Ÿ‘‰ https://mindmagine.com/consulting-advisory/gito-model/

๐—˜๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜†๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐˜€๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ฑ ๐—”๐—œ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐—ฟ ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ธ. ๐—”๐—น๐—บ๐—ผ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ป๐—ผ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐˜† ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ธ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜„๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—”๐—œ ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ฝ๐—น๐˜‚๐—ด๐—ด๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜๐—ผ.A smarter fron...
11/05/2026

๐—˜๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜†๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐˜€๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ฑ ๐—”๐—œ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐—ฟ ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ธ. ๐—”๐—น๐—บ๐—ผ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ป๐—ผ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐˜† ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ธ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜„๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—”๐—œ ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ฝ๐—น๐˜‚๐—ด๐—ด๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜๐—ผ.

A smarter front door is only useful if the house behind it makes sense.

John Worthington's piece on agentic AI and service management is one of the sharper reads I've come across lately โ€” the argument is simple: you can automate confusion, or you can automate coherence. One scales well.

If you're building a career in IT service management and want to understand the architecture that sits underneath the AI hype, the USM Foundation certification is worth a look.

Get full article link in first comment.

In todayโ€™s VUCA world, projects donโ€™t move in straight lines anymore. Especially when industries evolve in months instea...
08/05/2026

In todayโ€™s VUCA world, projects donโ€™t move in straight lines anymore. Especially when industries evolve in months instead of years.

Thatโ€™s why PRINCE2 Agileยฎ matters.
It combines the structure of PRINCE2ยฎ with the adaptability of Agile โ€” helping teams stay in control without moving like a fax machine in 2026.

At MindMagine, we help professionals build practical project leadership skills through PRINCE2 certification programs designed for modern organizations.

See article link in comment below.
๐Ÿ“– Read the full article: https://www.prince2official.com/Prince2-News-and-Announcements/prince2-agile-best-practice-for-vuca-world
๐ŸŽ“ Explore MindMagineโ€™s PRINCE2 courses here: https://mindmagine.com/education-solutions/project-programme-portfolio-management/prince2-agile-foundation/

๐—Ÿ๐—ถ๐—ธ๐—ฒ, ๐—ฆ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ & ๐—™๐—ผ๐—น๐—น๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐˜‚๐˜€ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ!

06/05/2026

"๐—ช๐—ฒ'๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฒ. ๐—ช๐—ฒ'๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฐ๐˜‚๐—น๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐˜„๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ธ. ๐—ช๐—ฒ'๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—น๐˜€. ๐—ช๐—ต๐˜† ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐˜„๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐˜๐—ถ๐—น๐—น ๐˜€๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐—ธ?"

Sound familiar?

Here's what we've learned after 20+ years working with organisations across APAC: the problem is rarely what you haven't tried. It's the weight of everything you have tried.

Every rational fix โ€” the governance layer, the reporting tool, the coordination meeting โ€” added something. And the sum of those somethings became the architecture of the problem.

As Michiel R. De Boer puts it: "This is not about cultural improvement or agile innovation. It's far more elementary. It's about humanising an organisation."

That's where ๐—š๐—œ๐—ง๐—ขยฎ begins.

Watch the video and see what we mean.

Contact us for more info ๐Ÿ‘‰ https://mindmagine.com/consulting-advisory/gito-model/

๐—”๐—ด๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—บ. ๐—ช๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ณ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น ๐—ด๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ. ๐—ก๐—ผ ๐—ฏ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ด๐—ฒ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐˜๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—บ. ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐˜„๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—บ๐—ผ๐˜€๐˜ ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜€๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€ ๐—พ๐˜‚๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜๐—น๐˜† ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ฒ.The tension is ...
04/05/2026

๐—”๐—ด๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—บ. ๐—ช๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ณ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น ๐—ด๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ. ๐—ก๐—ผ ๐—ฏ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ด๐—ฒ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐˜๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—บ. ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐˜„๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—บ๐—ผ๐˜€๐˜ ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜€๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€ ๐—พ๐˜‚๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜๐—น๐˜† ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ฒ.

The tension is real: transformation needs agile ways of working, but the organization's approval procedures, funding models, and reporting structures are built for waterfall.

Most programmes ignore this and wonder why things stall.

๐—œ๐—ง๐—œ๐—Ÿยฎ ๐—ง๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜€๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป (๐—ฉ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐Ÿฑ) names it directly โ€” and provides a governance model that runs transformation and business-as-usual in parallel, without one sabotaging the other.

That bridge isn't a nice-to-have. It's the entire game.

Full articleโ†’ https://www.itil.com/Itil-News-and-Announcements/itil-transformation-version-5

ITILยฎ Transformation (Version 5) (๐—›๐—ฅ๐——๐—– ๐—ฐ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ฒ) โ†’ https://mindmagine.com/education-solutions/it-service-management/itil-transformation/

This Labour Day, we honour every professional who shows up, levels up, and drives change โ€” not because they have to, but...
01/05/2026

This Labour Day, we honour every professional who shows up, levels up, and drives change โ€” not because they have to, but because they choose to.

At MindMagine, we believe the future of work belongs to those who invest in their growth today. To every learner, leader, and change-maker in our community โ€” thank you for the work you do.

Happy Labour Day.

๐—ฌ๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ผ๐˜†๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—”๐—œ. ๐—œ๐˜ ๐˜„๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ธ๐˜€. ๐—ฆ๐—ผ ๐˜„๐—ต๐˜† ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜‚๐—น๐˜๐˜€โ€ฆ ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด?This is one of the most common stories we hear acro...
30/04/2026

๐—ฌ๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ผ๐˜†๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—”๐—œ. ๐—œ๐˜ ๐˜„๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ธ๐˜€. ๐—ฆ๐—ผ ๐˜„๐—ต๐˜† ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜‚๐—น๐˜๐˜€โ€ฆ ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด?

This is one of the most common stories we hear across APAC right now. The technology is functional. The ROI isn't there.

Because AI doesn't fail technically. It fails humanly. When the people around it don't trust the outputs, don't know what to do with the insights, or weren't part of designing how it fits into their work โ€” the tool becomes background noise.

The ๐†๐ˆ๐“๐Žยฎ ๐€๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐š๐œ๐ก addresses the human foundations that make technology investments actually pay off. Behaviour, collaboration, leadership, motivation โ€” the four things no algorithm can replace.

See how GITOยฎ makes your digital investments work harder ๐Ÿ‘‰ https://mindmagine.com/consulting-advisory/gito-model/

๐—”๐—ด๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—บ ๐—ฏ๐˜‚๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜ ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ณ๐˜ ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ณ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น๐˜€. ๐—œ๐˜'๐˜€ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ณ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ ๐—ฏ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐˜€, ๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€, ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น๐˜† ๐—ธ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜„๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜„๐—ต...
29/04/2026

๐—”๐—ด๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—บ ๐—ฏ๐˜‚๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜ ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ณ๐˜ ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ณ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น๐˜€. ๐—œ๐˜'๐˜€ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ณ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ ๐—ฏ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐˜€, ๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€, ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น๐˜† ๐—ธ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜„๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜„๐—ต๐—ผ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚'๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐˜„๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ธ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต.

The most effective agile teams aren't built through structured activities โ€” they're built through consistent, informal human contact layered on top of shared work.

Mark Kouwenhoven, PRINCE2ยฎ Master Trainer, puts it plainly: structure alone isn't enough. You have to actively apply it โ€” get to know each other, communicate face to face, support one another.

PRINCE2 Agileยฎ gives teams the formal scaffolding (skill matrices, delegation poker, the project canvas). The humans have to do the rest.

Article โ†’ https://prince2official.com/Prince2-News-and-Announcements/prince2-agile-team-building-collaboration-leadership

Get certified in PRINCE2 Agileยฎโ†’ https://mindmagine.com/education-solutions/project-programme-portfolio-management/prince2-agile-foundation/

๐—ฆ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ด๐˜† ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ป'๐˜ ๐—ฎ ๐—–-๐˜€๐˜‚๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฒ ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ด๐—ฒ. ๐—œ๐˜'๐˜€ ๐—ฎ ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—ถ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜๐˜† ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐˜€ โ€” ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—บ๐—ผ๐˜€๐˜ ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐˜๐—ฎ๐˜‚๐—ด๐—ต๐˜.We've spent decad...
28/04/2026

๐—ฆ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ด๐˜† ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ป'๐˜ ๐—ฎ ๐—–-๐˜€๐˜‚๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฒ ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ด๐—ฒ. ๐—œ๐˜'๐˜€ ๐—ฎ ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—ถ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜๐˜† ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐˜€ โ€” ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—บ๐—ผ๐˜€๐˜ ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐˜๐—ฎ๐˜‚๐—ด๐—ต๐˜.

We've spent decades treating strategy as something senior leaders hand down. But the people who actually implement it โ€” middle managers, team leads, service owners โ€” are operating blind.
๐—œ๐—ง๐—œ๐—Ÿยฎ ๐—ฆ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ด๐˜† (๐—ฉ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐Ÿฑ) flips this. It cascades strategy logic to every level of the organization, because the ones executing the cloud migration, the change program, the service desk overhaul โ€” they need to understand why, not just what.

Article by David Sweeney, PhD (Lead Author, ITIL Strategy) โ†’ https://www.itil.com/Itil-News-and-Announcements/itil-strategy-version-5

ITILยฎ Strategy certification (HRDC claimable)โ†’ https://mindmagine.com/education-solutions/it-service-management/itil-strategy/

๐—™๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ฒ๐˜€. ๐—˜๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต๐˜ ๐˜„๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ธ๐—ณ๐—น๐—ผ๐˜„๐˜€. ๐—ข๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฒ. That's all it takes to run any service organization โ€” and most enterp...
27/04/2026

๐—™๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ฒ๐˜€. ๐—˜๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต๐˜ ๐˜„๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ธ๐—ณ๐—น๐—ผ๐˜„๐˜€. ๐—ข๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฒ.
That's all it takes to run any service organization โ€” and most enterprises still don't know this exists.

The USM method gives you a non-redundant engine: Agree | Change | Recover | Operate | Improve. Around it, eight reusable workflow patterns that work across domains. No reinvention. No bloat. Just clarity.

The irony? Most orgs buy the tool first, then spend years customizing their way into a more expensive version of the same chaos they started with.

There's a better order of operations.
๐Ÿ“– Read the full article by John Worthington: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/when-usm-becomes-buzzword-enterprises-should-get-john-worthington-mupfe/

Download the full sized infographic here:https://mindmagine.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/USM-architecture.pdf

๐ŸŽ“ Learn the architecture properly โ€” ๐—จ๐—ฆ๐—  ๐—™๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป with MindMagine (๐—›๐—ฅ๐——๐—– ๐—ฐ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ฒ): https://mindmagine.com/education-solutions/it-service-management/usm-foundation/

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