Joost Rigter's guest appearances

Joost Rigter

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I recently witnessed a beautiful way to end the MagentoLive event in Amsterdam. Joost Rigter helped 2,000 attendees see what the world looks like without seeing, if only for a short time, and learn to adapt to change. How do you deal with technological and transformational change? How do you find light in the dark? How do courage, humour, acceptance and self-confidence ensure that obstacles are actually much smaller than they seem? Joost Rigter takes audiences on a journey with him during his lecture and shows you in a quite literal sense. Because, ‘there is always just a light switch somewhere’, according to Joost. Joost Rigter’s vision is an eye-opener, his lectures an experience and a source of inspiration. This explains Joost’s popularity as a speaker for the world of business, both nationally and internationally. From Shell to Walt Disney, from Deloitte to KLM and from the UWV to ABN AMRO, his story suits every company. Until the age of 26, Joost Rigter could see. Today he only sees 0.8 percent. A rare eye disease made Joost almost blind within ten years. It meant a complete turnaround, nothing would be the same anymore. But is life less beautiful now? Absolutely not, according to Joost. Different, but also very beautiful. This fact is at the heart of Joost Rigter’s lectures. A unique, but very recognizable story about change.

I recently witnessed a beautiful way to end the MagentoLive event in Amsterdam. Joost Rigter helped 2,000 attendees see what the world looks like without seeing, if only for a short time, and learn to adapt to change. How do you deal with technological and transformational change? How do you find light in the dark? How do courage, humour, acceptance and self-confidence ensure that obstacles are actually much smaller than they seem? Joost Rigter takes audiences on a journey with him during his lecture and shows you in a quite literal sense. Because, ‘there is always just a light switch somewhere’, according to Joost. Joost Rigter’s vision is an eye-opener, his lectures an experience and a source of inspiration. This explains Joost’s popularity as a speaker for the world of business, both nationally and internationally. From Shell to Walt Disney, from Deloitte to KLM and from the UWV to ABN AMRO, his story suits every company. Until the age of 26, Joost Rigter could see. Today he only sees 0.8 percent. A rare eye disease made Joost almost blind within ten years. It meant a complete turnaround, nothing would be the same anymore. But is life less beautiful now? Absolutely not, according to Joost. Different, but also very beautiful. This fact is at the heart of Joost Rigter’s lectures. A unique, but very recognizable story about change.

1004: Joost Rigter - What The World Looks Like Without Seeing

PROFILE – Horecaondernemer en ‘massagekoning’ Joost Rigter wordt door een oogaandoening langzaam blind. Op zijn zesentwintigste kreeg hij de diagnose, nadat vrienden aandrongen op een bezoek aan de arts. "Ik had toen nog een zicht van 50 procent, dat is nu 0,8. Blindheid nadert wel", zegt Rigter. "Natuurlijk merkte ik wel wat, maar ik ging langzaam achteruit en bedacht trucjes om me te redden."Rigter wilde blijven doen wat hij deed, maar dat lukte niet. "Dan moet je hulp zoeken." Dat deed hij door te revalideren. " Ik leerde accepteren dat ik ziek was. En letterlijk opnieuw lezen en schrijven." Rigter nam rust en stelde zijn plannen bij. "Ik probeerde kracht te vinden in mijn beperking." Een medeondernemer wees hem erop dat hij een krachtig verhaal had. "Voordat ik het wist werd ik in allerlei programma’s gezet over omgaan met veranderen. Mijn ogen hebben me dichter tot mezelf gebracht."

Joost Rigter (ondernemer): 'Ik heb een zicht van 0.8 procent, maar mijn ogen hebben me dichter tot mezelf gebracht' 