Our mission? To challenge and disrupt the current. To guard the reality and resilience in your organisation!
The Safety Jester is a storyteller, a facilitator, a culture influencer. Inspired by Jesters of old and systems thinkers of today. The Safety Jester operates at the intersection of economics, psychology, sociology, anthropology, biology and organizational change.
Gerben Bekooy
Your Safety Jester
It is not about what you do for others. It is about what you mean to others.
So the biggest question is: Who have you decided to be for others?
some background about Gerben, your Safety Jester
Key values are: curiosity, humility, integrity, confidentiality, candor, humor.
Gerben’s definition of Safety is in line with the so called ‘New View‘, which actually isn’t that new. Gerben has a huge passion for Organisational Resilience, about which he loves to talk all day long.
For Gerben the key factor and starting point is embracing uncertainty, taking the red pill. Gerben also loves learning from daily work, observing how work actually gets done.
The key role for Safety Managers is to provide Guided Adaptability to the organisation.
author & keynote speaker at SNAFU Media
Gerben is author of management books on Organisational Resilience at SNAFU Media. He has written ‘Veerkracht’ (2023) which was nominated as ‘management book of the year’ in 2024, and ‘Meer Veerkracht’ (2025). Both books are about Organisational Resilience and how to apply it.
Corporate Jester & Partner at Het NarrenGilde®
Gerben is Corporate Jester and Partner at Het Narrengilde®. This means he actively contributes to the development of the methods and application of Corporate Jesters throughout society. Gerben provides training, keynotes, workshops and off course fullfills the role of Corporate Jester in a variaty of organisations.
management consultant, trainer & Coach at Emerge
Gerben is the owner of Emerge Consulting. The focus of Emerge Consulting is to provide training, consulting, coaching in Health and Safety Management, Quality management, InfoSec, Risk Management, Business Continuity Management and off course in building Organisational Resilience. Gerben has had the privilege of working with over 300 organisation in the past 25 years, which makes him a very experienced consultant with a broad view of various industries in various practices.
Safety Speaker at Safety Speakers
Gerben is keynote speaker at Safety Speakers. We offer experienced, professional speakers with a clear and modern vision of safety management. They combine firsthand practical experience with the newest scientific insights.
Gerben Bekooy
Your Safety Jester
Gerben carries an MBA and higher education in Safety management as well as various training and masterclasses regarding managementpractices and communication skills. And of course he is a certified Corporate Jester (Master Profnar)®.
“There is one sin which I have come to fear above all others: certainty. Certainty is the great enemy of unity. Certainty is the deadly enemy of tolerance. … Our faith is a living thing precisely because it walks hand in hand with doubt.”
Ralph Fiennes
Actor in the movie “Conclave” (2024)