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Joost Minnaar

Observer · DISC type ci
Co-Founder at Corporate Rebels
📍 Netherlands

Joost Minnaar is the co-founder of Corporate Rebels, an award-winning movement focused on making work more engaging. A former scientist with a PhD in chemistry, he now researches progressive, human-centric organizations. He is a recipient of the Thinkers50 Radar Award, recognizing him as a top emerging management thinker.

Driven by personal frustration with the corporate world, Joost and a friend embarked on a global journey to study the worlds most inspiring workplaces. This passion project evolved into Corporate Rebels, a platform dedicated to sharing insights on creating more fulfilling and fun work environments.

Unique fact: Before becoming a leading voice on organizational culture, Joost was a scientist with patents in nanotechnology.

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Experience
15 Years
Current Role
Co-Founder
Job Level
Leadership
Location
Netherlands
Personality Overview

How Joost shows up

Curious
Example Seeker
Value Driven

They ask a lot of questions and rely heavily on information and collaterals. They can sound friendly and charming but can quickly change gears to become inquisitive and probing. They are generally good communicators and can be hard to convince.

Priorities

Topics Joost cares about

Progressive Workplaces
Travels the world to research and promote organizations that prioritize employee engagement and have innovative, human-centric structures.
Decentralized Leadership
Advocates for moving away from traditional hierarchies towards networks of autonomous teams and distributed authority.
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Career

Work history

8-2015
Co-Founder
Corporate Rebels
6-2023
Co-Founder
ThermoSwap
10-2021
Co-Founder
Krisos
5-2020
Co-Founder
Corporate Rebels Foundation
6-2013 - 6-2015
Scientist
Henkel
In the press

Media appearances

Ep. 7 Joost Minnaar from Corporate Rebels on making work more fun. Featured in Spotify
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Corporate Rebels: Make work more fun by Joost Minnaar. Featured in YouTube
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Education
Bill & Connie Nobles Fellow
Rutgers School of Management and Labor Relations (SMLR)
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (VU Amsterdam)
Social presence
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Behavioral profile

DISC profile (public)

c

Calculativeness (C)

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