Laurens Waling 🔥

Judge
DISC Type : Dc

Chief Evangelist at 8vance

Voorschoten, South Holland, Netherlands

Overview

Laurens Waling is the Chief Evangelist at 8vance, specializing in AI, skills-based matching, and the future of work. A strategic advisor with a Master of Science from Delft University of Technology, people often describe him as energetic, inspiring, and clear.

He uses AI to analyze intake interviews, surveys, and company documents to gain a much sharper picture of what is really happening within an organization before his presentations.

Personality Overview

Quality Focused

Generally Skeptic

Fast But Wary

More than the product, they care about the impact of the product.  They like to move fast and expect the same from others. They are not always relationship oriented.

Topics They Care About

AI in HR
As Chief Evangelist for an AI company, he speaks and writes about how AI can create fairer opportunities, better careers, and smarter organizations.
Skills-based Organizing
He champions organizing work around people's potential and skills rather than traditional job roles, a central theme in his keynotes and articles.
Talent Mobility
He believes the future involves internal talent marketplaces and ecosystems where skills are shared across company borders to increase agility.

Media Appearances

Laurens has no verified media appearances

Work History

11-2022
Chief Evangelist at 8vance
1-2026
Public Speaker at Speakers Academy®
2018
Keynote speaker & moderator at deSpreker.nl
2018
Professional Speaker at De Zorgsprekers
11-2022
Chief Evangelist at Jobliebe

Education

2005 - 2006
Master of Science (MSc.) from Delft University of Technology
8-2021 - 1-2022
Leertraject Interveniëren met Passie en Precisie from Sioo, interuniversitair centrum voor organisatie- en veranderkunde

More Information

Social Presence :

Prographics :

Exp : N/A Location : Voorschoten, South Holland, Netherlands Job Level : N/A Designation : Chief Evangelist at 8vance
URL has been copied!

Insights For Selling To Laurens

During A Call Or A Meeting

DO's

  • Get to the point quickly instead of spending time doing small talk
  • Help them weigh the risks by sharing objective proof points without becoming too analytical
  • Refer to testimonials from well-known industry leaders

DONT's

  • Avoid being a storyteller and don’t try to oversell
  • Don’t focus on process and rules, give the impression of being a ‘gets it done’ person
  • Do not spend too much time focusing on product tech or features

When Cold Calling

When Writing An Email

While Negotiating & Closing

    The secret to closing fast with Laurens is

  • Confidence in impact is paramount to them, followed by a sense of achievement and ROI.
  • Will you ever get a clear answer from Laurens

  • If they are not convinced, they will have no hesitation in telling you the same.

Insights For Deal Planning

    How fast (or slow) will Laurens move?

  • They can reach decisions fairly quickly if they are convinced.
  • Can Laurens take some risk or not?

  • They don’t mind risks but can be quite binary about them.

You And Laurens

Personality Compatibility


More Profiles

Discover additional public profiles from our index.

Search more profiles

Looking for someone else? Search here for anyone.

Or visit Humantic AI to know more.