Drs. Reinier Hattink studied Social Economic History at Leiden University, Intelligence studies at University of Amsterdam and was trained at scenario writing at the New York Film Academy. Since 2023, Reinier has been working as consultant, facilitator and trainer at De Ruijter Strategy. Before joining De Ruijter Strategy, he worked as strategic advisor at the Ministry of Defense. Reinier remains connected to the armed forces as reservist.
Reinier’s interests reside in the field of safety issues, geopolitics and mega trends. Despite these topics being out of our control, they still have a significant impact on all of us. Reinier enjoyes helping people, businesses and organisations with gaining insight on the effects of these topics and teaching how to react upon them.
His broad background and great interests make him a lateral thinker capable of transcending domains. Reinier has a lot of experience in desigining and guiding war games and other serious games. These creative ways of working help participants discover new ways ahead and be better prepared for what is to come. His motto: being well prepared is better than hoping that things will work out; hoping is a bad strategy for the future.
“Being well prepared is better than hoping that things will work out.”
Reinier Hattink
Since working at De Ruijter Strategy, Reinier is able to use his broad knowledge and experience to its full extent. For instance, he guided several strategical processes for diverse water authorities. His projects differ from future explorations to the development of an energy vision to strategic workforce planning and long-term strategies.
Besides his work as advisor, Reinier shares his knowledge as teacher at renowned institutions such as University of Amsterdam, Nyenrode Business University and University of Twente. In this role, he inspires students and prepares them for the strategical challenges of tomorrow.
Due to his experience in both practice and education, Reinier is able to offer thorough strategical insights that support organisations to achieve their goals and prepare for future challenges.
In 2018, Reinier’s movie ‘De Inspirator’ premiered in Tuschinski. In his free time Reinier enjoys writing stories and scenarios. In addition, he is active in nature conservation, both by standing with his rubber boots in the mud and on an executive level at commisions and associations.
