About

I'm Maurits.

Born in 1980 in Groningen, in the north of the Netherlands. Father of one, brother of two sisters. I currently live close to Utrecht with my wife and son.

In my spare time I enjoy sports, riding my motorcycle, restoring our monumental house, history, travel and the good life. I love the outdoors and the mountains — which, admittedly, the Netherlands doesn't have. Until Covid, one of my passions for 15 years was skydiving.

I started working at 17 and have learned and developed throughout my career across a broad variety of roles and markets. Find out more in my work experience and projects.

Maurits van der Kruit
Career

Coaching, throughout.

Coaching colleagues and clients is a common thread throughout my career. Through sales, marketing, management and being a commercial trainer, I've found my path in start-ups and concept development — mainly in vitality, digital and behaviour change. I get energy from building, with a team, new business strategies and concept pivots with a customer-centric approach.

The basis of customer-centric design is a corporate culture that is sincere and requires continuous engagement with customers and users. In my view, the most fertile ground for development is where experimenting and making mistakes is seen as the fastest way to grow. Read more about my experience and project cases on this site.

Methods & skills

Customer-centric development.

Over the years I've been fascinated by methods, models and tools that help increase customer value, time to market, and optimise business models. In 2023 I finished the Oxford Artificial Intelligence Programme in Business, to prepare for the future of digital and data — one of the major fields of innovation today.

Agile (CSPO) Experiment design Interview techniques KPI strategy Scrum Value proposition design Business model canvas Google design sprint Journey mapping Growth hacking Data-based proposition validation
Client logo KLM Health Services Achmea Health Centers Fitness First KLM Achmea Zilveren Kruis
Media & publications

Writing, research & interviews.

Say hi

Ideas, questions, or want to get in touch?

Leave a message on LinkedIn — happy to talk products, vitality tech, or innovation culture.

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