Laurens in the media.
Interviews, articles, podcasts and videos on AI, work and organisational change.
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I have been quoted or interviewed in outlets including the following.
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The full keynote and the Agentic HR webinar, with short summaries, live in the video library.
Recent interviews & podcasts
I regularly join podcasts and interviews on AI, work and organisational change. A selection of the most recent conversations (in Dutch).
Agentic HR: the staff shortage is an organisational problem
Why the staff shortage is above all an organisational issue, and what agentic HR changes about that.
Read the interview → Intus · June 2026AI changes not just work, but how organisations collaborate
On Agentic HR and the future of strategic workforce management, around the opening of the Vlirdens WFM Congress.
Read the interview → DutchHealthHub · February 2026HR is ready to take the wheel
Opinion: the staff shortage in healthcare calls for HR to take the wheel.
Read the opinion → Podcast · Loyalis · May 2026Maar eerst koffie: AI and data-driven HR
On organising work smarter: fewer roles and vacancies, more skills, tasks and potential.
Listen to the podcast →Written by Laurens
Whitepapers and articles on skills-based matching, labour shortage and AI.
From diploma to proof, from vacancy to skill
The foundation of skills-based matching, in practice.
Read the article → ArticleWhy labour shortage is often an organisational issue
Scarcity is rarely a real shortage. It’s usually a visibility problem.
Read the article → Article · 4 February 2026HR as a driver of innovation in healthcare
Published on HR Professionals in de Zorg (in Dutch).
Read the article →Where I have spoken
I have been speaking and chairing conferences since 2004. This is the full list, grouped by sector. Useful for editors and organisers who want to see which worlds I am at home in.
Businesses and large employers
Healthcare and wellbeing
Government and public sector
HR and recruitment events
International
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Short bio
Laurens Waling is a keynote speaker, change expert and Chief Evangelist at 8vance. He holds an MSc in Systems Engineering, Policy Analysis and Management from Delft University of Technology. He speaks about AI, talent, skills and the future of work, around one central question: how do we make hidden potential visible and actually get people moving? He previously founded Part-up. He has since delivered more than 300 talks in the Netherlands and internationally.
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