Author: Jess Blijkers

• NEW SINGLE RELEASE: NOTHING SOCIAL

  This song was supposed to be called « Instagram is trying to kill me » but the distributors didn’t let me. So I called it Nothing Social. It is a song for…

• The Sabbatical Diaries: what not working is teaching me about work

  Posted on LinkedIn on the 1st May, 2025 The 1st of May, International Workers’ Day, seems to be a good day to kick off what I hope will be a…

  

• CHATGPT is not your friend

  Posted on LinkedIn on the 28th April, 2025 Remember when we drove cars without navigation systems? In those olden days of yore, we knew approximately how to get somewhere, maybe…

  

• Our international development sector is at a turning point, can we imagine a different way?

  In a future, not too far away… I power up my computer and log onto the movement’s platform. Cup of hot tea in my hand. Old dog fast asleep behind…

  

• We know what great leadership looks like. So why are most powerful leaders such bullies?

  First Published on Linked In on February 6, 2025 A fellow Tomorrow University student shared a version of this question this week. I love it, because it goes to the…