Unicore Business

Thanks to Het Scheepvaartmuseum for inviting me, this last Saturday to sail with you at the Canal Pride. On the Sea of Love we sailed along the Amsterdam canals to celebrate and support the lgbtq+ community. What an experience and what an amazing amount of love and acceptance. 💖 Happy Pride 🌈

In the coming year legislation will be passed that will make a confidential adviser (vertrouwenspersoon) mandatory for all companies with more then 10 employees (this includes freelancers and ZZP'ers) Recently I have been doing a course to become a registered business confidential adviser (vertrouwenspersoon) and it will be an expansion of the current services provided. To become a registered business confidential adviser, courses and exams need to be taken. I can proudly say I passed the course and the first theoretical exam. End of August will be the final practical exam.

“Knuffeldieren” At the elderly care facility Amstelring Groenelaan, where I currently work on a project concerning personalized care and food & beverage experience, they plan afternoons of cuddling animals. They bring goats, chickens, bunnies and even a pig to the facility for the residents to cuddle with. It’s nice to see what the effect is on the happiness and behaviour of many of the residents, that are coping with different kinds of age related illnesses. Off course I couldn’t resist joining in for the cuddles for a few minutes, to brighten up my own day

The season of outside events has started again. To start the season off this weekend working head of bar at Fete du Champagne in Rembrandtpark, Amsterdam. Beautiful champagnes, gorgeous weather and so many guests enjoying it all. Let the season begin! Now time to enjoy some of it myself.

7 Years!!!! 🥂🍾 Seven years ago I started Unicore Business. And time has just flown by. What an incredible adventure it has been, taking a big step out of my comfort zone by leaving permanent employment and becoming an entrepreneur. All the ups, downs, hardship, knowledge, experience and freedom I would have never experienced if I would have stayed in my comfort zone and has brought me so much to be thankful for. Never once have I regretted my decision and today I am looking forward to so much more challenges and opportunities.

Sometimes amazing things happen at 2am. Last night, after working an event at Het Scheepvaartmuseum, we stayed a little longer to watch “De Amsterdam” being brought back. Watching this tall ship, being steered through the small opening of the train bridge, canals and back into its place, for the first time was something else. Definitely worth the lack of sleep today.

What a weekend!! 🍻 The very first “Speciaal Bierfestival” of Brouwerij Homeland and Het Scheepvaartmuseum was a great success. Thousands of guests over two days got to taste all kinds of special beers, join a special beer pairing dinner, do a beer tasting, enjoy the music and food and got to enter in competition of designing a limited edition label of the new museum beer Zeeschuim. Looking back at a weekend of challenges and fun. And being part of this team of party managers is always a great experience.

Sunday morning at Het Scheepvaartmuseum Breakfast with the neighbours - a way for the museum to give back to the community and a way for the neighbours to get to know the museum better and enjoy a complementary breakfast at a beautiful location. Together with these girls from HorecaTip we served over a 100 guests breakfast and snuck in a quick photo for fun. 📸Vere Maagdenberg

Sometimes you just get impressed how small things can make such a big impact. The little things matter in the bigger picture, this is one of the things I'll try to impress upon during on the job training with employees and reporting to management. For example, working at the National Maritime Museum has given me many surprises, on how small things can change how a space is perceived. Sometimes it can be as simple as chairs and candles.