We help you be WIJS.
CLEAR THINKING FOR COMPLEX TIMES
Bold Growth
WIJS is a Dutch-American strategic advisory firm based in the American South and the Netherlands, working at the intersection of business, leadership and international collaboration.
WIJS helps leaders and organizations think big and turn complex ideas into real progress.
Think big. Make it happen. Lead wisely.
Strategic advisory, sandbox workshops and cross-border collaboration for leaders, founders and organizations navigating growth, expansion and innovation in multi-stakeholder environments. We help leaders, founders and teams turn ambition and innovation into strategic action.
Big Ideas, Real Impact.
Boots on the ground, real impact that matters.
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Helped 50+ founders launch and grow successful businesses
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Guided 10+ businesses to triple revenue within two years
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Resolved and restored complex international conflicts
Clear thinking for complex systems.
Structural clarity in service of long-range growth
The WIJS Elements
RUIMTE : Space to think without pressure or noise.
KERN : Essence. The core beneath the clutter. No detours.
ZICHT : Clean sight. A trajectory you can trust. Long range.
GROND : Grounded. Transparent pragmatism that makes sense.
WIJS supports you making high consequence decisions with clarity in complex environments, cultural, organizational or economic.
Why WIJS Exists
Regions like the U.S. Southeast are experiencing rapid growth and increasing international collaboration. As U.S. states, European companies, and regional institutions work more closely together, continuous success depends on how well those systems are able to spark change, align across differences and disciplines to turn innovative ideas into powerful impact.
WIJS exists to support that work.
In greenfield and growth environments, economic potential is unlocked when ecosystems are intentionally assembled and optimized. That means aligning companies, educational institutions, workforce programs, economic development organizations, and public agencies so collaboration is coherent and fluid rather than accidental and clunky.
WIJS works at this connective level.
By applying COM to ecosystem assembly and regional development, WIJS convenes companies, institutes, educational programs, and economic development partners to create shared orientation and practical alignment across transatlantic contexts. The focus is not on fixing gaps or addressing surface issues, but on strengthening collaboration so existing strengths can compound.
When inner and outer ecosystems are assembled and aligned with clarity and trust, companies integrate more smoothly, institutions collaborate more effectively, founders succeed, and regions are able to translate international collaboration into durable, long-term economic outcomes.
Bold and forward-thinking is the work of WIJS.
Big Ideas, Real Impact.
Big Ideas, Real Impact.
What WIJS Does
From Big Ideas to Real Impact
WIJS helps leaders, teams, businesses and institutions innovate and spark change at the level where decisions have lasting impact. Not just at the surface where symptoms appear, but at the structural level where conditions are shaped that enable bold growth that matters.
• Leadership and organizational clarity
• Long-range planning and system alignment
• Human centered economic development
• Cross-cultural and transatlantic strategy
• COM-based structural redesign and decision making
WIJS is where complex problems become solvable and long-range direction becomes coherent. WIJS offers advisory, sandbox workshops, consulting, executive coaching, intercultural training and start-up/scale-up mentoring.
Who WIJS Serves
WIJS works with people and systems operating across transatlantic altitude.
Leaders | Founders | Executive teams | Organizations | Economic development groups | Chambers | Educational and workforce institutions | Regional innovation initiatives | Transatlantic partners | Diplomatic and policy-adjacent actors
Clients come to WIJS when they need:
long-range strategic orientation
alignment across organizations, sectors, or cultures
conditions that support clear, high quality decision-making
thinking space outside immediate pressure and operational demands
WIJS provides strategic focus on orientation, alignment, and ecosystem coherence, helping people and institutions work together effectively in environments shaped by growth, transition, and complexity.
Make it matter.
It starts with people coming together. Around a shared opportunity. A region in formation. A collaboration that could shift how things work across borders, sectors, and systems. For some, it’s a company entering a new market. For others, it’s a policy direction, a partnership, or an ecosystem that needs to be assembled. What matters is how that bold and forward thinking work is convened and navigated, strategically, with ruimte, kern, zicht, and grond.
That’s where real clarity and strategic strength take shape to turn big ideas into real impact. Quietly at first, through alignment and trust, then ready when it counts over the long range. Make it coherent. Make it durable. Make it matter.
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Clear thinking for complex systems.
Structural clarity in service of long-range growth.
WIJS offers advisory, sandbox workshops, consulting, executive coaching, intercultural training, and start-up/scale-up mentoring to turn big ideas into real impact.