Dave Khouw

BIG NEWS: Outtask Group Acquires Digital & Media Solutions (D&MS) and Launches DMS Mediatech Solutions B.V.! We’re excited to announce that Digital & Media Solutions (D&MS) is joining the Outtask Group. As part of this strategic acquisition, the group will be rebranded as DMS Mediatech Solutions B.V., strengthening our position as a leading platform for digital, IT, and media services in the Netherlands and beyond. D&MS is renowned for delivering high-quality solutions in broadcasting, media integration, and project management. Their expertise perfectly complements our mission to provide clients with innovative, end-to-end support. This acquisition is part of Outtask Group’s broader growth strategy of investing in strong, entrepreneurial teams that want to make an impact together. DMS Mediatech Solutions joins a growing family that includes Aspen Digital, Astorium, Marviq, and DigitlSky. We warmly welcome all D&MS employees and partners to the Outtask Group. Together, we’re building a powerful, future-ready network of specialists making a real difference in the digital world. Curious to learn more about our plans or opportunities to collaborate? Feel free to get in touch! #OuttaskGroup #DMSMediatechSolutions #Acquisition #StrongerTogether #Innovation #Growth

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𝐑𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐅𝐨𝐜𝐮𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐂𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐫 𝐂𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐭𝐲. 𝐑𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐂𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧. 𝐓𝐫𝐮𝐞 𝐂𝐚𝐫𝐞. This week, I had the privilege to listen to Peter Wennink, the former CEO of ASML, as he shared the remarkable journey of how a small Dutch company became a global enabler of the digital age. For context: ASML developed from a small business (an offshoot of Philips Electronics) to becoming the titan in the world of semiconductor manufacturing by mastering the art of photolithography. Developing photolithography machines, especially the EUV (Extreme Ultraviolet) systems, is highly complex, but Peter was able to describe it in a way that we all could follow. Peter's story wasn’t just about technological achievement - it was about the mindset that powered it. 🧠 𝐑el𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐜𝐮𝐬 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐫 ASML didn’t just ask what customers wanted - they asked what would change for them in the years ahead. Customer roadmaps are constantly at the core of ASML’s doing. This future-facing clarity shaped everything. 🤝 𝐀 𝐧𝐞𝐭𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤 𝐨𝐟 𝐦𝐮𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥 𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐬 𝐀SML didn’t build success alone. They created a network where each player - suppliers, partners - contributed to and benefited from the collective ongoing innovation. Mutual Dependency wasn’t a weakness - it was the strategy. 👥 Peter’s 3 timeless peo𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩 𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐬 – are not earth-shaking: • Challenge: Ask hard questions, especially of yourself. • Collaboration: Solve across boundaries and live up to it every day – show and share how to do it • Care: Lead with humanity. Care for employees, customers, partners, shareholders But these principles combined with the strong believe in “Lea̲d̲e̲r̲s̲h̲i̲p̲ ̲i̲s̲ ̲a̲b̲o̲u̲t̲ ̲c̲l̲a̲r̲i̲t̲y̲”̲ ̲a̲n̲d̲ bein̲g̲ ̲a̲u̲t̲h̲e̲n̲t̲i̲c̲ ̲c̲r̲e̲ated the glue between the 2 co-leaders, Peter Wennink and Martin van den Brink - two individuals who could not have been more different re background, expertise and styles. Martin being the technology guru and Peter being the people and business guru.  Not only did they have complementary skills, but they also had the same values and believes re leadership, unyielding commitment to innovation, this relentless customer focus - AND their relationship seems to be a true TRUST based one. All of this and more is captured beautifully in his boo𝐤 𝐅𝐨𝐜𝐮𝐬, 𝐰𝐡ich I highly recommend. It’s a powerful reminder that clarity and consistency, combined with trust and care, can drive the kind of transformation that shapes entire industries. As a board member, I find these principles deeply resonant - especially in healthcare, where the complexity of systems demands both sharp strategy, shared responsibility and network thinking. Thank you, Peter, for the inspiration!  📖 Focus by Peter Wennink - worth the read. #Leadership #Strategy #Healthcare #ASML #CustomerCentricity #BoardPerspective #Focus

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𝗟𝗮𝘂𝗻𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗻𝗲𝘄 𝗶𝘀 𝗮𝗹𝘄𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝗲𝘅𝗰𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴. 𝗘𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝗶𝘁 𝗯𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗹 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝘂𝗿𝗳𝗮𝗰𝗲. The first episode of our new podcast 𝘊𝘰𝘥𝘦 & 𝘊𝘢𝘱𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘭 is now live! We’ve created this podcast at VI Company to talk about what we've learned from building and maintaining mission-critical systems in finance over the years. In this episode, I sat down with our senior back-end developer Edwin Bleijenberg to unpack technical debt: where it comes from, when it becomes dangerous, and how to prevent it from slowing everything down. ▶️ 𝗟𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗻 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝘂𝗹𝗹 𝗲𝗽𝗶𝘀𝗼𝗱𝗲 𝗼𝗻 𝗦𝗽𝗼𝘁𝗶𝗳𝘆: https://lnkd.in/eeqn29kA

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As the Trump Adminstration formulates it’s America First trade policy, the proposed implementation of “reciprocal tariffs” will likely generate a wide range of policy reactions by major trading nations. Fortunately heavyweight trading nations in Southeast Asia like Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam and Thailand have learned valuable lessons from having to navigate previous disruptions (1997, 2007, 2019, etc.) in the global trading system. Strengthening economic resilience, improving social safety nets, driving energy transitions, and enhancing the competitiveness of domestic ecosystems via the next generation of reforms and initiatives to deepen regional economic cooperation, integration and trade diversification are likely to be elements of the playbooks in ASEAN. I also believe many around the world will be watching.

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𝐈𝐬 𝐰𝐚𝐭𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐑𝐞𝐞𝐥𝐬 𝐫𝐮𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞? These “𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘤𝘬 𝘣𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘬𝘴” or 𝘮𝘪𝘤𝘳𝘰-𝘴𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘯 are quite expensive. 𝘏𝘦𝘳𝘦’𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 30 𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘶𝘵𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘴𝘤𝘳𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘢𝘴𝘬𝘴 𝘥𝘰𝘦𝘴: • You will likely consume ~1 GB of high-stimulus video/audio and 60–100 rapid context shifts. • Each shift creates attention residue; your focus stays stuck on the last clip, so your next task feels harder, slower, and oddly foggy. • Research shows frequent task-switching can drain up to 40% of productive time, even when the “switch” is just a few seconds. • The dopamine spikes from wonder make deep work feel boring, so you chase another hit… and your working memory, accuracy, and creativity pay the price. 𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘵 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘴 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬 - • You open a doc, hit a tricky paragraph, and “just check” reels. • You come back, reread the same lines, and still can’t find the thread. • Deadlines slide: not because you’re lazy, but because your cognitive gears keep resetting. 𝘛𝘳𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘥 (𝘴𝘮𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘳𝘶𝘭𝘦𝘴, 𝘣𝘪𝘨 𝘨𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘴) 𝐓𝐰𝐨 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥 𝐛𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐤𝐬 > 𝐭𝐞𝐧 𝐦𝐢𝐜𝐫𝐨-𝐛𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐤𝐬: Schedule 2×10-minute intentional breaks (walk, stretch, breathe) rather than 12 tiny scroll hits. 𝐑𝐞𝐞𝐥𝐬 𝐪𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐞: Keep short-video apps off the home screen; use them after work or during a single, timed slot. 90–20 𝐟𝐨𝐜𝐮𝐬 𝐫𝐡𝐲𝐭𝐡𝐦: 90 minutes deep work → 20 minutes true recovery (no feeds). 𝐅𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐬𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐜𝐮𝐬: Enable Focus/Do Not Disturb, log out of apps, and remove “pull to refresh” habits at your desk. 𝐑𝐞𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝: When you feel the urge, do a 90-second reset: stand up, sip water, 10 slow breaths, write the next one sentence in your task. Reels aren’t “harmless breaks.” They are 𝐜𝐨𝐠𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐢. Protect your focus like a scarce asset and watch your speed, clarity, and output rise. #Reels #InstaReels #Work #WorkPerformance #LinkedIn

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