Michiel Taskasap

Experience

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  The May Fair Hotel

  Sept 2014 - Jan 2015

  Food And Beverage Supervisor

  • Luxurious 5 stars, high-end property. 400 rooms located in the center of London city• Part of the F&B team at May Fair The Kitchen Restaurant and May Fair Terrace cigar lounge• Participated in multiple service enhancing workshops and trainings

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  Good Company

  Feb 2016 - May 2016

  Resource Developer

  • Finding, selecting and categorising online marketeers.• Responsible for maintaining contact with candidates and preparing them for job interviews.• Participated in multiple sales and presentation courses.

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  ONE HUNDRED RESTROOMS

  Feb 2019 - Jul 2019

  Operational Coordinator

  • Implemented a VR meditation module for weary travelers (visiting petrol stations, airports and railway stations).• Responsible for the (co-)creation of different multilingual management manuals. The manuals included detailed on-boarding information about company culture, operational processes, tasks and responsibilities. • Optimizing the supply chain by reducing the lead times of key elements from 12 to 8 weeks.• Sourcing new suppliers for staff uniforms and entrance tickets. See more at: www.onehundredrestrooms.com Show less

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  Aimforthemoon

  Sept 2020 - Aug 2021

  Innovator

  Innovation activities: • Worked on M-Lab (innovation lab of MN Services) and KNVB Kicksfit proposition. Activities included; stakeholder updates and analyzing interviews.• Exploration of G-LAB; an innovation lab focused on disruptive initiatives within the domain of hospitality and F&B. Activities included; market scan, startup scan and ideation sessions.Partnership-building activities:• Co-created a Sales Toolkit that included a restyled sales funnel (from prospect to MQL to SQL to client), reporting documents and other various sales documents and templates (like proposition decks, case decks, debrief and proposal templates).• Assisted in brand-enhancing marketing activities that support our growth teams.• Responsible for contact with our partner in outbound sales; SalesLift Studio and the CRM (Hubspot).See more at: www.aimforthemoon.com Show less

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  Prette

  Aug 2021 - Sept 2022

  Co-founder & Tech

  We organise Voorprette & Naprette, the monthly get-together for music and art lovers in Amsterdam, and more exciting events with a focus on art & culture in the broadest sense of the words.Enjoy delightful drinks and tasty food while discovering exciting art (performances), and experience carefully selected records on a high-end sound system.

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  The Talent Institute

  Sept 2021 - Feb 2025

  As a Lead Digital Innovator, I have a lead role within our team of Digital Innovators. We are specialised in building new and innovative products and services, by running experiments to validate the most risky assumptions underlying an idea or proposition. We work on innovation projects for market leading companies.My responsibilities include:- Improving our expertise, roles, and programs- Leading other Digital Innovators on project execution The Digital Innovator program is a two-year program for young professionals. During this program, I work within corporate innovation teams to make sure they are able to execute and accelerate. I'm trained and coached in a wide range of (digital) innovation skills, creative leadership, personal development, and future technologies.Want to know more? Visit our website or feel free to send me a message!

  • Lead Digital Innovation Consultant

    Nov 2023 - Feb 2025

  • Digital Innovation Consultant

    Sept 2021 - Oct 2023
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  Nestlé Purina PetCare Europe, Middle East & North Africa

  Nov 2021 - Jan 2022

  Innovation Consultant | Digital Innovator Program

  Part of the Digital Innovator ProgramDiscovering and validating sustainable business models for Nestlé Purina

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  Nationale-Nederlanden

  Jan 2022 - Mar 2022

  Proposition marketeer | Digital Innovator Program

  The implementation of an optimized and scalable growth engine focussing on increasing lead volumes for both B2C and B2B segments. Applying experiment design, pirate metrics and other growth principles. Zorggenoot is an initiative from Sparklab, the innovation lab of Nationale-Nederlanden. Zorggenoot aims to help caretakers and organizations with relieving them from their administrative and routine tasks by providing them with a Zorggenoot.

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  Philips

  Apr 2022 - Nov 2022

  Product Researcher | Digital Innovator Program

  Discovering and validating new product features within the 1Grooming squad for Beard Trimmer series 1/3000 and OneBlade:• Ideation facilitation• Feature development• Feature validation• (Moderated) User tests

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  PostNL

  Jan 2023 - Sept 2023

  Venture Builder | Digital Innovator Program

  Exploring, discovering and validating new propositions within the domains of energy transition and food for De Innovatie Studio, a joint venture by PostNL & Dasym.• Explorative research, market scan, customer & expert interviews, ideation and proposition building• Customer discovery, value proposition canvas, qualitative and quantitative experimentation• Proposition validation, prototyping, user testing and successful partnership selection

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  EO

  Jan 2023 - Jan 2023

  Customer Discovery Lead | Digital Innovator Program

  Customer discovery project: researching and ideating an interactive podcast format for children between 8 and 12 years old.• Researching previous NPO initiatives, and other (interactive) podcasts • Customer research: social platforms, online behavior, and interests• Service Design: mapping the possible scenarios in a service blueprint and customer journey

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  Pon Power

  Mar 2024 - Aug 2024

  Experiment Lead | Lead Digital Innovator Program

  Exploring, discovering and validating new propositions within four strategic focus domains for Pon Power.• Explorative research, customer interviews, ideation and proposition building• Customer discovery, value proposition canvas, qualitative and quantitative experimentation• Proposition validation & prototyping

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  NPO

  Sept 2024 - Oct 2024

  Innovatie Strateeg | Lead Digital Innovator Program

  Business case building for the potential implementation of AI tooling

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  Schiphol

  Feb 2025 - now

  Innovator