We help teams work better together

In a lot of organisations we saw the same thing happen. A team spends a day together, has a good conversation, and makes agreements everyone stands behind. A few weeks later, daily practice takes over again. Not because people did not mean it, but because different behaviour needs attention and support, precisely at the moments when it matters. That is what Fruitful is for.

What we believe

We believe an agreement only has force when the team has made it itself. That sounds obvious, and in practice it rarely is. Most rules of behaviour in organisations were thought up somewhere else and then shared. They hang on the wall, and nobody really feels bound by them.

We know a great deal about what makes collaboration stronger, but every team has its own context, patterns and challenges. So in a session we are in the room, but not at the table. The team writes for itself. We make sure the conversation goes the right way, and that what comes out of it does not disappear.

Working together is human work

AI is changing how we work at pace. But better technology does not automatically mean better collaboration. We could have set Fruitful up as a software company: sell a platform, scale it, and leave the customer to it. Not doing that is a deliberate choice.

Behaviour does not change because a tool arrives. Our team coaches help teams gain insight, have the real conversation and make concrete agreements. They see what is happening and help break patterns.

At the same time, guidance on its own is not enough. Most development happens on the days when no team coach is there. Keepr, our AI work assistant, knows the team's context, ambitions and agreements, and helps apply them in everyday work: by reminding, asking questions and helping people reflect.

Precisely now that AI tools are appearing everywhere, we believe in that combination. Not people or software, but each at the moment it adds the most.

The team

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Peter Straatsma

Founder

Previously built and sold Appical, an onboarding platform.

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Marije Straatsma

Co-founder, learning and development

Facilitates the sessions and develops the method.

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Mario García de León

Co-founder, product

Responsible for Keepr and the product.

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Mathis Christian

Co-founder, consultancy

Building the consultancy pillar and the German-speaking market.

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Yunus Emre Beyaz

Development

Builds and maintains the platform.

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Jeffrey van den Dungen Bille

Design and brand advisor

A sounding board on how Fruitful looks and works.

Worked with teams at

  • Sony
  • APG
  • Rijksdienst voor Ondernemend Nederland
  • Katholieke Scholenstichting Utrecht
  • Ministerie van Economische Zaken
  • Rebellease
  • Zonnehuisgroep
  • Aventus
  • Volkswagen
  • Henkel

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