Eidos Katharos

Eidos Katharos means Pure Essence. It is the lens through which I work. I advise or temporarily lead organisations that dare to make tough decisions. Depending on the depth and urgency of the challenge, I work in four distinct modes:

1. Personal Mode. Precision through Dialogue.
One on ones to articulate the hard choices that create leverage and movement. Expect questions that feel simple until they suddenly are not.

2. Rattle the Cage. Observation before Intervention.
I observe leadership meetings, review essential material, and surface the hidden patterns that stall strategy, including semantic drift and decision bottlenecks. Then I confront what others avoid, turning quiet signals into decisive insight.

3. Interim Executive. Execution with Teeth.
I step into the organization to own the decision making. As an integral part of the leadership team, I reconnect strategy with execution.

4. Inspire and Ignite. Strategy keynote.
A jolt of energy and sharper thinking at your leadership event, directly tied to your strategic challenge.


People describe Thomas Van Kerkhoven as curious, sharp, humorous and provocative. His three superpowers are: (1) connecting the dots quickly to cut noise and get to the essence, (2) communicating convincingly in NL, FR and EN, and (3) accelerating decision making by deploying the right method at the right time.

Thomas Van Kerkhoven