Mumbai, India - 22 March 2014. In his keynote presentation for the International Conference on Water Sanitation and Recycling organized by the Maharashtra Chamber of Commerce, Industry & Agriculture (MACCIA), Coach Wouter highlighted the need for a blue revolution to increase low levels of water security in India and South Asia. Engaging national and city decision-makers to focus on leadership for water security is a new direction - a new paradigm – because water challenges were in the past seen as local, technical, and financial issues. The conference is on the right track with its call for a Blue Revolution – A Paradigm Shift. We need to shift our thinking to go beyond the technology, finance and training mindset to develop leadership that will create the revolution and make it work on the ground, in projects. 

Leadership Coach Jan Willem Kirpestein joined the TransformationFirst.Asia team in March 2014. He is known for helping multinational and local companies boost corporate performance through transformational changes in executives and staff. As a leadership coach, board advisor, and architect of organizational development, he generates breakthroughs in cross-cultural cooperation among leaders, teams and stakeholders. His clients are in the banking, insurance, manufacturing, and service sectors.