About Gert Taeymans

Tymans Group BV co-founder and Director.

I’ve spent much of my life working in and around complex systems—technical, organizational, and human—and noticing where they quietly drift away from the truth. Often nothing is “broken” yet, but something feels off: information is incomplete, decisions are made on convenience, and clarity is replaced by reassuring narratives. That tension, more than any single role or framework, shaped my work.

Over time, this tension led me to focus on integrity not as a slogan or a set of values, but as a way of thinking and deciding. For me, honesty means more than telling the truth; it includes correctness and completeness, especially when that creates discomfort. I’ve seen how small omissions, oversimplifications, and unspoken assumptions slowly undermine trust, resilience, and decision quality—long before incidents make them visible.

I leverage my IT resilience, incident management, and systems design expertise, along with decades of cross-cultural experience, to help leaders and organizations strengthen their systems under pressure. My role is often that of a thinking partner: helping surface what is known but not said, restoring clarity to complex situations, and translating integrity into concrete decisions, processes, and responses.

Whether through advisory work, workshops, tabletop exercises, or writing, I aim not to enforce compliance or provide comfort. It is to help people see what is actually there—and act on it with confidence. I believe that honest systems create not only resilience and trust but also ease of mind, and that this is where sustainable performance and meaningful work truly begin.

I'm a member of the American Bar Association, Business Continuity Institute, the International Risk Management Society; a gold-level member of ISACA; and a certified CISM, DCCS, and CDORO.