Led by Yereth Jansen and John Lin, and built around the decision in front of you. Private operator access, closed-door briefings, and a post-trip memo you can put in front of your board.
Outcomes
China moves fast, and it runs on assumptions that do not travel well in a report. You have to stand in front of them.
How product cycles, software-and-hardware integration, and rollout work when the default is weeks, not years.
What social commerce, superapps, data loops, and platform control look like when you are inside the room, not reading the deck.
How payments, logistics, content, and now AI get fused into single operating layers, and what that implies for competition.
What is already scaling, what is still a story, and which of the two your next decision should be built on.
Where sourcing, R&D, distribution, or partner access might be worth a serious conversation back home.
Deliverables
Each program includes:
Custom-built around the decision you are facing.
Yereth and John build and run these themselves. There is no agency in between, which is why the access holds when a schedule moves.
Programs are typically structured around:
Tell us what your team is weighing up and roughly when. We can scope quickly and confirm fit.
Your hosts
China-based strategist and operator
Building businesses and government relationships in China since 2009. Designs executive programs that translate China's operating reality into strategic implications. Fluent in Mandarin, with access across tech, retail, and policy circles. Recent sessions include innovation keynotes for bol.com and executive workshops with Coca-Cola and 7-Eleven leadership teams.
Platform strategist, Netherlands China Business Council
Former Lead Ecosystem Business Developer at bol.com. Platform strategist and keynote speaker on Chinese tech and retail models. Board member of the Netherlands China Business Council. Bridges Western boardrooms and Chinese platform logic, bringing the platform lens rather than just the company visit.
In their words
7-Eleven is already a strong success story in Thailand, but continuous learning is key in such a fast-moving market. During our visit to Shanghai, Yereth offered us a clear and eye-opening perspective on the future of retail, social commerce and the platform economy. He shared key insights from China's quickly developing ecosystem, relevant and thought-provoking, and have given us new angles to reflect on how we evolve our own strategy moving forward.
Yereth's keynote on e-commerce trends in China was a real eye-opener. I went in thinking I had a decent understanding of the space, but it turns out China is lightyears ahead in so many areas. His talk really challenged me to think more boldly about what's possible. What made it even better was the way he weaved in personal, first-hand experiences. Any wild question thrown at him he had an answer for.
Sessions and programs led by Yereth Jansen for teams at
Huawei campus (Dongguan)
Tencent (Shenzhen)
Meituan (Shanghai)
Shanghai skyline (Pearl Tower)
Dewu (Poizon)
SenseTime (Shanghai)
We start from the decision you are facing, then build the company access, the cities, and the briefings around it.
Private operator briefings and curated company access are central, with backup options built in when schedules shift.
Programs are designed for 10 to 20 participants so dialogue quality and synthesis remain high.
Programs are private and built around one organisation, so there is no scheduled open program to join right now. We do run them when there is enough interest, so tell us on the form that you would be travelling alone and we will come back to you when a group forms.
Yereth Jansen and John Lin build and run each program themselves, from the company access through to the closing memo. Nothing is handed to a destination agency, which is why the access holds when a schedule moves.
A final board-ready memo with the strategic implications, what changed, and next-step options.
Program inquiry
Tell us what you are trying to decide and roughly when. We will come back on whether a program is the right instrument, and what it would look like.
