This document discusses engaging and retaining digital talent. It recommends focusing on recruiting for competencies and mindset over past experience. It emphasizes the importance of company culture and intrinsic motivation for employees. The presenter advocates using the RAMP framework to build culture, which focuses on providing employees with purpose, autonomy, mastery, and relatedness in their work. Feedback from employees is also highlighted as important for continuous cultural improvement.

1. Engaging with
Digital Talent
Stephan Jacobs
Talent Acquisition Partner

2. AGENDA
• MENDIX?
• Recruit Digital Talent
• Retain Digital Talent

4. About Mendix
We founded Mendix to solve our
personal frustration with the rigidity of
traditional software development.
We believed deeply we had to
fundamentally reimagine the
traditional roles played by Business
and IT teams in the App Dev process,
and create a new way so Enterprises
could rapidly and continuously
translate ideas into strategic
differentiators.
600+ Customers in
29 countries
42,000 Developers,
growing 50% YoY
Recognized Category Leader
by Gartner & Forrester
300+ Employees
Backed by leading Venture Firms

5. Through 2021, market
demand for app development
will grow at least 5x faster
than IT capacity to deliver it.
Gartner Predicts…

6. Innovation Apps
Smart Apps
(IoT, AI)
Rapid
Experimentation
New Products New Channels
Operational Efficiency Apps
B2E Apps
Workflow /
Case Mgmt.
Compliance &
Quality Mgmt.
Departmental
Apps
Legacy Migration Apps
Lotus Notes
Access / Excel
Replacement
4GL Apps
Unique Core Systems
Core System Extensions
Customer Engagement Apps
B2B Portals B2B Apps
B2C Portals B2C Apps
How our customers leverage Mendix

7. FSI FSI FSI FSIFSI FSIFSI
Insurance Healthcare
Telecoms
& Utilities
LogisticsRetail Higher EdFinance
How our customers leverage Mendix
Mendix is one of the rare companies that recognizes the rise of digital business
and provides tools to support that initiative across all channels.” — Gartner
“

8. Recruit Digital Talent

9. Talent issues are the biggest barrier to
CIO success
ACCORDING TO GARTNER’S 2016 CIO AGENDA REPORT

10. IMAGE IS EVERYTHING!

13. Retain Digital Talent

15. IT’S IMPOSSIBLE TO MAKE PEOPLE
FEEL MOTIVATED OR ENGAGED
BUT WE CAN CREATE THE
ENVIRONMENT THAT ALLOWS THEM
TO BECOME THAT.

16. Market
Technology
Competition
Economy
Customers
Culture

17. ”IF YOU GET THE CULTURE RIGHT,
MOST OF THE OTHER STUFF WILL
JUST TAKE CARE OF ITSELF.”
- Tony Hsieh, CEO of Zappos

18. Extrinsic Motivation Intrinsic Motivation
Doing the work to
prevent
punishment
Doing the work
because you are
paid for it

19. #mendixworld

21. #mendixworld

22. Relatedness
Autonomy
Mastery
Purpose
RAMP to a great culture

23. Purpose
The work serves a clear purpose that people
can relate and connect to.
Keeping everyone in Sync
• Regular Company Wide Updates
• Weekly Departmental All Hands
meetings

24. Mastery
The urge to get better at things

25. Autonomy
People have enough freedom to influence the
work and work environment to do their job in
the way they feel is best.

27. Relatedness
People have good social contact
with the people in their work.

28. #mendixworldAmazing Office

29. #mendixworldRotterdam Marathon Business
Mx Ski Trip 2017
MX Ardennes
Game Nights
MX SKI

30. Gather Feedback!
• Employee Survey
• Brainstorm Sessions with
employees
• Support employee initiatives
WE ARE NOT PERFECT
THERE IS NO RECIPE!

32. A GREAT PLACE TO WORK
“We congratulate Mendix for being a great place
to work and for heading this list ahead of some
major global brands.” 4.8/5 Stars
* Glassdoor July 2016
The Best Cloud Computing Companies
And CEOs To Work For In 2017 Based On
Glassdoor
* Forbes Feb 2017

33. Recognized by analysts, trusted by our customers
“Very fluid and effective for getting apps to market very quickly. You can
build enterprise grade software using one developer. Their training
materials are top notch and their support is very professional and swift.
Could not ask for a better platform.” 4.5/5 Stars

34. KEY TAKEAWAYS:
• Image is Everything
• Focus on Competencies & Mindset instead off Past Experience
• RAMP
• Continuous improvement > Feedback > Iterate

35. Thank you!
stephan.jacobs@mendix.com