Welcome to TGIM
Imagine this: it’s Sunday evening. You’ve had a great weekend: resting, recharging, maybe making memories with people you care about. Then it hits you: Tomorrow is Monday. How do you feel?
Do you feel a spark of energy, ready to grow, contribute, and do something meaningful? Or do you feel that familiar dread, counting the days until Friday?
That’s the world of TGIF, Thank God It’s Friday. A world where work is something to escape. Where we survive the weekdays to live for the weekend.
But what if work didn’t have to be something we recover from?
TGIM, Thank God It’s Monday, is a mindset, a movement, and a message:
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That work should give us energy, not drain it.
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That HR can design better workplaces.
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That people deserve more than just a paycheck, they deserve purpose.
One of the concepts that inspires our work is Ikigai (生き甲斐) a beautiful Japanese idea meaning “a reason for being.” It’s about finding the intersection between what you love, what you’re good at, what the world needs, and what you can be valued for.
Ikigai reminds us that we all long for work that matters. Not just to companies, but to ourselves.
When people find even a glimpse of that at work, everything shifts:
Engagement rises. Turnover drops. And Monday becomes something to look forward to.
At TGIM, we help HR teams design the kind of employee experiences that make this possible experiences rooted in clarity, purpose, connection, and growth.
Because when people feel proud of where they work and excited about what they do, work becomes a place of meaning, not just a place to be.
Welcome to TGIM.
Let’s reimagine what Mondays, and work, can feel like.
Why I Created TGIM
Throughout my career, I’ve been fascinated by what truly drives people at work. What makes us get up with energy on a Monday morning? Why do some companies thrive with engaged, motivated employees while others struggle with constant turnover?
My journey started in Tourism, followed by a role at the Customer Care Center of KLM Royal Dutch Airlines, where I first discovered how deeply individual motivation shapes performance. To explore that further, I studied Human Talent Development and (International) Human Resource & Business Management. Over the years, I’ve worked across the full spectrum of HR, from recruitment and onboarding to HR strategy, Agile HR, and HRIS at companies like adidas, Swarovski and Oracle. I’ve seen HR from every angle operational, strategic, and technological.
What always stood out to me was the power of employee experience. I’ve witnessed first-hand how branding, culture, digital tools, and leadership behaviors shape the way people feel at work. Colleagues often came to me for advice not just about HR processes, but about the underlying frustration, disconnection, or confusion they felt. Over time, I realized how many organizations miss the signals: they don’t listen closely enough to what employees need in order to perform, feel connected, and stay.
That’s why I created TGIM, with a mission to help companies build employee experiences so engaging, thoughtful, and aligned that people feel a deep sense of belonging and purpose.
With TGIM, I hope to help shape a new standard where employee experience becomes a business driver, and where motivation isn’t a mystery, but a strategy.
