My name is Sam. In the past few years, I became inspired by Buurtzorg, a Dutch healthcare organization, that grew out to be the market leader for homecare in the Netherlands. 

It became an international success, based on just a few basic principles.  Buurtzorg is built on a common sense approach, with simple principles such as trust, autonomy, creativity, simplicity, and collaboration. Those principles translate into highly effective and sufficient care, into satisfied patients and a high employee-wellbeing. 

This left me wondering: What is the secret behind Buurtzorg? How did they become such a success?

I traveled to the south of France to speak with Thijs de Blok, the director of Buurtzorg International. 

In 12 episodes we talk about how and why it began, to what has made it a success and the impact it has nowadays. 

This is; “The principles of Buurtzorg.” Welcome to the podcast.