Welcome feedback - Towards a constructive feedforward culture (PhD Reflect & Connect)

As part of our next edition of PhD Reflect & Connect on March 12, 2026 the doctoral schools of UHasselt, in collaboration with our HR Department, are hosting a business theatre by Klein Barnum, on the topic of 'Welcome feedback: towards a constructive feedforward culture', both open to all researchers and UHasselt staff.

The call for a constructive feedback culture is omnipresent. It is therefore an important way to create a work environment resulting in employee satisfaction, involvement and commitment. But it also has its challenges. This business theatre invites you to playfully discover how a constructive feedback culture can be created, by means of a series of realistic and humoristic scenes. Input from the audience can be asked by means of color cards, but verbal interaction is not obliged and you will not be asked to join the actors on stage ;-). Just sit back and enjoy how the business theatre enfolds and learn more about the importance of feedback in your professional life. 

The fact that this keynote is part of PhD Reflect & Connect has two implications:
(1) There will be a reception afterwards (for researchers only)! 
(2) Attending the lecture cannot be acknowledged in fulfilment of the doctoral school requirements. This is a general agreement between doctoral schools.

Learning outcomes

At the end of the session, you ...

• will be more aware of the importance of constructive feedback and feedforward
• will have a better understanding of compliments and positive feedback
• will have gained insight into the possible pitfalls and best practices of change feedback
• will have learnt more about ways to receive feedback: listening without prejudice

Competences

An important part of preparing for any further professional step is becoming (more) aware of the competences you have developed and/or want to develop. In the current workshop, the following competences from the UHasselt competency overview are actively dealt with:

• interpersonal competences:
  • oral communication
  • collaboration
• intellectual competences:
  • critical judgment
  • creativity
• personal effectiveness:
  • self-development
  • initiative

For whom?

• The business theatre is open to PhD students, postdocs and UHasselt staff.
• There are 80 places available for the event.
• The reception is only open to UHasselt PhD students & postdocs.

When & where?

• March 12, 2026
  • keynote: 15:30-17:00 - campus Diepenbeek, building D, room H4.
  • reception: 17:00-18:00 - campus Diepenbeek, building D, room J30 (left) .

Registration?

• For UHasselt PhD students & postdocs only: Register here from October 20 until February 11, 2026.
• For others interested (intern UHasselt): Register here from October 20 until February 11, 2026.
• Please cancel your registration at least one week in advance in case you cannot make it (cf. cancellation & no-show policy).

Acknowledged as?

• Attending PhD Reflect & Connect cannot be acknowledged in fulfilment of the doctoral school requirements.

In valued collaboration with:

UHasselt HR Department