Aakusti Oksanen (MA) is a self-employed entrepreneur and artist dedicated to bringing forward the ingenuity of West African rhythm. He co-created a method combining solution focus approach, experiential learning, art and drumming in 2015. Talking Drum method for leaders and teams has been widely used in Finnish public sector development programmes with over 400 top executives. Aakusti has also successfully delivered for Accenture, ECHA, European Commission, European Parliament, City of Helsinki, Microsoft, Roche and others.
Alex works with leading international business schools and organisations throughout the world, and he is well known for his work which blends leading-edge practices in leadership, organisational change and innovation, with the art of improvisation.
He applies solutions-focused approaches throughout his broader work in environmental and social sustainability, and within a range of humanitarian programmes in Uganda, Kenya, Bangladesh, Colombia and Venezuela. Alex is the Founder and Director of Improwise, which draws its inspiration from the wisdom of improvisation, an approach to connecting with others which requires trust, empathy, humility, curiosity, leadership, creativity and a passion for experimentation.
Ania has 8 years of leadership experience in a Start-Up and understands agile practices from within. From this experience she developed her passion to facilitate change and became an excellent LCP Coach and facilitator. She constantly focuses on the value she brings to her clients. With her authentic style Ania challenges in a constructive and supportive way to create the desired impact. Ania is passionate about finding be the most useful and effective approaches to support her clients.
I bring over 25 years’ experience as a facilitator, consultant, leadership coach and speaker, developing leaders at all levels to use a coaching approach in all their conversations. I am passionate about coaching and applying Solution Focus approaches in everyday interactions with experience in many industry sectors, including – Construction, Education, Pharmaceutical, Financial Services and Government. I have been in learning and development and organisational development roles in the finance sector where I led successful culture wide programs for major firms. I have also worked in a consulting capacity for the last 16 years with a global Coaching Training organisation.
With over 25 years working as a facilitator, trainer and coach in both global companies and in academia, I strive to better understand and master the art of leading useful and mindful interactions. In recent years I have devoted most of my time in designing and facilitating 6-12 month leadership programmes.
Unlike Obelix, I have not fallen into the Druid’s cauldron at a young age. I had to learn and experiment with SF, one assumption at a time. Discovering this approach in 2005 has fundamentally transformed the way I work with my clients and I trust that SFiO can support leaders and organisations across all cultures to lead change more effectively.
Bärbel Hess ist seit über 20 Jahren selbstständig als Beraterin, Prozessbegleiterin und Coach. Zu ihren Kunden zählen kleine, mittlere und große Unternehmen sowie Organisationen im öffentlichen und sozialen Bereich. Besonders motiviert und begeistert es sie, Menschen und Organisationen beim Entdecken, Entwickeln und Erreichen ihrer Ziele zu unterstützen. Und dabei ihre Stärken und Potenziale zu nutzen.
Ihre Website: www.baerbelhess-accompany.de↗
Dora is an HR Leadership Capability & Soft Skill Lead at Vodafone Hungary. She has worked 20 years in multinational companies as development „challenger”. In Vodafone, she has built a „swat” OD team working in the whole network, using brief-coaching based solutions.
Els is currently the team leader of the policy advisory team of the social services department of Gemeente Barneveld, a local council in The Netherlands.
Formerly team leader Social Services department and advisor on supported living Gemeente Barneveld. Before that several coordinating and professional positions with the Dutch Refugee Council. Studied language and literature at Tilburg University, specialising in learning of second languages.
Eniko is a coach, team coach and leader of the Brief Coaching in Leadership and Organisation programme in Budapest. As coach, she specialises in supporting and building resilient, self-organising teams
Gyorgy is an internal OD consultant, trainer and coach at Vodafone Hungary. He believes in the power of shared thinking, sharing in his workshops considering it the best way to build resilience and flexibility in unexpected situations.