Our multi-cultural team bring diverse backgrounds including: leadership development; organisational development and change; personal transformation and coaching; sustainability; and multi-stakeholder innovation.
Ai is a writer, design thinker, creative consultant, and improviser with 7 years of experience in youth empowerment. Ai has most recently served as the Creative Director for Clickable, a boutique marketing agency based in Hanoi. Ai’s experience is rooted in a deep commitment to enabling creative confidence and capacity.
USA
AJ Pape is far and away the most effective coach and group facilitator I have worked with in 20 years of global senior leadership positions.
CEO,
Insurance Company
AJ Pape is a leading international coach and facilitator. His career spans 22 years coaching and training leaders in finance, startups, biotech, software and pharmaceuticals. His clients have eliminated delays in multi-billion dollar plant construction, saved millions of dollars in reduced procurement costs and accelerated reforestation in the Brazilian rainforest. He is regularly sought out by other coaches as a mentor and supervisor and his assignments range from individual coaching for senior executives to heading up teams of coaches delivering large-scale leadership programs.
AJ began facilitating large groups as a student in the 1980’s. Spurred by a passion for social change, he studied in South Asia and the Middle East before entering the business world in 1988.
He has been a Senior Coach & facilitator on programs for more than 1,000 leaders in global banks, pharmaceuticals, FMCG, and government/social sector clients.
“I grew up thinking that large groups never worked. I felt the best conversations and work occurred between two people. Things seemed to get worse as groups got larger. Friends and teachers at Princeton caused me to reconsider that view, unleashing a passion that took me to India, Cairo and the inner cities of New Jersey by the time I turned 21. My entire adult life has been the discovery of how larger groups not only can, but must, excel, if we’re to meet the challenges of our time.” – AJ Pape
United Kingdom
“Humans have huge capacity for growth and change. I used to believe that with commitment to creating new mindsets, clarity of purpose and focusing on creating the positive “weather”, organisations would thrive. I knew that when things got ‘stuck’, having the courage to stay with it would allow creativity, courage and dialogue to emerge. My systemic practice has caused me to reconsider and expand my world view of how you create sustainable change. Our context creates patterns and blocks which mean that you can create significant positive shift only if you work at levels of individual, collective and the system to unlock unseen patterns.”
Alyse Ashton started her international blue chip career with ICI and progressed quickly holding management and leadership roles, HR, OD and Learning and Development. She developed a strong track record in leading change as well as mergers and acquisitions in diverse organisational cultures. She brings a straight talking, commercially astute and systemic approach to working with senior executives, boards, teams and talented individuals. She is a renowned, accredited coach and flexible, creative facilitator who has enabled leadership talent across the world to create step changes for over 25 years.
Alyse enables individuals and teams to get better results, feel more fulfilled and have fun in the process, getting rid of the blocks to being the best they can be. She believes we all have remarkable capacity to grow, especially if we ‘get out of our own way’ and create the conditions to think well. Clients value her incisive, creative and flexible approach in partnering to meet their specific needs.
Manila, Philippines
“I grew up in Johnson & Johnson as a scientist and engineer leading increasingly larger and more diverse groups of people. Moving to Asia caused me to reconsider many things in my life, from what I held as true about the world to what my contribution to the world could be. I decided to shift to coaching and facilitation and undertook a series of studies that opened my eyes to new ways of seeing people and systems and how I can contribute to them.”
Professionally, Beth’s lifelong focus has been on unleashing the creative potential of people and organisations. She shifted from the realm of science and design into the world of facilitation and coaching in 2004. Although she has worked around the globe, the majority of her work has been focused in Asia.
She has supported Asian organisations in shifting from national to regional players or regional to global players; and has supported multinationals in extending their success into Asian markets.
UK
“I’ve always had a profound sense of needing to do meaningful work. Over the years, as life circumstances changed, I constantly considered what ‘meaningful work’ means for me. What previously gave me meaning, working on global, macro issues, now had to share the space with new, micro issues such as my family. My new life mix catalysed a profound change. I reconsidered success. Not just as an idea, or a financial measurement, but as a practice using ‘Right Livelihood’. I define this as ‘meaningful, self-sustaining work on behalf of people and planet’. I believe that if we all defined success in this way, then we stand a chance of creating a sustainable future for our children’s children.”
Celine supports purpose-driven people and organisations to realise to identify and express their unique role in the complex system of social and environmental change. Her purpose as a consultant and coach is to inspire more meaningful, responsible and creative workplaces and livelihoods.
Her past work with organisations focuses on connecting employees’ individual purpose with organizational purpose & sustainability strategy, enabling people to find more meaning in their daily actions in the workplace and feel a greater sense of personal responsibility at work.
She brings together different approaches, tools and methods from the fields of personal transformation, creative thinking, brand strategy, sustainability practice, authentic leadership, social enterprise, executive coaching and systems thinking, and has the unique ability to integrate Brand, OD/ HR and Corporate Responsibility functions.
Celine brings over 15 years board level experience with organisations such as Accenture, Boots, BSkyB, Breast Cancer Care, the Home Office, Greenpeace International, Jeans for Genes, Macmillan, Mars, RISE, UNICEF and Vodafone. She holds an MSc in Responsibility and Business Practice from the University of Bath, UK and Certificate of Advanced Coaching Skills.
USA
“The ability to see ourselves and our world from different perspectives is particularly necessary considering the precarious state of things in this frontier century. But like all necessary changes requiring growth, reconsideration is a courageous act. I am no stranger to the irresistible call of a Great Leap, and the trembling that comes from standing on its precipice. My work is to create spaces for ongoing reconsideration of the principles and purposes we embrace moving forward through the challenges of the 21st century.”
Chris began his career as an architect and mentor for communities, where he became a passionate advocate for the reconsideration of roles and values in light of modern challenges. He has been integrally involved in fostering healthy organisational communities for over ten years, serving as a consultant and mentor in the interweaving of plural values with common purpose, leadership with emergence, and the liberating structures of self-management with an organisation’s present capacities.
He has worked with civic institutions, non-profits, and leading technology corporations to create healthy environments where creativity, diversity, and clarity lead to step-changes in capacity. He is particularly passionate about helping organisations to reconsider their current challenges, animating crucial conversations and fostering clarity and action.
United Kingdom
“Spending many years observing leadership and its impact on the world I have always been fascinated by what the conditions for leadership are. I came to realise that authentic leadership is a twin trail – not just the outer trail of having effect in the world but also the inner trail of self-awareness and development. And as I became aware my own leadership was not always authentic I was forced to reconsider how I showed up in the world. The twin trail is a guiding light in my work aligning leadership with meaning and purpose”.
With over 20 years consulting experience, Dick supports organisations designing and facilitating change and developing new ways of working to better reflect the complexity of the modern work environment to help them navigate sustainably into the future. He specialises in organisational design, corporate governance and Board practices.
He has worked with large (FTSE) companies along with SMB’s, and non-profits and has held senior roles in St. James’s Place Plc, KPMG Consulting and AXA Global Risks. As we enter a time of seismic change, in business and society, Dick is passionate about helping organisations engage in purposeful work in a meaningful way.
UK
Fiona Ellis has over 20 years experience as a consultant, in a range of industries, working globally, including financial services, high tech and telecommunications, FMCG and public sector. Her consulting work includes change consultancy, leadership development, team coaching and individual coaching in service of organisation development. She has a strong, calm, facilitative style, and is able build relationship quickly and to surface what is not being said in order to bring about change. She enjoys design and working with internal consultants co creatively.
Global clients include Nokia, Microsoft, Barclays, Unilever, IHG, Electrocomponents, and a range of organisations in Finland such as Outotec, Kemira, FinnAir and Posti.
Hermes works to support leader development and social innovation in individuals, groups, and communities. He brings a unique combination of experiences bridging healthcare, food and agriculture, environmental conservation, international development, and education in South and Southeast Asia.
He is co-founder of a social innovation start-up focused on utilizing Design Thinking to increase social impact capacity for individuals, organizations, and communities in Asia and the Pacific. Also Lead organizer for International Development Design Summit Sisaket, which is part of a series of community-based trainings sponsored by the MIT D-Lab.
I bring my experiences together as a Design Thinking specialist to support the development of teams and leaders that can move creatively, innovatively, and with agility through experiences that create relevant and impactful solutions with communities around Asia and the Pacific.
In facilitating these experiences, I work to bring together diverse people to create capacity for social change in individuals, organizations, and communities.
Thailand
Irene’s work experience includes leading teams to create innovative incubator programs, multi-cultural environments, start-ups, conducting field surveys, developing products, applying systems and co-founding a research and creative strategies agency.
Her experience and skill have been honed from her practice of investigative design. This discipline draws from and integrates design thinking, executive coaching and field research. Irene’s work experience includes leading teams to create innovative incubator programs and multi-cultural environments.
I generate results through investigative science, a systemic perspective, my passion for people, design and innovation. I bring people and different parts of a system together. My approach raises awareness and facilitates a shared understanding of the situation currently faced, creating a rich space to generate prototypes of innovative solutions to test and implement.
Indonesia
James, who speaks Indonesian fluently, is a professional trainer, facilitator and presenter who supports international businesses and NGOs develop new, innovative strategies to improve the services they provide their clients. He has designed and delivered tailor-made, outcome-oriented training programs on multi-cultural teambuilding, change management, creativity and innovation and leadership skills. He also facilitates workshops on program and project development, fundraising strategies and partnership development for corporate social reasonability.
He facilitates in both Indonesian and English
James, who speaks Indonesian fluently, is a professional trainer, facilitator and presenter who supports international businesses and NGOs develop new, innovative strategies to improve the services they provide their clients. He has designed and delivered tailor-made, outcome-oriented training programs on multi-cultural teambuilding, change management, creativity and innovation and leadership skills. He also facilitates workshops on program and project development, fundraising strategies and partnership development for corporate social reasonability.
He facilitates in both Indonesian and English
UK
“I used to think that change happens overnight and is easy to achieve once everyone knows what to do. Years of experience has made me reconsider this assumption and learn that one of the most difficult parts of change is to translate the initial inspiration into a consistent shift in behaviour. I also realised that for change to be successful, it requires enduring commitment to do the right thing, complimented by a willingness to repeatedly step into the unknown, individually and collectively.”
Jaroslav discovered leadership development during his 6 years in AIESEC, global leadership development non-profit with nearly 70 years of history and 86,000 members present in 113 countries. He then spent the last 7 years working with leaders in Europe, North and South America, Africa and Asia, catalysing individual and collective change in the corporate, entrepreneurial and social change sectors. Throughout his career, he became aware of the global reality of our world and developed an accurate understanding of what it takes to develop leaders who can shape better futures.
Jaroslav has lived and worked in UK, US, Spain, Belgium, Netherlands and Czech Republic. He currently lives in London and Madrid.
United Kingdom
“I have always been fascinated by people; how they work, think and do. I have equally been absorbed in how to make systems meet human requirements.” Now, more than ever, I recognise that today’s life and business conditions demand an aligned step up in both our mind-sets and the structures and processes we create if one aspect is not to degrade the other.
Where once we could make a change and expect it to be stable, I now view the action of reconsideringas an ongoing requirement. I love to support individuals and organisations in learning how to step into this new, agile world dynamic, to enjoy and to thrive in it.”
Jon’s career started in information technology where his success as an analyst and applications architect led to his becoming European Systems Director for a market-leading multinational. Subsequently he became a consultant specialising in programme management, leading increasingly to expertise in change, governance, relationship management and the stakeholder journey.
In parallel, Jon is an explorer of the human frontiers, always seeking deeper understanding of individuals (starting with self), organisations, societies and change. This has led to a passion for and wide expertise in values-based personal and collective vertical development. Taken together these two strands now support ground-breaking work in facilitation of agile, self-managing and next stage organisational systems
“Before I began working in leadership development I thought it was about introducing leaders to theories and telling them to implement them. Working with leaders from all backgrounds led me to reconsider my assumptions. I realised that leaders who follow models slavishly will not achieve the followership they seek. Leadership starts with “know thyself”. Great leaders know and show their passions, their deeply held values, and their individual style and I am passionate about taking people on this journey.”
Julia is a leadership development designer and facilitator. Most recently she led the development of a trading arm designing and delivering customised leadership projects for an international education not-for-profit, developing leaders from all backgrounds and sectors. Her experience spans various complex systems through her partnership development work and clients including the big four accountants, blue chip companies, local authorities, and the NHS.
She is an Executive coach, accredited to deliver the Organisational Workshop, and a professional storyteller and in her professional past, Julia held management roles in a retail bank for 15 years, including Departmental Head.
In a VUCA world, which requires us to be much more adaptable, resourceful and creative, neuroplasticity has never been more critical. I have a background in neuropsychology and love the emerging acceptance and application of this in the business world, leading me to re-consider what this makes possible for individuals, organisations and society.
Kate is specialised in interventions that are integrated with business outcomes, particularly those that require individuals to work across boundaries and with challenges where there is no obvious solution. Kate is driven by an intention to create profound impact at individual, organisational and societal levels and is guided by a focus on activating human potential as a force for good. She brings to her work an attitude of positivity and a belief in possibility and takes an approach to life and leadership that is grounded in sustained wellbeing.
Kate is simply wonderful to work with. She has high energy and creates the most creative and applied business psychology focus. She brings technical excellence to every solution.
General Manager – Microsoft
UK
Laura Davies-Clare is a delight to work with – she has an exceptional ability to truly listen and understand her client’s needs, whilst also being constructively challenging. She has a commercial focus and I have always found her to go above and beyond in her work, demonstrating a real commitment to the value she delivers.
Global Head of Talent,
Healthcare Company
Laura Davies-Clare is an experienced organisational change consultant, procurement and supply chain specialist and Director of Future Considerations. She has over 15 years of experience of delivering new ways of working. The systemic thinking Laura practices is about helping people and organisations understand where they do things well and extrapolate that, and conversely, to overcome where they are failing.
The ambition and purpose in Laura’s work is to enable people and their organisations to be adaptable to an increasingly challenging and dynamic environment, without experiencing the pain that is commonplace with conventional change programmes. Laura has achieved sustained change in the Defence, Fast Moving Consumer Goods (FMGC), and healthcare sectors. Whilst working for the Defence Infrastructure Organisation, Laura led the design and delivery of an organisation-wide continuous improvement methodology, including the facilitation of large groups of people, and coaching of teams and individuals.
By enabling organisations to identify patterns, alter structures and fill skills gaps, she helps create the conditions for innovation; enabling people to challenge assumptions and test underlying beliefs and behaviours. With a pragmatic and commercial perspective, Laura creates the bridge between delivering against a specific change need, and creating a sustainable change capability within an organisation.
“My early career focused on process improvement and quality management. Whilst I could see the benefits of these practices, I discovered that ultimately they created voids in organisations – empowering some and leaving others feeling marginalised. Subsequent work has allowed me to meet the needs of people within organisational systems at all grades, taking a holistic perspective of people impacts, change and improvement – providing people with the skills & insights they need to be and do differently. My defining moment was realising that it is possible to achieve the balance of meeting the commercial objectives of an organisation, whilst honouring the needs of the individuals it comprises.” – Laura Davies-Clare
Philippines
Louie is a believer and advocate of self-awareness. He believes that utilizing self-awareness as a base and reminder enables people to create choice and direction in their life and influence others. His energy in the room encourages people to break barriers, challenge what is current and move them to a space of choice and action. With passion, Louie creates learning environments that promote thought, emotion, learning and insight. His interests lie in the realm of leadership, individual and team development, Louie’s experience include working with middle management up to the C-suite level.
Louie is a believer and advocate of self-awareness. He believes that utilizing self-awareness as a base and reminder enables people to create choice and direction in their life and influence others. His energy in the room encourages people to break barriers, challenge what is current and move them to a space of choice and action. With passion, Louie creates learning environments that promote thought, emotion, learning and insight. His interests lie in the realm of leadership, individual and team development, Louie’s experience include working with middle management up to the C-suite level.
United Kingdom
Lycia is an organisational development consultant specialising in sustainability and change.
She helps people develop ‘system sight’ – greater awareness of the dynamics of systems of which they form a part and how to intervene for the greatest impact. This includes coaching and leadership work, helping individuals and groups explore their potential and how they can catalyse and support positive, sustainable change. In simple terms, she helps people transform their teams and organisations and the impact of their programmes.
Lycia works with not-for-profits, civil society and commercial organisations and brings experience of a wide range of industries and contexts. Clients include Arup, Barclays, BITC, Bristol City Council, Microsoft, NSPCC, The Community Farm, Triodos Bank, UNICEF and Watershed. She in based in Bristol, UK.
Singapore
20 plus years experience in marketing and project management in IT space as well as her 15 years as a coach and facilitator has made her a well sought after business transformation partner.
Meoh Ching’s professional focus has been having people grow as leaders in their workplace as well as in their personal lives. She shifted from marketing and development in the IT industry to team facilitation and coaching in 2004. Although she has worked with diverse groups of people, her work has been focused in Asia, with multi-national, global players.
Her 20 plus years experience in marketing and project management in IT space as well as her 15 years as a coach and facilitator has made her a well sought after business transformation partner.
I was born and raised in Maastricht and my family is strongly rooted in this typical part of the Netherlands with its own language, rituals and culture. I left this strong knit nest in my late twenties and moved to Amsterdam and had to reconsider home: I left friends, family, work, relationships, my house and community behind in the hope to discover me. And I did. The first step is the hardest and after that it was easy to let go and start over and with each step and move to explore, learn and grow. I can look back at many places I can call home. Home is no longer one physical place: home is within.
Patricia started her career in the mid-eighties, as head of learning & development at ING Bank right after university. She started out young, ambitious, driven for success and with a strong belief in the potential and good of people. The latter remained, the other descriptions have changed over the years: young at heart still, and now compassionate and driven for impact. She has never lost her passion for bringing the best out of people and seeing potential that they often fail to see. Having worked for almost two decades in a large organisation she is able to adapt to a corporate culture, speak its language and ride political waves, without losing her gift of deep connection with those she works with.
Working with Patricia means working with a trustworthy partner who delivers on promise. She knows how to bring back complex matters into practicable issues. The combination of her Dutch roots, experience in an international environment and the right mentality lead to high quality solutions
Alica van der Duin – VP Real Estate, Albert Heijn Real Estate at Ahold Delhaize
United Kingdom
“I had a fascination with organisational strategies and how organisations could choose the ‘right’ strategy to move forward. Years ago, I worked with an organisation where the ExCo had developed such a strategy, but had made no progress towards implementing it. During our workshop it became clear that none of the ExCo felt the strategy created the kind of organisation they wanted to work for, but felt unable to challenge it due to the rigorous analysis from a prestigious consultancy & the money invested in it. This forced me to reconsider the role of strategy in directing organisations, and the more human elements – leadership, individual ambitions and what we care about – have become my priority ever since.”
Pete is a consultant, facilitator and coach with an international background in leadership and organisational development. He is an expert in the field of Embodied Leadership, on which he has written a book. He is interested in leadership and personal development, including the role that conflict plays in organisations and society. His current clients include Barclays, BP and the UK & Singapore Civil Services.
Pete is an Associate at Future Considerations and has previously worked at Roffey Park Institute for five years, and despite having left continues to work as a tutor on the Roffey Park MSc in People and Organisational Development, and their Post-Graduate Certificate in Coaching.
United Kingdom
“I started my career fascinated by technology and how that could revolutionise business. I then became fascinated to explore why so many projects failed! The crucial “missing” was often the people. So I started to reconsider what was needed for success and herein began my journey of self-development for the sake of enabling me to work with people’s passions and enable them to be all that they could be.”
Tim is a very experienced coach, consultant and facilitator, who enables individuals, teams and organisations to be the best that they can be in pursuit of their objectives and dreams. He combines his diverse and extended organisational and consulting experience with his passion to develop others and help them to bring fulfillment to their purpose. The majority of his work is in facilitation of senior teams and executive coaching.
He is passionate about Shakespeare and more generally, bringing poetry and story into organisational life.