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I bring extensive experience in designing and facilitating workshops, strategic conversations and collaborative processes in international and multicultural environments, often with senior leaders and C-level participants.

My facilitation practice is shaped by many years of work across design thinking, service and experience design, transition design, transformation, change management, complexity management, strategic foresight and Futures Literacy. These fields all require more than moderation: they require the ability to create the right conditions for participation, reflection, emergence and shared sense-making.

I help groups move beyond conventional thinking by creating safe and productive spaces in which participants can question assumptions, surface hidden mental models, explore alternative perspectives, and challenge the metaphors and narratives that shape their decisions.

The aim is not only to generate ideas, but to enable deeper insight, collective alignment and concrete t

Facilitation

Organisations rarely move from strategy to transformation in a straight line. They need a clear architecture for change: one that connects vision, people, governance, capabilities, culture and action.

My work in Transition Architecture helps organisations design the conditions for meaningful transformation. It combines strategic foresight, systems thinking, organisational development and change management to clarify where an organisation wants to go, what must shift, and how people can move together with purpose.

This includes shaping transition pathways, aligning stakeholders, designing participatory processes, building leadership commitment, and translating complexity into practical next steps.

The goal is not change for its own sake, but coherent, future-fit transformation that strengthens resilience, agency and long-term value.

Transition Design

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We constantly interact with products, devices, services, digital media, processes, procedures, and places — from hospitals, cities and museums to conferences, public services, websites and mobile apps.

The challenge is to 𝗱𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗻 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗳𝗲𝗲𝗹 𝗰𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗿, 𝘂𝘀𝗲𝗳𝘂𝗹, 𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗺𝗹𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗵𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗻. Good experiences 𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗲 𝗮𝗱𝗼𝗽𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻, 𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘃𝗲 𝗲𝗳𝗳𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝘆, 𝗿𝗲𝗱𝘂𝗰𝗲 𝗳𝗿𝗶𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗴𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝘀𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘀𝗳𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻, 𝘁𝗿𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗹𝗼𝘆𝗮𝗹𝘁𝘆.

𝗨𝘀𝗲𝗿 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗱𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗻, 𝗶𝗻𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗶𝘁𝗲𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝗱𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗻 provide powerful methods and tools to shape these experiences across both digital and physical environments.

I spent many years of my career working on multi-level experience design, including digital platforms, service journeys, events and physical spaces. 

Experience design

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I am an economist with nearly three decades of experience advising national and international organisations across the public, private, and non-profit sectors.

My background spans management consulting, digital transformation, communication, and experience design—providing a multidisciplinary foundation for navigating complex challenges.

Over the past decade, I have specialised in strategic foresight, futures literacy, complexity science, and transition design—helping organisations anticipate change, navigate uncertainty, and shape resilient, future-oriented strategies.

Based in Luxembourg.

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Near & Next is operated by StrategyBuilders Sàrl, a Luxembourg-registered company (RCS B231601).



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