WHY
Organisations are evolving from command & control to a new horizon of connection & collaboration. We believe leaders need new skills to effectively sense and appropriately respond to changing conditions.
HOW
We enable future-thinking leaders to co-create cultures that will unleash people's hidden potential.
WHAT
Our approach combines assessment, train-the-trainer, coaching, experiential learning and complete transformational journeys - all delivered in a hybrid (on-site or online) format.
Future leaders sense & respond
Who we are
Christiaan Grové
Christiaan is a passionate Imagineer who creates innovative transformation journeys and enables future-thinking leaders. With over 20 years of experience, he effectively integrates his background in Industrial Engineering with his knowledge of People-centric Cultures and an intuitive sense of people’s emotions to ensure a successful outcome.
Jan-Derick Nel
J-D has been involved in leadership development his entire career. He is dedicated to helping leaders realise their potential and support them as they create systems where people can flourish. He is a passionate coach, facilitator, and speaker who acts as an inspirationalist wherever he goes. He is on a mission to support leaders who create systems of life and freedom.
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The value that we bring
Our experience taught us valuable lessons and confirmed that lasting change can only be internally driven. Our world has no place for anything outdated and ineffective.
We believe in co-creation, common sense, and aligned self-interest - enabling people to think for themselves.
Respectful challenge
We respectfully challenge the status quo with structured experimentation toward insightful breakthroughs.
Simplicity
We do not believe in complex models - we simplify and get things done.
Inspiration
We love inspiration - our curated resources enable us to co-create your unique journey and keep you inspired along the way.
Community
We align with proven methodologies and world-class approaches that links you to a network of like-minded individuals - shaping the future of work.
Diagnostic
Understand the health of your company culture and leadership approach, and establish the correct focus and most effective starting point. We listen to your pain points and learn about your unique circumstances through structured assessments.
The Culture Readiness Assessment is a statistically validated tool that highlights the strengths of your company’s culture and identifies gaps that could hold you back from a thriving people- centric culture. The Lean Maturity Assessment focuses on the efficiency of operations and indicates the strengths and improvement opportunities in your approach.
Co-Creation
The key to sustainable change lies in something other than replicating existing approaches. We believe in a co-created journey that ensures ownership and drives accountability. With structured learning and focused talks, we enable leaders and core change teams to facilitate the process.
This is not a recipe but an invitation to reconsider, evaluate and improve your business environment so that employees look forward to coming to work every day and performing to their highest potential.
Playbook
Be inspired by change strategies and tactics from Semco Style, Leadership best practices and Lean Continuous Improvement, supported by an online Eco System for assessment & learning. We also believe in having fun, so we often play games for experiential learning!
We create a psychologically safe space where participants can experiment with alternative structures and behaviours with one central theme: Becoming an organisation where autonomy flourishes and customers are central.
Customised to the unique South African business environment, our core transformation process is powered by Semco Style and supported by proven practices from Lean Continuous Improvement
Ricardo Semler gained international recognition for the ground-breaking alternative approach to management and organisation that he embodied.
Semco Style was built from practice to theory and contains a live Framework and implementation Roadmap that can be adapted to your unique needs.
Practices from Lean Continuous Improvement
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Meet our valued network
As Partners of the Semco Style Institute (founded in May 2016 in the Netherlands), we are linked to a worldwide network of Experts and ChangeMakers.
As lead facilitators in the International Expert Certification Program, we are shaping future-thinking leaders globally.
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We are a proud Strategic Counsel member of 4DayWeek South Africa, a not-for-profit global movement centred on working smarter rather than longer and investing in the well-being of the most critical asset to your business - your people!
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