Minnaar Joost and de Morree Pim
Called Corporate Rebels. Five years ago they gave up promising careers in corporations to travel the world and look at different management models. Today they share their radical vision that the success of companies is only possible based on mutual trust and the freedom given to employees.
Claus Raasted
Director at The College of Extraordinary Experiences & External Advisor at McKinsey & Company. Innovation strategist, experience designer, event planner, play creator, ringleader and speaker. King of Danish LARPs (live action role-playing) for children, editor-in-chief of RPG magazine ROLLE | SPIL, author of 36 books.
Steven Beckers
Belgian pioneer of green city design and ambassador of circular economy. Architect with "Cradle-to-Cradle" certification, an internationally recognized standard for sustainable development. He runs the consulting firm Leteral Thinking Factory, which manages international architectural projects in the spirit of circularity.
Susanna Romantsova
A certified expert in strategic diversity management (Diversity, Equity & Inclusion), TEDx speaker and Forbes 30 Under 30 list winner, she has 10 years of experience working with diversity in business, advising international organizations on how to create DEI strategies and build an inclusive work culture. Previously, she served as Diversity and Inclusion Leader at IKEA, where she co-created and implemented the first 3-year diversity and inclusion strategy in Poland. Her projects included Gender Equal Pay and Poland's first project to hire people with refugee experience, Refugee Skills for Employment. She is also a certified trainer of Unconscious Bias (NeuroLeadership Institute) and Inclusive Inventory (Aperian Global). She is a graduate of SWPS University, where she completed a master's degree in clinical psychology. She also earned a specialization in diversity psychology at Harvard University.
Sylwia Hull-Wosiek
Head of Consulting at Concordia Design. Author of the Creativity+Thinking method, which is the result of her years of experience, reflection and project work based on creative techniques, design thinking and HR practice. Certified business trainer, consultant, educator and coach.
Bartek Rak
Entrepreneur and social activist. Founder of digital marketing agency - Socjomania. Leader of the Rebread brand - an innovative start-up that, fighting the problem of food waste, produces alcohol from stale bread.
Marcin Floryan
Chief Technology Officer at Spotify (Stockholm). Builds organizational systems that improve productivity by creating a safe space where every team member can feel comfortable and realize their full potential.
Anna Orska
Jewelry designer and university lecturer. Her designs have been shown at exhibitions in Paris, Berlin, Milan and New York, among others. Anna Orska is the founder and owner of the ORSKA art jewelry brand.
Marta Karwacka
Sociologist and economist, expert on the circular economy, sustainable consumption and responsible fashion. Senior Manager at Delloite. She analyzes data on employment and treatment of workers in the apparel industry.
Grzegorz Kuczynski
Entrepreneur and leader who, together with business partners, has successfully developed Unity Group for almost 25 years. Effectively implemented turquoise practices in the company. Consistently implements management strategies based on agile methodologies and so-called lean management
Anna Zarudzka
Co-CEO at Boldare, a company managed in a holocratic system, where decisions are not imposed from above, but made in project groups. The company has been creating digital products and accompanying the digital transformation of companies in the US and Europe for 16 years.
Marta Megger
Certified Gallup talent coach, Design Thinking facilitator, Diversity & Inclusion trainer, certified business coach, manager.
Ewa Voelkel-Krokowicz
Owner and CEO of Concordia Design - Poland's first private design and creativity center that initiates a range of activities for business, adults and children, thriving in Poznan (since 2011) and Wroclaw (since July 2020).
Jowita Michalska
President of Digital University Singularity Group Warsaw, a foundation dedicated to the development of strategic digital competencies. She has more than 20 years of experience as a business strategy, marketing and media manager, mainly in the ICT industry.
Piotr Voelkel
Entrepreneur, patron of cultural and educational projects. Founder of VOX Capital Group, VOX-Artis Foundation, private universities Collegium Da Vinci and School of Form, and Talenty Fund.
Ela Bonda
Diversity and Inclusion Leader at NatWest Poland. In the global finance market for 15 years. She implements service management, process improvement and internal customer service initiatives. Founder of RBS Women Network Poland, a leader in corporate social responsibility and diversity advocacy
Joanna Erbel
Sociologist, expert on housing and building urban resilience. Board member of PLZ Cooperatives. Director of Protopia at CoopTech Hub, the first cooperative technology center in Poland, which aims to create a community based on trust by digitally rebooting cooperatives and building a local cooperative ecosystem. Member of the Council of the Rental Market Foundation. She coordinated the preparation of the housing policy and the Housing2030 program for the city of Warsaw. From 2017 to 2020, she was responsible for the topic of housing innovation at PFR Real Estate. Co-author of the CTH reports Co-operative Equal Circles, or the economics of care in action (2023), Cooperative Recovery Plan (2021) and Cooperative Transformation and the Urban Resilience Package (2022). She is the author of the books Beyond Ownership. Toward a Successful Housing Policy (2020) and Leaning into the Future. How to change the world for the better (2022). She is a fellow of the A/Type Foundation, which works on neurodiversity.
Michal Karbowiak
Business Development Manager of Concordia Design Wrocław. At Concordia Design Wroclaw, he is responsible for building community, running an incubation program for young technology companies and implementing Concordia Design Accelerator, an accelerator program for foreign startups.
Prior to his work at Concordia, he helped build the local startup ecosystem as part of the activities of the Wroclaw Agglomeration Development Agency (ARAW), a municipal company responsible for cooperation with business. It is also thanks to his involvement that Wroclaw is today called the capital of Polish startups.
Long-time journalist for "Gazeta Wyborcza". Co-author of the podcast "Futbolowa Mafia" produced for Radio TOK FM.
Mariusz Wszołek
Assistant Professor in the Department of Graphic Design, Associate Dean for Student and Teaching Affairs, Faculty of Law and Social Communication, Wroclaw Branch, Deputy Director of the Institute of Design at SWPS University. Communicator. Academically engaged in the theory and practice of communication design, with a particular focus on inclusive, participatory and sustainable design doctrines. Editor of the Manual and Communication Design publishing series and author of books and articles on advertising, design work and sustainable design.
In addition, an active designer and consultant in the field of communication strategy and policy of companies and institutions; professionally cooperated with, among others: NEONET, PDG, MNiSW, University of Wroclaw, Wroclaw Culture Zone, Media Markt, Domar Interior Gallery, NOTI, Merc. Author of the blog: on-magazine.
Jaroslaw Skupinski
HR Director at GSK Poland, involved in the HR field for more than 10 years. Has many years of experience in managing various change projects. He created the Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Council - a management advisory team in the area of diversity management. Also associated with a non-governmental organization - Stonewall Group
Prof. Dr. Boleslaw Rok
Prof. Dr. Boleslaw Rok is professor of management (sustainability management) at Kozminski University. He directs the Positive Impact Entrepreneurship Research Center in the Department of Entrepreneurship and Ethics in Business and the postgraduate study CSR - Sustainable Development Goals in Corporate Strategy. He has been involved in business for more than 30 years as an advisor, mentor, and promoter of corporate responsibility. Co-author of the annual Ranking of Responsible Companies and Positive Impact Startups, co-founder of the Responsible Business Forum, co-creator of the Climate Leadership program powered by UN Environment. Participant in many Polish and international projects in the field of business climate neutrality, closed loop economy, preparation and implementation of ethics, sustainability and ESG programs. Member of The Academy of Business in Society Board of Directors in Brussels, periodically teaching classes on positive impact startups at Audencia Business School in Nantes.