Our expert team

Our team is an interdisciplinary group of people who are constantly inspired and looking for new business solutions.
We are united by maturity, creativity, strategic thinking skills and constant curiosity.
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Katarzyna Andrzejczyk-Briks
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Aleksandra Khrapko
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Agnieszka Deja-Jaworska
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Sylwia Hull-Wosiek
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Paulina Ignatowska - Zaremba
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Jacek Jokś
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Bart Jurkowski
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Maria Kurasz
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Marta Megger
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Agnieszka Mróz
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Joanna Nowak
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Catherine Nowotna
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Katarzyna Osior-Szot
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Edith Paul
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Agnieszka Pełka-Szajowska
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Natalia Slowikowska
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Jakub Snochowski
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Agata Waligorska
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MAŁGORZATA WARDASZKA-DERĘGOWSKA

Katarzyna Andrzejczyk-Briks

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On the Concordia Design team, she is dedicated to supporting design processes by observing and analyzing trends and signals of change. She inspires designers and companies to create innovative products, services, user experiences using creative thinking methods.

Creates proprietary methods for analyzing trends and teaches how to work

With them in organizations.

He conducts lectures, trainings, workshops and events.

Develops reports on consumer and design trends for various industries.

Art historian, educator, curator and lecturer

Art history and design School of Form, SWPS University of Humanities and Social Sciences and Collegium da Vinci.

He believes that everything designed is arranged into a story about us - our needs, fears, aspirations and dreams, and by designing the present we also influence the future.

Therefore, it is always worth considering whether we are good designers of the future for ourselves, our descendants and the planet?

Aleksandra Khrapko

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Trainer and coach (ICF), lecturer at the "Agile Leadership" postgraduate program at SWPS University. Co-founder of the development platform for leaders "Agile Leadership Tribe". She supports leaders in transforming their leadership change to one based on agile philosophy and servant leadership values. She accompanies them in making changes in their professional areas, with a special focus on building valuable relationships with themselves and the people they work with. In her work she uses the approach of Transactional Analysis (AT) and Acceptance and Commitment Coaching (ACT). She is a certified FRIS® trainer.

Agnieszka Deja-Jaworska

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Psychologist, PCC ICF coach (Professional Certified Coach International Coaching Federation), business coach, certified trainer of FRIS model, facilitator, Design Thinking facilitator. Experienced trainer, mentor and assessor in ICF accredited coaching school programs. She specializes in positive communication, offering discovery, learning and development of personal competencies. In her work with managers and teams, she implements a culture of partnership, co-creation and well-being based on transactional analysis and the Eriksonian current, among others. She is enthusiastic about designing and implementing business and hr changes in organizations. Her services are used(used) by the highest managerial level of many industries, including FMCG (Carrefour, Intermarche), IT (EQ-System), automotive (Volkswagen, Volvo Group), education (SWPS, CDV) or administration (UM Poznań). Humor, passion for life and distance from himself is the key with which he opens many doors. Motodiabeł 😉

Sylwia Hull-Wosiek

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Development & Creativity Manager 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, coach with years of experience in human resource management. When designing innovative solutions, products, experiences or education, she uses a variety of diagnostic and development tools tailored to the purpose of the processes and the team she works with. Among others, she has worked with Volkswagen Poznań, IKEA, Żabka, Microsoft, Interseroh, Vox Furniture, Vox Profile and many others.

Paulina Ignatowska - Zaremba

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Service designer and facilitator of future scenario design.

At Concordia Design, he supports the design of the future by analyzing trends and signals of change. He teaches an agile design approach. She works on the basis of Human Centered Design (Service Design, Design Thinking and Creativity+Thinking). While working at Huge Thing Accelerator, she supported Polish and foreign technology startups to enter the Polish market. She believes that design can change our lives for the better, which is why she shares her knowledge by serving as Director of Relationships

With hospitals in the K.I.D.S. Foundation - Innovators of Children's Hospitals.

Jacek Jokś

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Trainer, coach certified at the highest Master (MCC) level by the International Coach Federation, coaching supervisor. Consultant, working with entrepreneurs, managers and HR departments of both start-ups and large organizations. Psychotherapist in training.
He gathered experience, among others, in an international automotive corporation, supporting managers and teams in change. In addition, he supported start-ups in their development. On a daily basis, he works with a number of corporations conducting primarily development processes for senior managers. He specializes in training in the development of coaching and managerial competencies, as well as in working with emotions and strengthening mental toughness.

Bart Jurkowski

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Psychologist, trainer, improviser.

He builds bridges between business, psychology and applied improvisation.

It supports companies and teams in creating an organizational culture in which people want to work.

He teaches the first improv course for MBA leaders.

Maria Kurasz

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Expert in project management and business development. She gained experience implementing international projects in European, US and Asian markets. She supports businesses in business development and implementation of new products in Polish and foreign markets. She has worked with brands such as Amazon, Facebook, Komputronik, Mitsubishi, Amica, Boiron, among others. Graduate of the International Executive MBA Poznań - Atlanta with AMBA accreditation. At Concordia Design she is involved in community management. Her greatest passions are mountains and exotic travel.

Marta Megger

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Concordia Design Consulting expert, Gallup® Certified Strengths Coach, Design Thinking facilitator, DEI trainer, certified business coach, manager [of projects] As a Gallup trainer and talent coach, she specializes in developing individuals and teams based on their strengths, supports building diverse teams and inclusive workplaces, and helps unleash creativity and create innovation by moderating Design Thinking processes. She has experience in both the day-to-day management of businesses and teams and the creation of long-term development strategies and business plans, as well as substantive and organizational support for training projects and development and talent programs in organizations. Active in the DEI field, she works with the Stonewall Group in Poznań, where she conducts trainings and workshops mainly in the field of LGBTQ+ allyship, and is also co-founder of DEI Designers (an initiative teaching how to design effective DEI activities) and community manager of the international DEI Disruptors community.

Agnieszka Mróz

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He has been involved in service design and qualitative research for 7 years. He designs new services, improves existing ones to meet current and future market needs. She uses service design approach to design online solutions, communication processes, sales, recruitment, adaptation, customer service, etc.

She has worked with more than 100 companies and institutions, organizations.

She has carried out projects for Play, the National Digital Archive, Metro Properties, the Polish Agency for Enterprise Development, the Adam Mickiewicz Institute, and the Social Innovation Laboratory, among others.

He teaches postgraduate students at SWPS in the fields of Service Design, Innovation Management (Design Management) and Collegium DaVinci (Creative Management).

He shares his experiences on his profile Personally about service design (https://www.facebook.com/servicesandbox.agamroz

https://instagram.com/service_sandbox

Joanna Nowak

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Trainer, HR Expert, Executive and Team Coach, Organization Development Consultant.

Master's degree in psychology at SWPS with a specialization in clinical psychology. Certified Transactional Analyst and Process Communication Model® (PCM) practitioner.

On a daily basis, she supports organizations in building an organizational culture based on engagement and partnership. Develops social competencies

in managers and employees, focusing mainly on effective communication and giving and receiving feedback.

He supports teams in improving performance, forming team bonds and building motivation to achieve goals together.

In development activities, leaders get from her the competence to manage change and develop development paths for themselves and their teams.

Catherine Nowotna

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Experienced Project Manager. At Concordia Design, he manages service design and organizational culture processes in companies. Supports business in change using Creativity+Thinking method. Builds relationships and customer experiences. Service Design Enthusiast .

Together with experts, she carried out such projects as "Design of a new model of customer service in a bank outlet" for Millennium Bank and "DNA Innovation Laboratory" for Pekao S.A. Bank. She has moderated workshops for clients in various industries, including KGHM, Tatra National Park, Interlan, BAE Systems.

For many years associated with sales and production of various events.

Trained as a philologist of the New Greek language, she holds a postgraduate degree in brand management from the University of Economics and service design from SWPS University.

Katarzyna Osior-Szot

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Expert and trainer on simple language and effective, friendly communication. Popularizer of knowledge about Polish language. Graduate of linguistics doctoral studies at Warsaw University. She cooperates with the National Cultural Center as an expert in the "Ojczysty - dodaj do ulubionych" program.

She simplifies and improves communication, and teaches others to do so during training and workshops. As an expert of the Polish Language Foundation, she has worked with, among others: PKO Bank Polski, Alior Bank, mBank, mLeasing, Polsat Plus Group, TU Aegon, Insurance Guarantee Fund, PKP Intercity, National Tax Administration. She is the originator and coordinator of the Congress of Effective Communication, a nationwide conference on plain language, organized by the Polish Language Foundation since 2023.

Her second professional love is the development of volunteerism in Poland.

She believes and knows that words can change the world. She loves books, milk chocolate and looking at the sea.

Edith Paul

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Designer of learning organizations, pilot of change

He initiates and coordinates projects, related to the creation of new services, products, business models and the transformation of organizational culture. Creates teams that bring these ideas, projects and models to life. He turns the slogan "life long learning" into concrete actions, helping to create learning organizations. She uses experience in change management, lean, agile, design thinking, systematic inventive thinking. Certified FRIS Trainer. She also prepares to communicate about change - she is a trainer who specializes in public speaking.

From every trip he brings inspiration, from every movie he draws an idea for a service:)

Agnieszka Pełka-Szajowska

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Concordia Design expert

Teaches methods of creative problem solving and solution finding. Combines creativity with critical thinking. Adds empirical findings from science to do it with your head 🙂 That is, using practical knowledge of teams, social and cognitive psychology and behavioral economics (evidence-based).

Social psychologist, change pilot and business practitioner (her awards include the SUPERBRANDS award). 

She works with large and medium-sized companies in the areas of creative problem solving, critical thinking, creativity, design thinking, decision thinking, teams, communication, management and business psychology, facilitation, effective meetings. She has more than 20 years of experience in creating and conducting trainings, workshops, webinars and ecourses, creating development tools and development projects for companies. 

Certified business trainer, mentor, educator and lecturer for postgraduate and MBA programs, speaker at conferences including "I love HR", also teaches classes train-the-trainer. Board member of the Polish Association of Business Trainers, FRIS Partner and Trainer, certified facilitator of the LEGO Serious Play method. Author of tools including Decision Thinking and Solversi. Passionate about books and sailing.

Natalia Slowikowska

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Researcher, trend analyst, sociologist. She gained experience carrying out research projects in the field of social and marketing research. She supports businesses in the area of qualitative and quantitative research, especially in the field of new product launches, prototype testing, innovation implementation and new technologies. In research processes, she focuses on the needs and user experience by embedding them in current market and social trends.

He says that every study is about discovering new sources of human inspiration and the needs that guide us in making choices. He believes that the most interesting needs are the unconscious ones and those we don't talk about.

She has done research for industries such as FMCG, mobile, medical, automotive, financial, education, gov & NGO, among others.

Jakub Snochowski

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Trainer of effective improvisation in business, actor, director, playwright, theater educator.

He has worked with Andrzej Wajda, Jerzy Skolimowski, Krzysztof Krauze, Jerzy Stuhr, Jan Klata, Mariusz Treliński, among others. He has trained BZ WBK, PKO S.A., PKO BP, Santander Bank Poland, PZU, PKN Orlen, Enea, ZUS, Volkswagen Poland, Ikea, Orange, Play, Profim and many others.

For more than a dozen years he has been fascinated by efficiency in improvisation. His way of working is a resultant of his experience from the borderline of art and business. He proves the usefulness of artistic tools in managing a team, crisis, self, supports the ideation process. Effective improvisation also strengthens the skills of presentation, self-presentation, cooperation, improves communication, works well during a sudden change, helps to recover from a crisis.

Its trainings are available in short TEDx-type formats, through workshops of a few hours, to art events, a format designed for larger groups. Some formats are available online.

Agata Waligorska

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Pilot of changes related to the organization's culture (introducing a culture of feedback and values), L&D consultant and HR Manager. Concordia Design expert. As a trainer, she specializes in the topics of feedback and constructive communication, change management and supporting middle managers and first time managers in team management. She has gained experience in large multinational corporations and Polish family businesses (in the roles of: sales network manager, HRBP, trainer, team manager) and by running her own companies; she has learned the specifics of various industries: retail, pharmacy, logistics, FMCG, marketing, among others. She loves various tools, and is the author of the developmental relationship-building cards, Jupitajnia, and co-author of the tool ebook Pilots of Change. In her work she uses coaching methods, creative techniques, design thinking methodology and coaching and leadership competencies.

MAŁGORZATA WARDASZKA-DERĘGOWSKA

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Strategic Facilitator, mentor of young businesses. She is a lecturer of postgraduate studies on Leader of Innovation at Leon Kozminski Academy and Trendwatching & Futures Studies at AGH University of Science and Technology in Krakow. She cooperates with the University ofWarsaw Business Incubator, where she helps young businesses in the incubation process.Creator of the podcast Brands Tested on People.