THE HOSTING TEAM 2024
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Tracy ChaplinTracy’s passion for deeply inclusive, collaborative leadership led her to research how the theories, frameworks, and methods included in the Art of Hosting practice might integrate with a strategic approach for addressing the complexity of the sustainability challenges. She designs and facilitates transformative leadership development programs, multi-stakeholder engagements, and organizational change initiatives using strategic dialogue, collaborative processes, and mindfulness practices. Using what she terms “living systems leadership” through her consulting company Co-Nexio, Tracy brings stories from lived experience along with her passion for teaching and mentoring emerging leaders. After 4 years as Program Director for the Masters in Strategic Leadership towards Sustainability (MSLS), she has helped to steward Art of Hosting trainings in Sweden, Japan, Vietnam, Europe, and the US, with Karlskrona as her AoH heart center. Tracy is based in Duluth, Minnesota US, where she spends her time creating art, studying energy healing, organic gardening, and playing with her Bernese Mountain dog, Sylvie. LinkedIn
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Toke MoellerToke has been pioneering the fields of sustainable entrepreneurship, the art of hosting conversations and work that matters, participatory leadership, educational renewal, and social responsibility since the early 1970s. He is one of the the co-founders of The Art of Hosting, The Flow Game, and The Practicing for Peace dojo – all in service of a kinder, more humane leadership and citizenship for the future of people, nature and planet. He is co-founder, with Monica Nissén, of InterChange - a for-more-than-profit training and process consulting company based in Denmark. Toke and Monica have worked with the educational systems, international NGOs, governmental institutions, private companies, health care institutions, villages and first nations and international networks in all the continents. Toke has been part of initiating and supporting the Art of Hosting & Participatory Leadership practices into 32 countries around the globe - as well in the European Commission, ministries, institutions and several universities. Toke strives to inspire himself and others to practice personal peace as a basis to practise peaceful coexistence and wellbeing for All - regardless of circumstance.
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Isabel Chender
“What is happening now? Join us to practice working with participatory methodologies that invite collective wisdom.”
Isabel facilitates groups, designs education programs, and researches in the field of degrowth. Her background in process design, sustainability science, systems thinking, and communication has led her to various learning designer and strategist roles in the education and nonprofit sector. She is currently working at Hyper Island with Learning Partnerships, active in debates about experiential education and the future of work. Though she was born in Mikmaki ( Nova Scotia, Canada), she is now based in Stockholm. As an Art of Hosting practitioner, she continues to explore participatory leadership applications as a visiting contributor at higher education and sustainability education programs, sometimes working with creative projects related to collaboration. Her knowledge is rooted in her two masters degrees in Strategic Leadership towards Sustainability, and a Degrowth : Economy, Ecology and Policy, as well as non-formal education experience including a Fellowship at the UnSchool of Disruptive Design, and Deep Democracy. |
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Narayan SilvaNarayan Silva grew up in Brazil but sees himself as a global citizen, with a mixed blood and many years living in various countries in Asia, Europe and the Americas. He holds a MSc. in Strategic Leadership towards Sustainability, and is guided by his passion to support people and organizations who want to realize their potential for creating positive impact. He experienced his 1st Art of Hosting training in Sweden in 2013, which had a huge impact in his work. Since then he has dedicated his life to this field, which has allowed him to host collaborative processes for numerous organizations around the world and from all sectors. He lived in Vietnam to co-lead Knowmads Hanoi before moving to Shanghai in 2018 to join the sustainability consulting agency Constellations as an associated partner. In China he works mostly with European multinationals with ambitious sustainability goals, Sino-European governmental partnerships and public institutions.
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Trang NguyenTrang studied Software Engineering and Sustainability Leadership and has worked in diverse sectors including technology, marketing, education, human rights and organisational development.
She has 5 years of experience working with factory owners, managers and workers in Vietnam, co-creating space for collaboration and dialogue in their work processes, where people can feel safe to trust, prototype and make meaningful decisions on behalf of the whole. She also works with other international organisations and corporations in Vietnam who want to incorporate co-creation and self-organisation in their structures. Her focus has been on how to nurture community wellbeing and self-organization in workplaces. Most recently, Trang started building a living community on a mountain land in Vietnam with her friends, creating the systemic changes she wishes to see, and inviting new learnings that allow her to serve at the intersection of corporates and community. |
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A.Eren Öztürk"It is a simple and complex experience for seeing the world and the self with a different view."
Eren is a leadership and learning practitioner who works for enabling organizations to reach their potential towards regeneration. He spent last 15 years for helping different kinds of organizations in their sustainability work. He has been working with large companies, mostly in Türkiye, in terms of developing their sustainability strategies as well as implementing those, under the roof of a B Corp, called S360. Following his first Art of Hosting training in 2012, Eren has been applying Art of Hosting techniques and approaches in especially business organizations and corporations for last 10 years. He believes that the leadership occurs in any layer of an organization and he relentlessly works to surface that leadership for better and leaderful organizations. He is a father of two and continuously learning from them. |
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Pauline WenzelPauline was born in Germany and lived for the past 3 years in Sweden where she loved meeting all kinds of creative people, storytellers, lovers of living and learning. When she finished her bachelor degree in "Food and Nutrition Science '' she was longing for a more practical experience and traveled to Spain to work on a CSA. Heartfelt with the fruits of a wonderful experience she moved to Sweden to be part of the social entrepreneurship program "The International Youth Initiative Program ''. Driven by the question of how to invite people to a world where wellbeing, sustainability and peace are at the center she joined MSLS in 2022/23. The power of questions and the curiosity to life long learning are guiding her way where she had organised and hosted various events and workshops around those topics. Pauline is passionate to practice in a lifelong inquiry of how we will create futures where regenerative practices are an essential part.
Practicing AoH allowed her to explore purpose-driven work in complexity, to collaborate across borders and to embrace diverse perspectives. She dreams of a future that is inviting to come together and to allow us to actually step into relation, to learn from each other to take action and foster life in harmony with nature. |
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Sara (Shih-huei 詩惠) Huang"What you practice, you become. So start by stepping into an abundant garden to grow your capacities to host and harvest meaningful conversations that matter!"
Sara feels most alive when she gets to create spaces where people can reconnect, reimagine, and reshape their future together. As a heart-centered consultant and human-based facilitator, she uses generative conflict to make the invisible visible, create resonance for dissonance, and build curiosity. Her work is influenced and informed by Deep Democracy (Process Oriented Psychology & the Lewis Method), the LEGO® SERIOUS PLAY® Method, (making the abstract tangible and concrete), Art of Hosting, Theory U, visual facilitation, and the experience she gains from every engagement she facilitates. Sara is a certified coach in Power Intelligence, a diplomate in Processwork (the highest level in Process Oriented Psychology, International Diplomate level, plus internationally registered with IAPOP). She also holds a masters degree in Public Administration. She has nearly two decades of experience working with governmental organizations, grass roots movements and corporate organizations. To truly make the invisible seen and the unspoken heard, Sara believes that we need to work together — embodied, aware, and trusting each other. |
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Inna Chilik"Join us at the Art of Hosting to enhance your facilitation and leadership skills, participate in meaningful conversations addressing today's complex challenges and unlock the power of collective wisdom."
Inna Chilik is a systems innovator and cross-organizational collaboration facilitator with over 15 years of experience in strategic management consulting and a dual Masters’ degree in Finance and Strategic Leadership towards Sustainability. Born in Moldova with a strong connection to nature, Inna has lived in Bulgaria, the UK, Mexico, Sweden and now Germany. These experiences have enabled her to develop a transcultural perspective that has guided her journey to building bridges where she finds walls. It has empowered her to continue walking unknown paths, blending polarities, and catalysing transformation on both individual and collective levels. Currently she is co-leading Collective Sensemaking activities within the NetZeroCities project, a European initiative focused on advancing cities' efforts to achieve climate neutrality through implementing systemic and locally designed innovative actions. In practice, this work involves constantly experimenting with a range of participatory methods to design and facilitate learning experiences between the Pilot and Twin cities. These periodic Collective Sensemaking sessions, where cities can share their experiences, insights, and challenges; enable participants to learn from one another, grow leadership capacities, and overall activate ecosystem of collaboration to catalyse alternative futures. Inna is joining Art of Hosting training in Karlskrona as a harvester to further develop her skills in distilling wisdom from participatory processes. She is committed to enhancing her ability to capture and leverage insights from collaborative dialogues, contributing to meaningful change. |
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Jasmin SepahzadJasmin’s colorful life journey is fueled by a quenchless curiosity for connection, authenticity and truth. Exploring nature, relation and the inner world have been a red threats in her life that lead her amongst other to academic studies of biology and horticulture, embodied community building, mindfulness practices and non-violent communication. She studied MSLS in 2022/23 where she finally got to know the Art of Hosting, a place that felt like home since the beginning.
Jasmin is passionate about and spends her time with creating wholesome learning experiences that are based on participatory principles and nervous-system friendliness. She currently works as an event manager in Berlin. “How does peace in action look like?” is one question that currently moves her and lets her to explore how work-life can also look like. |
THE ORGANIZING TEAM 2024
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Dana Bergman"The global sustainability challenge requires participatory leadership capacities because no one can solve the sustainability challenges on their own. Come and join the Art of Hosting Training Karlskrona to build your participatory leadership capacities in a transformative and magical learning environment!"
Dana Bergman is an adjunct lecturer at the Department of Strategic Sustainable Development at the Blekinge Institute of Technology (BTH) in Karlskrona, Sweden. She is a core team member of the MSLS Programme and also teaches in many other sustainability courses - both on campus and online. She holds a Bachelor in Social and Cultural Studies and a Master of Science in Strategic Leadership towards Sustainability. Dana has been a supportive link between the Art of Hosting community and the MSLS students co-organizing the Art of Hosting training in Karlskrona since 2019. |
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Caroline Völler"Only together we can solve complexity - Art of Hosting can give you tools for collaborative emergence for tackling these complex problems.”
Caroline comes from Germany. Even though her background is in Communication Sciences and she worked in advertising and sustainability communication for some years, she never learned the tools for having these deeper conversations on a professional or societal level. She is interested in interconnections between systems, as well as between the body and mind on a more individual level. She values the power of community, connection, and of learning from each other, as well as in strengthening our connection to nature. In her personal life, she tries to foster these connections through food, yoga, and being in nature, but she would love to increase these connections on a societal level as a strong leverage point for shifting towards a sustainable society. Joining the Art of Hosting organizing team, Caroline wants to be able to host and hold meaningful conversations, and co-create solutions in a shared space as much needed in a world that is becoming more complex. She also is excited to learn about tools and methods to facilitate these conversations. |
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Anna Dziuba Bergfors“The Art of Hosting is a training that builds capacity to lead and co-create horizontally and might be used for Visioning and Strategic Planning, Collaborative Project Planning, Personal and Group Reflection.”
Anna was born in Kyiv, Ukraine and for the last 15 years, she has lived in Sweden. She has more than 15 years of work experience with large corporations like Nestle and Volvo. Currently working as a finance project leader at Volvo Construction Equipment, she is involved in product development projects that support transition to the sustainable construction equipment industry. In 2023, Anna decided to join the Master's program in Strategic Leadership towards Sustainability. For her, it seems like a natural path forward to support and pursue her strong interest in socio-ecological justice and business development towards a sustainable world. As a certified ICF Coach, Anna has facilitated groups of emerging leaders at VCE Exploration program. By joining the Art of Hosting organizing team, Anna would like to experience the Art of Hosting from the inside, learn the facilitation art of co-creation in complex discussions, network, and find deeper connections. Anna is a lifelong learner. You are most likely to find her walking and having philosophical conversations in nature or in yoga class. Body and mind connection to nature through nutrition, consciousness being present in a moment and deep listening on inside vs outside transformations are some topics you might explore with her together. “Be gentle as we all are still learning”. |
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Margot Wendling“Come along. Experience:) Enjoy<3 And share!”
Margot comes from France and studied life sciences engineering in Switzerland. In parallel to her studies, she quickly raised her awareness on social and environmental challenges. This led her to take an active place in different associations, the internal school policy and in other local and international projects that she was interested in. She then succeeded in working during two years for her previous school Faculty with the aim of contributing to transform this education and research faculty towards sustainability. Finally, to challenge the knowledge she developed in the field, she is pursuing another master degree in strategic leadership towards sustainability in Karlskrona. But, of course this description is far from fully describing her whole person. Former rhythmic gymnast, versatile dancer, militant, games fan, amateur photographer, animal enthusiast and people lover are some of her additional facets that you might discover while getting in contact with her:) It might not be a surprise if Margot tells you that humankind is facing major social and environmental challenges. In order to tackle these problems, serious and deep conversations with various actors need to be taken at different scales urgently. But it seems that we, as humans, are super bad at having such discussions. What if the reason was not that “humans are inherently self-interested and therefore not capable of having such discussions“ but rather that “we have simply never had the opportunity to learn how to hold meaningful and constructive discussions”? Margot guesses that there is only one way to find it out and that is exactly why practicing the Art of Hosting makes so much sense for her. |
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Mohammed-Elhabib Ferehate“This is where the magic happens.”
Mohammed was born and raised in Morocco, followed his pasion to problem solving, mathematics and physics to be a state engineer in Industry and logistics. During his years of studies, he did a lot of NGOs and volunteering work to develop his leadership and facilitation skills. Then he got the chance to lead a factory startup and managed it for several years to gain experience in management and operational efficiency in the business world. He worked also on raising awareness around SDGs with an NGO based in the UK and created several impactful projects and conferences in Morocco. He is currently doing a master's program in Strategic leadership towards sustainability in Sweden to learn more about leading in complexity and driving sustainable transformation so that he can take this back to his field of expertise and become a change agent. Mohammed has always had a natural inclination towards leadership roles, from leading his neighborhood basketball team as a child to managing a factory with over 50 employees. Now, he sees the Art of Hosting as a platform that aligns with his evolving goals, helping him develop further his skills and make new connections. The Art of Hosting's emphasis on harnessing collective wisdom and self-organizing capacity resonates with his commitment to sustainable practices and strategic leadership. His industrial and logistics engineering background, along with managerial experience, positions him to contribute valuable insights to the team's endeavors. He is eager to engage in meaningful conversations, facilitate dialogue, and contribute to the development of impactful projects that align with his vision for a sustainable future. |
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Phillypiner Nyando"Many ideas for changing the world are brewing in our thoughts and hearts, and they are being shaped by our experiences on a daily basis. The Art of Hosting is here to provide you a platform to converge with other enthusiasts, by learning how to run a participatory leadership workshop and co-creating and planning for a better future for all."
Phillypiner is a Malawian and she is calling the beautiful city of Karlskrona her home. She has a 7-year-old close friend who means a lot to her, her son. Currently, she is pursuing a Master's in Strategic Leadership towars Sustainability, having previously obtained a bachelor's degree in Arts Humanities with a focus on Philosophy and Public Administration. Throughout her career, she has consistently worked in roles that require collaboration with leaders and stakeholders across various sectors. Her expertise lies in coordinating social protection programs and facilitating community engagement. Phillypiner is excited to join this year's Art of Hosting event where she aims to become part of an exceptional team. Her goal is to learn how to organize participatory leadership workshops and engage with diverse leaders on this innovative platform for co-creation. |
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Lena Meisinger“If you believe in the power of sustainable co-creation when individual journeys are weaved together, Art of Hosting Karlskrona is your place to be!”
Lena holds a bachelor's degree in global project and change management for sustainability which has led her to further pursue her master's at MSLS. She has been engaged in various environmental and social organizations such as the Future for Nature Academy, SGLA or Earth Advocacy Youth for many years. What she is looking forward to the most at the Art of Hosting training are the intercultural connections. Lena easily sees people for who they are and is passionate about nuance in conversations, emotions, perspectives, and worldviews. She strongly believes in the power of co-creation when individual journeys are weaved together in collaboration. Lena is passionate about People, Nature and Life in all its facets. Her witty and welcoming personality led her to become a part of this year’s Art of Hosting team in Karlskrona. Being a part of the Art of Hosting team allows her to connect with an inspiring network and gives her the chance to dive deeper into what it takes to organize and hold the space for co-creation in times of urgent need for systemic change. She sees herself immersed in the realm of education and facilitation for sustainable change in the future and feels that the Art of Hosting provides the perfect space for her to practice. |
