With over nine years as CEO and Founder of TI People, Volker helps global enterprises optimize productivity, engagement, and employee experiences by addressing friction in enterprise services and digital transformations. His expertise lies in aligning business strategy with data-driven solutions and leveraging AI to enhance HR innovation and operational efficiency. Volker is also a board member at FOUNT, where he contributes to identifying friction points in daily work processes, enabling organizations to drive impactful business transformations through employee listening. A strong advocate for continuous improvement, he focuses on creating seamless work environments that empower teams to thrive in the digital era.

This week I sat down with Scott McInnes Founder of Inspiring Change to discuss the findings of their latest research called Mind the Gap: Insights from CPOs on what’s holding organisational performance back. We discussed the Five Culture Challenges they found and ways to strengthen culture and address these challenges. You can listen to our conversation using the link below and access the report on their website https://lnkd.in/edvNVVnY https://lnkd.in/eKiBBBPm https://www.inspiringchange.ie/mindthegap https://www.linkedin.com/company/inspiring-change-consulting https://www.instagram.com/we.are.inspiring.change https://www.linkedin.com/in/scottwmcinnes/

Taavi Rõivas, ex prime minister of Estonia and current Chairman at Auve Tech. Former Prime Minister of Estonia (2014-2016) / Tech entrepreneur / Digital Transformation Leader Take serious interest in digital transformation, AI, cyber and e-government, foreign and security policy. Marathon runner & Ironman 70.3. Reserve officer (Cpt). Helicopter pilot. International keynote speaker. Married, father of 3 incredible children. We spoke about the transformation and growth of Estonia and also about the leadership mindsets required for the complex and ambiguous world we live in. Taavi personifies leadership that is intentional and methodological and, at the same time, curious and bold. https://lnkd.in/e9Kx9sTV

Hannah Wrixon has had a varied and interesting career to date. She has exited 3 start ups and learnt so many lessons along the way. She is a Lead Entrepreneur on the Going for Growth and Back for Business programmes and champions women (and men) to support and sustain women in leadership. A true champion. Your link to the podcast below. https://lnkd.in/ew5CEqpX As well as to the KELLA website. https://lnkd.in/ezYTrEkP

Mark is a global executive leader with over 30 years experience driving transformational humanitarian, development, and financial initiatives across more than 40 countries. Having served as chair or member of 12 boards across Africa, Asia, and Europe, he brings expertise in independent oversight, fiduciary governance, and cross-sector strategy. He has supported executive teams through complex decisions, performance shifts, and risk management—strengthening accountability through digital transformation, audit, and compliance across globally federated organisations.

His executive leadership has spanned decentralized operations in numerous countries overseeing up to 6,500 staff and annual portfolios exceeding USD385 million. He has provided oversight of humanitarian response, microfinance, digital transformation, finance, supply chain, people & culture, safeguarding, and enterprise risk functions.

He has successfully established strategic partnerships with various institutions has been a significant aspect of my career. This includes collaborations with the US Government, UKAID, Global Fund, World Food Program, UNICEF, European Union, and private philanthropists, among many others.

Throughout his career, he has led organizations through crisis—including wars, coups, natural disasters, safeguarding, and economic disruptions—bringing a calm governance presence and composure under pressure.

He is a recipient of the Order of Australia Medal for international humanitarian service,

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Saab is currently the CIO and Deputy CEO of the Local Government Management Authority (LGMA) in Ireland. He is a Senior Executive with in-depth expertise in Strategic Planning, Organizational Development, Financial Management, Application Development, Enterprise Infrastructure, and Governance. He has a proven track record of large-scale transformational initiatives leading to operational efficiency and cost containment. https://lnkd.in/gUKhRNnn

I recently had a fascinating podcast interview with Stephanie Prenderville on all things transformation and AI. With over 25 years of international experience across diverse sectors working with scale-ups, SMEs and multinationals, Stephanie specialises in driving successful organisational change and growth, ensuring initiatives from small to large scale do not fail. Her expertise also extends to optimising AI for organisations, guiding HR leaders through AI enablement, and partnering with tech experts to help you and your organisation start and enhance your AI journey. Listen to our podcast using the link below or on any of your favourite streaming platforms. https://lnkd.in/eBWwTZvJ

Linda Reddy is a truly inspirational leader with an impressive track record. She is currently the Global Supply Chain Director for the Nando’s Group. She has for 30 years led high-impact teams across FMCG, banking, and hospitality - transforming global P&Ls to scaling innovation, ops, supply chain, and manufacturing. This work earned her the Supply Chain Executive of the Year Award 2023. A small sample of her many professional and personal achievements include the following achievements: ✔️165 products across 16 countries ✔️150 people employed in manufacturing ✔️11 million liters of sauce produced annually ✔️800 smallholder farmers supported ✔️1 million tons of chillies farmed ✔️300% P&L growth AND 📌Hiked to Machu Picchu to raise funds for 3,500 GBV victims 📌Summited Kilimanjaro for 4,200 girls’ education 📌Advisory Board Member for The Global Fund 📌Built 9 school libraries in underserved communities 📌Mentored hundreds of women

Wilson is a strategist applying futures and research methodologies to support strategic thinking for organisational resilience. International experience includes work with UNDP, UNEP, Commonwealth Secretariat; ISO, and multilateral negotiations at APEC level. Wilson has a legal background, financial qualifications, a PhD in Economic Psychology (Behavioural Economics) and a Masters in Critical Theory. His work experience spans IT policy development, financial services, academia and corporate advisory work with a strong focus on data, data analytics and insights. His current focus is on organisational strategy, with a particular interest in human capital strategy/development.

Niamh Hannan is a Chartered Psychologist with the Psychological Society of Ireland, and a Professional Coach (ICF). Over the past 25 years Niamh has worked with 1000s of people, both 1to1 and in groups; in organizations including Government Depts, Virgin Media, UCD, Allianz, KPMG, Facebook, Central Bank, VHI and many more; helping them to reduce stress, build resilience and wellbeing, support the development of emotional intelligence and generally thrive.

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Niamh has trained in Emotional Connection Strategy (EmC) with Dr Lola Gershfeld in California and is the first Certified EmC trainer/facilitator in Ireland/UK/Europe. EmC strategy is a science-backed process for building and repairing relationships in work. The EmC process is a structured way of building emotional intelligence in leaders, helping them to be more emotionally attuned, so that they can create psychological safety and build engagement thereby also boosting productivity. In a nutshell, EmC helps companies master the art of relationships so you spend less time managing people issues and have more time to focus on the real work.