| Adaptability Strategist | Leadership Architect | Change Champion Michelle Kaplan is a trusted guide for leaders and organizations who are serious about thriving in a fast-changing world. Armed with a top-tier Adaptability Quotient (AQ) profile, Michelle blends high grit (AQ Grit 83), visionary mindset (AQ Mindset 98), strategic resilience (AQ Resilience 79), and dynamic hopefulness (AQ Hope) into every engagement she leads. With a powerful combination of business strategy and human-centered design, Michelle specializes in unlocking potential through adaptability science, leadership development, and transformational change management. Her big-picture thinking (AQ Thinking Style: Big Picture), driven motivation (AQ Motivation: Play to Win), and emotionally intelligent leadership allow her to create environments where people are not just supported, but truly empowered to grow. Michelle is uniquely gifted at balancing strategic clarity with authentic human connection. Clients love her ability to move seamlessly between tactical execution and inspiring vision. Michelle meets complexity with confidence and brings out the best in those around her. In a world where resilience, optimism, and flexibility are essential, Michelle stands out as a force of nature. She doesn’t just teach adaptability—she lives it. Every project she touches benefits from her unwavering belief that challenges are simply stepping stones to greater innovation, collaboration, and success. If you're ready to transform uncertainty into opportunity and unlock your organization's next chapter of growth, contact Michelle

Ken Ng Kien Mun specializes in Organization Holistic Solutions and introduces effective holistically concepts, systems and actions that have proven to be successful in producing improvements and progress results in organization that he works with. He has great passion in achieving success in the field of Adventure Education, Experiential Learning, Training and Development, Coaching, Organizational Holistic Solutions, Change Management & Transformational Program, Life-Long Learning Knowledge and Skills. He is a certified Professional Trainer, certified EQ Coach, SEI Assessor, Certified EQ Practioner Certified IWAM profile, DiSC profiler, Change Management tool (Prosci Change Management, USA) and Neuroscience Coaching Certification (Australia).

Michael specializes in the fields of leadership development, personal growth, behavioral change and leadership coaching. He effectively increases the level of leadership awareness and is able to equip leaders with the necessary skills and knowledge to achieve exponential growth. His strength lies in his proficiency to customize training/ coaching solutions and develop curriculum to address an organisation’s developmental needs. As an AQ Level 2 Professional, Michael facilitates AQ workshops, and facilitates AS Assessment debrief for individuals and teams.

My consultancy, Optimal Affect, helps leaders and teams to solve problems by understanding real needs, building alignment, and unlocking group intelligence to drive meaningful action. I'm here to create a ripple effect of good. Optimal Affect was born from the firm belief that when organizations thrive, individuals find fulfillment and purpose, leading to health and wellbeing that extends to our communities. By prioritizing workplace culture, employee engagement, and productivity, we unlock the immense potential within organizations, fostering a ripple effect of positive change.

Brett founded Milestones, Inc. in 1992. Previously, he gained Fortune 500 sales, management, and leadership experience in the technology sector with Yahoo’s Resumix, Inc. (a startup at the time), Oracle Corp, Lockheed’s CalComp, and Control Data Corp.

Rob is an innovation consultant, leadership coach, investor, aspiring author and wannabe surfer, but mostly, a proud husband and father. Previously, he Co-founded Velocity11 in 1999, building robotics for drug discovery and cancer research, after acquisition in 2007 he was General Manager at Agilent Technologies, in 2010 became an Associate Founder and CEO of Singularity University (SU). He stepped down from his role as CEO in 2020 to focus on family and shifting to coaching and innovation work. Today he develops and facilitates programs at SRI’s Nomura-SRI-Innovation Center (NSIC), is a Venture Partner on AI Safety at Lionheart Ventures, and advises a variety of startups and technology businesses. His personal mission is to spread hope for an amazing future through inspiring stories, credible roadmaps, and collaborative networks.

Kelly Parke has been a creative and technical innovation consultant for more than 30 years. In his design consultancy, he has advised various groups and governments on creative strategies for some difficult challenges. Innovation projects have ranged from fan experience design in the NFL to strategy for the future of the Canadian healthcare system. He is a course director teaching multiple MBA innovation courses at the Schulich School of Business. At conferences, he has presented on the topics of technology and creativity to international audiences. He currently leads a design team that researches how to apply artificial intelligence in education.

Tina Persson, PhD is a sought-after speaker, author, podcaster and entrepreneur whose creativity, confidence and tenacity have earned her the reputation as a dynamic leader. Tina spent nearly two decades in academia followed by eight years as a recruiter and talent sourcer for industry and knows firsthand how hard it can be to make the transition from one to the other—and she also knows what you need to do it successfully. She is also an executive leadership coach, and has worked with over 1000 high-level professionals to help them navigate their leadership journeys. Tina’s experience as a coach as well as her creativity and background in business have allowed her to help countless individuals transform into successful leaders. Her approach is one that focuses on growth and empowerment. She helps her clients build trust in themselves by showing them how to use goal-setting and people-skills to achieve success, no matter the organisation or business.

I am a people focused Transformation Leader and Agile Coach supporting businesses to change, and evolve to keep up with the ever changing high pace of industry. I work across starts up and global enterprise using Agile Methodologies and SAFe ways of working. My effectiveness is rooted in understanding the importance of the people involved and the culture we want to create. I am accomplished at leading and inspiring in technical and commercial environments, to create successful and self-reliant teams that achieve business outcomes on time and within budget.

Passionate about technology for good and empowering individuals, I am a certified AQ Practitioner and ExO Coach with international experience as a senior business executive successfully working in the U.S., EMEA and APAC by building winning teams and deli

A dedicated and passionate leader and coach, committed to helping others adapt to an increasingly uncertain future that creates risk, but also opportunity. Nigel collaborates with leaders to bridge the gap between current and aspirational performance at individual, team and organisational levels. With a unique blend of psychology and business process expertise, Nigel aids leaders in developing effective execution built on a foundation of human performance.