Tijarafe, Canary Islands, Spain
Accelerating the world's journey to sustainability and wellness by innovating in the way we collaborate, from transformative open innovation labs to human-centered, multi-stakeholder collaborations built on care and connection I am a lawyer and economist by training, with master’s degree in education from Harvard University and economics from the College of Europe. As a professional, I am purpose-driven, experienced designing and delivering strategic projects involving multiple stakeholders. For the past 15 years, I have been an active member of multiple innovative international networks and participant of a few prestigious international programs. I have experience working in education, startups, consulting, research, facilitation and ecosystem building. I am currently a partner and director of innovation labs at Sustainable Startup & Co. We are a diverse community with a strong entrepreneurial mindset that align the head, the heart and the hand to achieve exponential positive impact aligned with the Sustainable Development Goals. More details under the experience section. Some of the topics I've specialised on are change management, systems change, open and collaborative innovation, social entrepreneurship, team and workshop facilitation, diversity, equity and inclusion, weaving learning ecosystems, technical and vocational education and training, climate change and sustainability, public policy, the new economy and governance.
At Sustainable Startup & Co, we’re a diverse team driven by a shared purpose: helping organizations transition to sustainability through innovative and practical solutions. Guided by the Sustainable Development Goals, we focus on creating lasting social, economic, and environmental impact. Over the years, we’ve trained and inspired teams like the Agenda 2030 Network at the Spanish Federation of Municipalities and Provincial Councils (FEMP) to scale their impact, eventually winning the CNIS Public Innovation Award. Purpose and an exponential mindset is at the beginning of the journey. We then developed the UN-recognized KiteLab open innovation methodology for tackling complex challenges, and implemented it in eight public administration projects with over 700 participants, where more than 58 sub challenges were defined and analyzed and over 592 solutions proposed. Our labs are the new standard of participation where multiple stakeholders can solve challenges together. Our External Technical Office helps our clients secure grants and other means of funding and craft strategic plans to turn ideas into reality. We empower organisations to get access to the resources that they need to have the impact that they dream to have. We designed and manage an impact startup accelerator in the south of Madrid: Mieb. Mieb draws from our experience as a community of entrepreneurs, with a whole ecosystem of startups around us. We believe in the power of startups to turn ideas into reality to address societal needs. We are also members of the Spanish consortium of the Enabling City Transformation Programme, an initiative funded by the European Union under the framework of the Mission for Climate-Neutral and Smart Cities. We will support our partner cities with innovation labs, communication and exponential methodologies. We achieve all of this through an organic governance model based on agile decentralised work, mutual care and connection.
I led SEK Education Group's Impact Community, with a major goal of creating a learning ecosystem of student and teacher changemakers that lead and engage in impactful projects. I supported UCJC (part of SEK Group) in fostering sustainability and social impact research and the delivery of educational content that is aligned with the SDGs.
In 2021 I wrote a white paper on the reform of Technical and Vocational Education and Training in Spain in the face of digitalisation, with the aim of informing a legislative process.
According to the United Nations, three-quarters of the world’s major conflicts have a cultural dimension. Bridging the gap between cultures has become urgent and necessary for peace, stability and development. We will only be able to face challenges such as climate change together when we are able to coexist in harmony. Diversity Atlas provides the nuances and details that organizations need to understand the multiple dimensions of diversity and how they apply in their particular setting so that they can foster a sense of community and social cohesion. You can find more information at https://diversityatlas.com.au
- Delivered 3 classes for UCJC's Center of International Government and and Political Marketing (CIGMAP) Master in Government and Technology. - Covered essential topics on Digital Transformation in Government (government platforms, agile government digital service units, etc.). - Introduced students to project definition and development frameworks. - Facilitated team dynamics to help students sharing ideas in project definition.