Skip Bowman

Founder, Vivisolari | Author, In the Dark | Founder, Safe2Great | Reimagining Leadership in the Electrified World | #Skyfarming

Copenhagen, Capital Region of Denmark, Denmark

About

Our mission at Safe2Great is to make organisations safe for human greatness by developing growth mindset leadership styles and culture while removing toxic and complacent behaviours and beliefs. Safe2Great’s Mantra = "Business as Unusual"​ "We develop the mindset of leaders to embrace and succeed in increasingly complex and fast-moving business environments."​ To deliver on our vision, we have attracted a global network of experienced organisational and leadership development consultants who are unconventional, inspiring and able to build great relationships with our clients. In addition to talented people, we have concepts based on CONTAGIOUS change that allow us to create tangible improvements in effectiveness and culture in short periods of time. PROTOTYPING and sharing cool ideas across global organisations is powered by our strong virtual coaching and group facilitation competence. And, we have the best research-based diagnostic tools to map and track mindset (thinking and behaviour) at the individual, team and organisational level. We are based in Copenhagen and operate in all hemispheres. If you'd like to have a FRESH perspective on realising your business ambitions and taking on difficult challenges. Contact us.

Experience

  • Founder at ViviSolari
    Mar 2023 - Present · 3 yrs 4 mos

    I founded Vivisolari to investigate a simple but increasingly urgent question: who really owns energy? In 2022, energy prices across Europe tripled almost overnight. Governments spent more than €800 billion stabilising a system that was supposed to deliver cheap electricity. Families froze, businesses collapsed, and the crisis was widely blamed on geopolitics and the war in Ukraine. Yet in some places the shock barely registered. That contrast led to a deeper investigation into how modern energy systems are designed and who they ultimately serve. Through Vivisolari I explore the structure of energy markets: ownership of generation, control of the wires, pricing mechanisms, and the financial architecture that governs electricity systems across Europe and beyond. The focus is not simply on technology—solar panels, wind farms, or batteries—but on the institutional and market structures that determine how energy flows and who benefits when prices rise. This work combines research, writing, and practical experimentation. My book In the Dark traces how decades of privatisation and market reform reshaped energy systems around extraction rather than affordability, often leaving households exposed to volatility while insulating infrastructure owners from risk. Alongside this investigative work, Vivisolari explores emerging models that could rebalance power in the system: community ownership of energy assets, local generation and electrification, and new forms of cooperative infrastructure that prioritise resilience and affordability. The aim is not only to understand how the system works, but to document pathways through which households and communities can move from being passive consumers of energy to active participants in its production and governance. At its core, Vivisolari is about one question: Who owns energy—and what would it take to take power back?

  • Safe2Great™ (15 yrs 4 mos)
    • Founder
      May 2020 - Present · 6 yrs 2 mos

      Founder, Author Making organisations safe for great work with a Growth Mindset.

    • Managing Director
      Mar 2011 - Present · 15 yrs 4 mos

      Making Global Organizations Safe for Great Work.

  • President at Manoir du Suquet
    Jun 2020 - Present · 6 yrs 1 mo

    19 bedroom estate offering a unique location for holidays and events.

  • Keynote Speaker at Speakers Associates Ltd
    Jun 2020 - Present · 6 yrs 1 mo

  • Senior Consultant at Conmoto A/S
    Apr 2009 - Mar 2011 · 2 yrs

    Leadership Development, Cultural Change, Cross Cultural Communication