Trusted Collaborators

In rare situations where the challenge extends beyond executive judgment alone, I draw on a small group of trusted collaborators.

This is not a network I orchestrate. This is not a bench. These are independent professionals I bring in when specific expertise strengthens the work. I remain the lead. They provide depth where it matters most.

These collaborators support executive mandates and advisory engagements. They are never brought in as substitutes for executive leadership – they amplify specific capabilities when the work demands it.

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When Collaborators Are Engaged

When executive alignment requires specialized facilitation. Leadership offsites where narrative strategy and cultural transformation complement structural decisions.

When sustainability must become strategic advantage. Business design work that integrates environmental impact with commercial innovation.

When AI implementation needs governance depth. GenAI strategy that balances ambition with accountability in regulated environments.

Each collaborator below is engaged situationally, not automatically. You work with me. They amplify specific dimensions when the situation demands it.

Enablers Network brings deep expertise in systems thinking, executive coaching, and cultural transformation. Their work with narrative strategy, leadership presence, and organizational emergence makes them a trusted partner when clarity must go beyond frameworks into felt understanding. At Ebullient, we collaborate with Enablers to co-design and facilitate executive offsites, transformation sprints, and leadership journeys. Together, we help leadership teams align not only around strategy, but around trust, courage, and the stories they choose to lead from.

ELP Network specializes in experiential learning, leadership journeys, and immersive programs that activate organizational culture from the inside out. Their work helps teams build trust, shift behaviors, and reconnect with shared purpose through embodied, human-centered experiences. At Ebullient, we collaborate with ELP Network on team alignment journeys, cultural transformation engagements, and retreats that complement our strategic and structural work. Together, we make strategy stick by making it lived — in how people think, act, and relate.

Wim Lubbersen brings deep expertise in business design and IT-enabled transformation, grounded in decades of experience with firms like KPMG and PA Consulting. As a certified management consultant with a background in business economics and organizational change, he now operates independently, blending strategic insight with grounded pragmatism. Based near Cape Town, Wim also co-owns a boutique B&B, embodying his belief in sustainable, values-led business. At Ebullient, Wim collaborates particularly on the Sustainability Business Design framework and sprint, helping clients align commercial innovation with environmental and systemic impact. He brings rigor, perspective, and calm to every transformation challenge.

Simon Brod is a systems thinker with a rare blend of experience across engineering, operations, trading, and strategy within the energy and process industries. From multinational leadership roles to co-creating Powerpeers Connect (the platform behind the world’s largest energy community) Simon brings both vision and grounded expertise to transformation work. As founder of Circulus Works, he helps businesses navigate sustainability challenges with clarity and empathy, ensuring that complex problems are solved in ways that work for all stakeholders. Simon collaborates with Ebullient on the Sustainability Business Design framework and Sprint, contributing deep industry insight and whole-system thinking to help organizations future-proof their strategies.

Green Elephants brings agile transformation to life through people-first coaching, reflection, and hands-on training. Their belief is simple yet powerful: when people thrive, organizations move. Through their deep expertise in agile methodologies and organizational development, they help teams grow stronger, collaborate better, and deliver real impact. Ebullient partners with Green Elephants to embed sustainable agility into transformation programs, especially where new ways of working and leadership mindsets are key. Together, we align strategy with behavior, ensuring that change is not only designed but deeply lived across teams.

Adjugo helps organizations evolve into agile, adaptive systems built for learning and collaboration. With deep roots in lean thinking and enterprise agility, they guide teams to embrace new ways of working that unlock creativity, efficiency, and growth. Their work integrates the latest in AI and systems innovation to make smarter, more intentional decisions at every level. Ebullient collaborates with Adjugo to bring structure and flow to large-scale transformation programs, especially where agile operating models, leadership rhythms, and cross-functional delivery need to align for lasting change.

Qhuba connects leadership and execution through purpose-driven transformation. Known for their work in interim leadership, executive search, and ESG integration, Qhuba helps organizations embed sustainability into their operations in ways that are both authentic and measurable. Jessica van Beek, a partner at Qhuba and a passionate beekeeper, brings a unique systems view to sustainability. Her ability to bridge regenerative thinking with executive strategy makes her a key collaborator with Ebullient on the Sustainability Business Design framework and Sprint – helping organizations reframe sustainability as a source of strategic advantage and internal alignment.

GenAI Circle is a global collective of practitioners, designers, and technologists shaping responsible, human-centered applications of generative AI. With deep expertise in the practical, ethical, and organizational implications of AI, GenAI Circle equips leaders to navigate this rapidly evolving landscape with clarity and intention. In partnership with Ebullient, they contribute insight and co-design to our AI and data-enabled strategy engagements. Together, we help clients move beyond hype to craft GenAI initiatives that are aligned, grounded, and scalable.