The quality of our communication determines the quality of our relationships and the effectiveness of our collaboration.
Since 2013 my work has been supporting transformative dialogues that bring new life into relationships, teams, organisations, and networks.
Transformative Dialogue Workshops
Over the past 8 years I have offered interactive, engaging workshops within large corporations, NGOs, schools, networks and conferences. The participative methodology I developed enables participants to work through real-life situations so they can discover theory through experience, strengthen communication skills and cultivate transformation where it matters most.
The Art of Empathic Listening
Hear what really matters and develop a deeper understanding with others that creates psychological safety, enhances trust and makes collaboration more effective.
Beyond Feedback
Transform the usual uni-directional critical feedback into an open learning dialogue that supports mutual understanding, learning and provides concrete next steps for all parties.
Multi-Stakeholder Participative Decision Making
Integrate the intelligence and needs of diverse stakeholders into more effective, creative and engaging solutions that everyone supports.
Discover if these workshops are a good fit for your needs
Significant breakthroughs that bring new life into relationships, teams, organizations, and networks happen when we shift from the usual conversations into genuine dialogue
Other Services
Conflict Resolution
Supporting couples, families, work partners, and teams to understand each other better and transform negative relational dynamics
Participatory Processes
Designing & facilitating participatory processes that engage diverse stakeholders to connect, learn from each other and take decisions that everyone embraces
One-on-one Support
Guiding individuals to train up their ability to make significant breakthroughs in the quality of their communication and relationships
Leadership Coaching
Supporting leaders strengthen communication skills, manage group dynamics and facilitate engaging & effective meetings
About Kiu
Growing up, Kiu struggled with experiencing intense emotions, feeling misunderstood, and a style of communication that distanced people from him. Unhealthy relationships and depression led him to dive into spiritual and self-development practices.
A 20-year journey that incorporated yoga, nonviolent communication, mindfulness, ayahuasca ceremonies, internal family systems therapy, family constellations, and breathwork enabled him to gain deep insight and transform his communication and quality of relationship with himself and others.
In 2011, Kiu moved from the UK to Rio de Janeiro and began teaching yoga. A deep dive of 700 hours of nonviolent communication in educational spaces with Domonic Barter had such a profound effect that in 2015 he began focusing on facilitating nonviolent communication practice groups for the general public and within a program in the local favelas.
Organisations began inviting his support, and in 2017 he worked with Oi, one of the largest telecoms in Brazil, to reinvent its performance review process and train 800 leaders. The quantity of requests led him to create a consultancy company with two partners that worked to facilitate a culture of dialogue in organizations that spanned forward-thinking schools, non-profits, collaboration festivals, and cultural institutions.
His interest in how dialogue can support organizational development and dealing with complex social issues led him to study Asset Based Community Development, the Work of Peter Block, Art of Hosting, Collective Impact, and Reinventing Organizations.
Currently, he leads the Social Gastronomy Movement's Collective Impact Program, coaching teams from five countries to facilitate cross-sector collaboration toward food security and equity in food systems.
Clients
Projects & Partners
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“Your alignment with Fraendi feels so natural. I love that you have taken conflict and gone into the generative space with it. This feels so important to me.”
Jacki Thoms, Fraendi
“This session created a safe space for the team to discover more about how they communicate with each other. It helped us to realise, via a number of guided exercises, how to really listen and get to the bottom of a problem. The workshops enabled us as a team to develop skills and be stronger as a unit moving forward.”
Elanore, Comida Para Todos
“He supported our teams to have richer conversations that deepened our collective attunement. They help use conflicts to reveal improvements of human and business processes.”
Tomás de Lara, ColaborAmerica and Empresa B
Self-Empathy Guided Meditation
We often judge ourselves about things we did or did not do. These harsh thinking patterns around this can deplete our sense of self-worth, cause inner tension and leave us feeling stuck.
This exercise will guide you to listen to these thinking patterns with a quality of empathy that activates inner peace, self-acceptance, and insights that can enable future responses to the same situation that are in greater integrity with what we value.
Contact
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