Crises now arrive together, and they keep changing. Many of the rules that guided companies, associations, NGOs and public institutions were made for calmer times, and leaders can feel it.
My talks and mini-workshops start from five situations you will recognize, each with an animal that lived it. Your people leave with a clearer way to approach decisions when the facts will not settle, and to work with the variety that real life brings.
For leaders and teams who carry decisions, in companies, associations, NGOs and public institutions.
The aim is the same as in my work with organizations: lower the risk of a decision and the cost of changing course.
Tell me the event and the audience. I reply within 24 hours with a proposed angle. Or book a call.
At a glance
Format 1
15 to 45 minutes, for your event or meeting.
Format 2
The keynote opens the topic. The mini-workshop, 2 to 4 hours with Q&A, takes one of the five situations and works on it with your own case, for a leadership team or a mixed group.
Format and fee are agreed before any work begins.
Koala
It lives on a few eucalyptus species and does that perfectly, yet its numbers keep falling.
Octopus
A deep-sea octopus guarded her eggs for 4.5 years and was never seen eating.
Crab
Its hard shell protects it, and to grow it must shed it and stay soft for days.
Elephant
The herd’s knowledge sits in the oldest female, and nobody wrote it down.
Crow
New Caledonian crows bend twigs into hooks when the direct way fails.
These five situations can show up in a crisis, in growth, during change, or as risks emerge. The talks help people recognize them. The Services page explains how I work on them inside an organization.
Each mini-workshop takes one situation and works on it with your own case.
Mini-workshop · Koala
Your team does everything right and the results still slip. We look at what the work depends on.
Mini-workshop · Octopus
The safe option keeps costing more. We look at what the safety is protecting.
Mini-workshop · Crab
Tighter control, weaker readiness. We look at where protection stops growth.
Mini-workshop · Elephant
The organization knows more than it can say. We look at who holds what, and where it never gets written.
Mini-workshop · Crow
The obvious answer is too expensive. We look for the less obvious ones.
Examples
Upcoming · in English
Keynote, 20th International Management Conference, Bucharest University of Economic Studies, October 29-30, 2026.
October 14, 2026 · in Romanian
On-stage Q&A with Cristian Hostiuc. From million-euro mistakes to businesses handed over to the next generation.
Politici si Critici, with Roxana Firoiu Balica · November 19, 2025 · 40 minutes · in Romanian
Fear got us out of the cave and taught us obedience. On how to recognize leaders who trade in fear, and how not to fall into their trap.
Side event · October 16, 2024 · in Romanian
A talk on green leadership, alongside the EIB, SIWI and The Coca-Cola Company.
