KNOW-ME

KNOW-ME provides teams, organizations and individuals with personalized growth paths to help them tackle their greatest challenges for productivity, collaboration and wellbeing.

Founder

The Four Languages

The four languages is a community that supports people in practicing weekly experiments for holistic change and wellbeing.

Innovation Distributed

Introducing KNOW-ME, the revolutionary navigator tool that will transform the way companies select their people projects. KNOW-ME is designed to help businesses identify and prioritise their most strategic initiatives, so you can achieve your goals and drive success.

Launching in April 2023, KNOW-ME offers invaluable insights into your organisation's biggest challenges and opportunities. With KNOW-ME, you'll gain a comprehensive understanding of your team's strengths and weaknesses, allowing you to make informed decisions about where to focus your resources and investments.

Whether you're looking to improve employee engagement, reduce turnover, or enhance your organisational culture, KNOW-ME will provide the guidance and support you need so you can focus on the right initiatives.

Founder, CEO

Remote-first.Institute

We are a not-for-profit organization on a mission to create a space with open-source and expertise knowledge about the remote-first work approach provided by the world’s leading future of work experts.

We launched the Remote-First Institute to:
- Counteract the global "back to the office" movement.
- Create Global Standards for companies on remote-first processes.
- Produce high-quality events, articles, reports, and analyses.
- Cultivate a global community for remote-first experts.

Founding Member

Building the Remote-First Institute community from the ground up. Strategy, planning and facilitating events.

Program Manager

Tiensivu Coaching

I mostly work with professionals who are doing well in their current lives but have that nagging feeling of: "I really want something to change, but I'm not quite sure what it is... I am ready for something new but I don’t want to throw away all the hard work over the years."

I might be the right coach for you if...
A. You hate questions like: Tell me about yourself? What do you do? What do you want in life?
B. You only really know what you don’t want.
C. You're doing well on paper but ask yourself if this was really "it".

Throughout the coaching sessions and in bespoke in-between session exercises, you'll be reflecting on who you are, discovering who you wish to become and implementing concrete strategies to get there.

Transformational Coach

obodo

In-house Service Designer and Product Manager for obodo's Product Design as a service products.

In-house Service Designer / Product Manager

Obodo is hyper-focused on delivering MVP projects and high class design talent to startups and scale-ups. We do that by running design sprints using our highly praised design diary framework, as well as by nurturing our talented design community and clients with a range of opportunities for growth.

Design Manager

Remote Transition

We help organisations put humans first in distributed settings 🌏

Our approach is inherently human centric and we are passionate about making sure going remote doesn’t mean burnout, isolation and overworking but rather increased wellbeing and productivity.

Fulfilled people make exceptional team members, and exceptional teams fuel thriving companies.

Co-Founder, Product Manager / Wellbeing Coach

Good Innovation

Good Innovation works with charities and companies to create lasting relationships with their supporters. My role as an Innovation Consultant was to plan, manage and run innovation projects in collaboration with our clients. 

The projects consisted of coaching internal interdisciplinary teams in innovation (both with the methodology and the mindset). As well as researching, testing, designing and evaluating new services and products to disrupt their current product portfolios. The aim in all projects was to find the sweet spot between internal assets, the charity mission and market potential to make sure these organisations can keep funding their lifesaving work in the future.

Service Designer / Innovation Consultant

Exove Design Ltd

As a Service Designer at Exove I worked in close collaboration with the clients, the developers and other designers in the team.

My role consisted of using and iterating on the best methods for designing and gathering insights from all stakeholders in order to create holistic services to fulfil people’s needs and carry out company strategy. In designing digital services I used a variety of design and research methods from interviews and workshops to prototyping and testing concepts to make sure that the UX and service promise for the customers can be fulfilled with a matching set of thoughtfully designed internal processes. 

To create change with digital tools, I start and end with the people who end up using them. 


Keywords:
Service Design, Design Research, UX Design, Web Design, Interviews (both within organisations and end-users), Designing and Facilitating Workshops (both within organisations and end-users), Organisation Process Mapping, Organisation Design, Implementation Design, Stakeholder Mapping, Rapid Prototyping, Digital Prototyping, cross-team collaboration

Service Designer

Tiensivu Design

I co-founded Tiensivu Design in 2013. Tiensivu was a sustainable Art and Design brand that aimed to bring new life into old leather and wood items. 

As a Creative Director I established and coordinated both long-term and shorter collaborations with e.g. Pure Waste Textiles, Unmonday, Karhu Originals, Costo, VestiMI Con Gusto, Sampo Marjomaa and Plaekä. My role included establishing and managing collaborations and the brand concept, marketing, sales and photography.

Co-Founder, Creative Director and Designer

Guiding People Leaders from Guesswork to Clarity 🌎 Location Independent Founder 🌞 Holistic Wellbeing Through Experiments ⛺ Founding Member at The Remote-First Institute

From innovation consulting and organizational design to holistic wellbeing, my journey has taken me to where I am now = helping individuals, teams and organizations expand through experiments.

Because do you know which projects have the best ROI? 

The right ones.

It's not easy to make everyone happy, but it is easy to find the perfect place to start.

Ps, If you're still looking for my "title", feel free to use one a friend gifted me: 🪴 The human gardener.

Maaria Tiensivu

One of my favourite parts of shifting over to Purpose Driven AI are these podcast conversations. Even if sometimes they open up more questions than answers… 🙈 


Thank you so much Lavinia Yosub (Iosub) for joining, and there are at least a few more conversations in the horizon where this came from!

✨ Purpose Driven AI 👉 Implementing Life-Centric AI 🌎 Location Independent Founder of purposedriven.ai & The Four Languages 💫

Founder Livit Hub Bali & Remote Skills Academy | Built one of Asia’s Best Workplaces | Top Future of Work Innovator ’24 | Venture Builder & Angel Investor | AI-fluent, but heretic

Thoroughly enjoyed talking to Maaria Tiensivu from Purpose Driven AI about 
➡️ responsible AI
➡️ what we do at Livit  & Remote Skills Academy to shape intentional and discerning AI use in our team
➡️ how to turn AI into a massive lever and enhancer of our humanity (rather than fighting the losing battle of competing with it)
➡️ what skills to invest in to future-proof our careers - and more importantly, to enjoy our work and lives more.
Can't wait for the episode to come out!

Our first podcast is live, and I feel so grateful to kick it off with this amazing conversation with Íñigo Cavestany Villegas. In this episode we talked how responsibility changes shape with AI, and what it means for builders. 👇


My main takeaway from the session was to not only ask ourselves “what can this technology do?” but “what are the risks, and how can we prevent harm?” 

Ìñigo offered a beautiful approach for reversing the usual planning process by starting it out with potential downsides to find the boundaries for ethical innovation.

It reminds me of the IKEA approach AKA designing from the limitations of space, price, and materials. 

With AI, the possibilities are almost limitless, so it’s even more important to consider all the ways our creations might be used (or misused). By doing this, we can build safer, more trustworthy solutions.

Ultimately, the value and impact of AI will depend on the intentions, ethics, and accountability of those who shape it. Now that anyone *can* build with AI, we need to consciously educate ourselves (and others) about the responsibilities that come with creation.

Do you consider the potential "harm" when creating with AI? Or are you solely focusing on the positive outcomes? How might exploring the dark side of AI make your designs better?

🎙️ Listen to the podcast on Youtube or Spotify, or find it on the purposedriven.ai website (link in comments!)

#AI #podcast #artificialintelligence #purposedrivenAI

Have you ever been curious about how your days could look like if you planned them based on your energy, not arbitrary schedules? Join me and Rachel Korb, PCC today for a live session to learn how. 👇👇👇


Link to join in comments, see you at noon in ET | 17:00 London. 💪🥰

#wellbeing #energymapping #livesession #holisticwellnebeing

Flow Consultancy

Growth stage fractional COO and Integrator. Helping statups and agencies move past their growth ceiling by developing their strategy, operations and culture 🚀

Together with my clients I create a more effective and efficient workplace by designing and implementing new systems and processes that will improve the overall productivity of the organisation and its people.

How I support organisations:
▶ Strategic partner: working with C-level to translate their vision into actionable steps
▶ Processes: strategic process improvement and workflow optimisation to improve efficiency and productivity
▶ People: preserve and strengthen work culture and build people-centric organisations 
▶ Agile coach: build structures to enable more efficient ways of working in an ever changing world
▶ Coaching and guidance: throughout transformation, on team and executive level
▶ Remote: specialist in remote and hybrid operations and culture

Check out the website for more information: https://flowconsultancy.co

Fractional COO, Ops Consultant, Startup Mentor

GrowthMentor

GrowthMentor is a curated platform of vetted startup founders and growth marketing mentors offering business advice, feedback, and coaching. Great for individuals as well as companies looking to offer a more effective professional development solution to their employees.

Startup Mentor - People & Operations

Protect4S

Scale-up that needed support professionalising to create more operational efficiency. Focused on workflow and proces optimisation  for the  multi-disciplinary team. Interim IT Project & Operations Manager with the focus on Process Improvement. 

- Strategic partner: worked with C-level to translate their vision into actionable steps.
- Operations: focused on process and workflow optimisation. Implemented project management tool (Asana) and set up automations. This included the migration from Clickup. 
- Agile coach: build structures to enabled Protect4S to work more efficiently. Implemented Scrum in the organisation and trained Scrum Master and Product Owner. 
- Reinforcement of culture: gained clarity on business values and build a matching culture which was implemented. 
- Coaching and guidance: throughout transformation on team and executive level

Operations Consultant | Agile Coach

Direct Business B.V.

Interim Project Manager with a focus on internal Process Improvement at marketing and sales company Direct Business. 

Main tasks:
- Gain clarity on bottlenecks within the organization
- Workflow optimization
- Choose suitable project management software for marketing and content team (Asana)
- Set up new CRM process in suitable software (Airtable)
- Train employees in new software
- Clarify and set up new SOP's 
- Set up automations for internal and external use

Operations Consultant | Project Manager

ItsMischa

Life Coach | Systemic Coach

AMP Services, LLC

Project Manager / Scrum Master for the dev team at AMP Services. Was taken on by the senior and head developer to decrease his workload and build a team. 

Main tasks:
- Built the DevOps team from scratch: hired two Testers, a Junior Developer and secondary Senior Developer. 
- Set up SOP's, workflows and automations
- Set up project management tool
- Lead and managed multi-disciplinary team delivering complex software projects
- Managed the team on a day to day basis as Scrum Master
- Coached team about agile values 
- Lead team meets and keep track of team and individual needs
- Implement team culture and values 
- Keep track and prioritize companies needs

IT Project Manager | Scrum Master & Agile Coach

Bash

BASH is a start-up from the US that has developed a new way of throwing parties online. 
As it was a start-up we all wore many hats. Besides being responsible for European clients and sales I also took on the role of the Project / Product Manager (streamlining customer feedback and reports) and Social Media Manager.

•finding suitable project management & communication systems
•employee communications (email set up, signatures, etc)
•product management and customer feedback integration
•set-up social media accounts + management

IT Project Manager | Product Manager

Fully Pitted Catering

Front-of-House and Event Manager for catering company Fully Pitted for weddings and other events.

Main tasks:
- First point of contact for clients
- Organizing and planning of events
- Staff planning
- Hiring new staff
- Coordinating catering and FOH
- Social Media management

FOH and Event Manager

Restaurant DeZusters

Restaurant Manager

DOWN to EARTH Collective BV

Start-up company that gave consultancy led by the Down To Earth documentary urging individuals and companies to start looking at life in a different way.

Events and movie screenings:
•Organizing, scheduling and follow up of projects and screenings
•Organization, elaboration and evaluation of events - role of event manager
•Tracking and planning movie issuance
•Contact management and planning of facilitators
•Guiding/managing volunteers

Communication:
•Manage mailboxes
•Contact with customers and clients
•Social media management

Office manager/general support:
•First point of contact for customers and other stakeholders
•Setting up and organizing office processes
•Organizing all internal meetings and events
•Managing the general agenda and agendas of the core team
•Maintaining contacts with suppliers and partners

Office Manager / Communication / Events

Helping remote start+scale ups thrive ⚡ | Operations & Organisational Consultant 👩‍💻 | Workflow & process optimisation enthusiast 🌱 | Change Management & (Agile) Coaching 💡

Run your company, don’t let it run you. ⚡️

Ever dream of waking up knowing your business runs like a well-oiled machine, your team is aligned and performing, and you’re finally free to focus on growth instead of the grind?

Here’s how I help: streamlining your operations, eliminating bottlenecks, and setting your business up for scalable success—without the chaos. I believe in making things simple and effective, so you’ll always know exactly where to focus your energy. And trust me, I won’t sugarcoat things—I’ll tell you exactly what needs fixing.

By working with me, founders gain visibility over inefficiencies, free up time, and create space to drive real growth. Together, we’ll reduce the overwhelm, increase your profit margins, and give you back the freedom to focus on the big picture.

Think of me as your COO-on-demand, helping you build a business that scales with confidence. I’m here to structure, optimize, and create a path to results without the stress.

Let’s get you out of the day-to-day grind and into a business that practically runs itself.

I’m passionate about working with founders who are ready to get things done, communicate clearly, and make lasting improvements. Over the last decade, I’ve built and scaled operations in startups and agencies, leading cross-functional teams and solving messy problems. Whether it’s strategic planning, optimizing workflows, choosing the right tools, or finding the hidden inefficiencies, I bring clarity and structure to help businesses scale.

Ready to scale your business without burning out? Let’s make it happen. 🚀

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Ways of working together:

1️⃣ Fractional COO - for remote (tech) startups with 5-50 people for a period of 3-12 months who are looking to solidify their operations, culture, and strategy for their next stage of growth

2️⃣ The Business Accelerator Framework - 14-week program for startups and agencies with 1-20 people whom I support as a COO-on-demand by giving tailored support (more information under the featured section)

3️⃣ Mentorship and coaching - 1:1 support for employees, entrepreneurs, founders, managers, and C-level who are facing all kinds of challenges

Mischa van Wieringen

Founding a business and leading one are two very different games.

As a fractional COO, I usually get brought in when founders are ready for the next stage of growth.

They’ve built something great. Clients are coming in. Revenue is steady.
And now? They want more.

More growth.
More team.
More revenue.
More freedom.

They’ll tell me things like:
“I want to 2x revenue next year.”
“We’re hiring 25 people.”
“I want to step out of the day-to-day.”

And we start.
We build the roadmap.
We clean up the chaos.
We stabilise the business.

But somewhere along the way, it happens.

The founder realises what it really takes to get to that “next level” — and it’s not what they thought.

It’s less building. More managing.
Less ideas. More structure.
Less control. More trust.

And for founders who’ve done most things themselves up to this point…
that’s a tough pill to swallow.

The truth?
More than half of the founders I’ve worked with end up going toward a merger or an exit.

Not because they failed.
But because they finally saw the difference between being a founder and being a CEO.
Between vision… and leadership.
Between doing it all… and letting go.

And once they stop chasing the version of success they thought they wanted — they finally breathe again.

Some need time to let go of the dream. 
Most are relieved to return to their zone of genius.


And the best part?
Every system we built to scale turned out to be the reason they could sell.

⤷ Ops & Strategy wiz. Helping maxed-out founders boost profits, reclaim their time, and free up their mental load 🔋

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