An author, trainer/facilitator and consultant in creativity and innovation. She is a practitioner with a 20-year career leading innovation teams and launching new products for multi-national companies working on global projects. In her last role as the Global Creativity Director of Pernod Ricard’s wine division, she founded a creative leadership school, Th!nk and transformed the business mindset to embrace innovation across all functions. It gained internal and external recognition. Paulina has a Master of Science in Creativity and Change Leadership from the International Center of Creativity Studies in New York. She is completing a PhD in Creativity with the Transdisciplinary School of Innovation at the University of Technology Sydney, where she also teaches. She has three published books on creativity: Creativity+, Connecting and The Holey Bible: How to Live a Creatively Enlightened Life. Paulina is passionate about empowering people to ask beautiful questions and be open to exciting perspectives and possibilities.
A multicultural Creative Director and strategic thinker with more than 20 years of experience in Communi-cation and Advertising. Commitment is at the core of what she does, Samira believes in work that inspires and drives a positive change for people, for the planet, and for the industry. She has a rich and broad multi-sector experience and has supported numerous institutions, private and pub-lic, global and local brands. Samira was selected as RARE Leadership Academy Delegate By Google, and has served as a jury member of several international festivals: Cannes Lions Festivals, D&AD Award, New York Festivals, Phnx / AdForum, Cristal Summit, ADStars, ANA-Multicultural Excellence Awards, Golden Trailer Awards, Shorty Awards, Summit Creative Award, Luum Awards, Wina Dubai. Away from the office, she is a Mentor at the University of Planning and a member of ‘Time for the Planet’, an international non-profit association.
Dani helps others understand and master the art of meditation, transformative inner practice and healing through private coaching, energy sessions, courses and tailored programs for individuals, schools and organisations. She is also a popular speaker at networking forums and workshops, a published writer, podcaster and music producer and holds regular retreats in Asia and Australia. Dani is a Reiki Master in the Usui Reiki tradition and qualified meditation teacher, through the Awareness Institute, Australia. She is a member of the Meditation Association of Australia and the International Meditation Teachers’ Association, recognising the standard of her teaching and program development. Dani’s teaching is experiential. She draws from techniques and wisdom of numerous world traditions, current research and her own experience. Her focus is on enabling others to understand and work with the design and function of their mind/body/energy system, to engage in transformative inner practice for maximum performance, self-healing and intuitive living.