My background is in cognitive neuroscience, combined with work in organisation development and training in communication and leadership skills.
Since 2025, I joined Wageningen University and the AMS Institute for Advanced Metropolitan Solutions as a postdoctoral researcher, where I explore the personal challenges of professionals who seek to accelerate innovation in the construction sector.
Alongside this, I work as a freelance trainer, supporting scientists (via hfp-consulting) and other professionals by strengthening how they communicate, collaborate, and take action in complex work environments (see my portfolio – coming soon).
My work is grounded in a simple belief: well-designed structures can dramatically improve how people collaborate – and with that, unleash the level of energy, purpose, and joy they can experience at work.
I support teams and organisations in building a shared understanding of the challenges they face, and the resources they can draw on. By experiencing their different perspectives – on roles, relationships, and ways forward – teams learn to navigate complexity together, unlocking ideas and solutions they wouldn’t reach on their own.
My approach combines hands-on facilitation with practice-based research, allowing it to evolve and adapt continuously within real-world settings. I work directly with teams and organisations – as a visiting facilitator, through workshops, or in longer-term collaborations.
Along the way, I document real-life cases: the challenges people face and the strategies that help them reconnect with their own resourcefulness. This close integration of research and practice creates a rich library of lived examples and deepens the work – for me, and for the teams I support.
My work and curiosity for social learning are nurtured and sustained by a wonderful web of people – among them is the enactive research group, with whom I meet regularly to reflect, exchange and learn together. I also take part in research-practice collaborations focused on collective creativity, embodied learning and the important work of mediators of innovation.
In Sanskrit, my name means constant change (Anicca) and fearless force (Anika) – I resonate very well with that.
In my life, I move a lot – cycling, climbing, dancing, exploring. I’m drawn to the outdoors and to building things: from mornings by the water to weeks spent cycling across Europe with a hammock, to crafting the spaces I call home.
If all goes well, my next step is a small, beautiful house in south-west France.
I love lying on the floor, entering cold water, and getting in touch with people.
I am grateful for my current roles at ELS / WUR and the AMS Institute, and the networks around them – they continue to challenge and support me in growing as an independent, yet deeply situated, researcher and trainer.
This website is a window into my work: it provides recent ideas and activities, core principles, fragments from my notes, and glimpses of the projects and collaborations that shape it.
Take your time exploring.
