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A Harvard MBA graduate, Daphne has held senior positions in marketing, operations and innovation. With over 14 years' experience transforming companies and startups in various sectors (technology, healthcare and entertainment), she is now a speaker, facilitator and specialist in innovation, entrepreneurship and management. She helps companies develop their culture of innovation and runs workshops in Latin America, the United States and Europe.
After studying in Washington D.C., I worked at the World Bank and then did an MBA at Harvard before moving to Mexico 12 years ago. There, I held leadership positions in tech startups, then in healthcare, before heading up innovation at Cinépolis, a multinational cinema chain. For the last four years, I've been working on my own project, Atrevidea, an innovation agency where I offer training, workshops and conferences on innovation and change.
My favorite areas are innovation, which I develop in particular through design thinking, and leadership, which I put into practice in programs with NUMA. More recently, I've turned my attention to change management, exploring how to help managers and organizations better apprehend and integrate change, which today is so constant and rapid. My aim is to transform the perception of change to make it more accessible and manageable, both individually and collectively.
I discovered NUMA in 2021 through a colleague in Mexico who was working with them. At the time, NUMA was still an incubator. Then, when they pivoted to focus on training, she thought I might be interested. After being put in touch with the team, and Jenny in particular, I quickly realized that our approaches, our methods and even our working languages aligned perfectly.
What particularly appealed to me was NUMA's corporate culture and its very concrete, dynamic and practical approach. I was also attracted by the possibility of working remotely (as I'm based in Mexico) with companies all over the world.
To get participants involved, I draw on my professional experience and share concrete examples. My main expertise is facilitating collective decision-making workshops. These are interactive and participative, with a focus on co-creation. As a facilitator, I create a space where everyone can actively participate and build innovative solutions and strategies with others. This approach makes my workshops dynamic and engaging, but above all allows participants to feel fully invested in the process.
Successful training is based on three essential elements: energy, commitment and actionable content. Energy energizes exchanges, commitment makes participants feel involved, and actionable content gives them concrete tools they can apply immediately. These elements are not only my personal conviction, but also frequent feedback from participants. When they perceive and experience these three aspects, they consider training to be an enriching experience and an efficient use of their time.
In the sessions I lead, I always start by injecting positive energy to capture the participants' attention. My aim is to transform each workshop into an interactive experience, where engagement and participation are essential. Right from the start, I create a dynamic atmosphere to encourage everyone to express themselves.
For example, I ask participants to pass the floor to someone else in an unpredictable way (this is officially called the Popcorn method), which keeps everyone attentive and makes the session more lively. Every moment is an opportunity to get involved, and this makes participants active players rather than passive spectators. My aim is to make each session unique and stimulating, a far cry from conventional virtual meetings.
If you wish to follow Daphne on the networks :
A Harvard MBA graduate, Daphne has held senior positions in marketing, operations and innovation. With over 14 years' experience transforming companies and startups in various sectors (technology, healthcare and entertainment), she is now a speaker, facilitator and specialist in innovation, entrepreneurship and management. She helps companies develop their culture of innovation and runs workshops in Latin America, the United States and Europe.
After studying in Washington D.C., I worked at the World Bank and then did an MBA at Harvard before moving to Mexico 12 years ago. There, I held leadership positions in tech startups, then in healthcare, before heading up innovation at Cinépolis, a multinational cinema chain. For the last four years, I've been working on my own project, Atrevidea, an innovation agency where I offer training, workshops and conferences on innovation and change.
My favorite areas are innovation, which I develop in particular through design thinking, and leadership, which I put into practice in programs with NUMA. More recently, I've turned my attention to change management, exploring how to help managers and organizations better apprehend and integrate change, which today is so constant and rapid. My aim is to transform the perception of change to make it more accessible and manageable, both individually and collectively.
I discovered NUMA in 2021 through a colleague in Mexico who was working with them. At the time, NUMA was still an incubator. Then, when they pivoted to focus on training, she thought I might be interested. After being put in touch with the team, and Jenny in particular, I quickly realized that our approaches, our methods and even our working languages aligned perfectly.
What particularly appealed to me was NUMA's corporate culture and its very concrete, dynamic and practical approach. I was also attracted by the possibility of working remotely (as I'm based in Mexico) with companies all over the world.
To get participants involved, I draw on my professional experience and share concrete examples. My main expertise is facilitating collective decision-making workshops. These are interactive and participative, with a focus on co-creation. As a facilitator, I create a space where everyone can actively participate and build innovative solutions and strategies with others. This approach makes my workshops dynamic and engaging, but above all allows participants to feel fully invested in the process.
Successful training is based on three essential elements: energy, commitment and actionable content. Energy energizes exchanges, commitment makes participants feel involved, and actionable content gives them concrete tools they can apply immediately. These elements are not only my personal conviction, but also frequent feedback from participants. When they perceive and experience these three aspects, they consider training to be an enriching experience and an efficient use of their time.
In the sessions I lead, I always start by injecting positive energy to capture the participants' attention. My aim is to transform each workshop into an interactive experience, where engagement and participation are essential. Right from the start, I create a dynamic atmosphere to encourage everyone to express themselves.
For example, I ask participants to pass the floor to someone else in an unpredictable way (this is officially called the Popcorn method), which keeps everyone attentive and makes the session more lively. Every moment is an opportunity to get involved, and this makes participants active players rather than passive spectators. My aim is to make each session unique and stimulating, a far cry from conventional virtual meetings.
If you wish to follow Daphne on the networks :
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