Hi I'm Ive

I've spent 17 years walking into organisations at their most difficult moments and walking out again when the work is done. Fully in, then fully out. That's the only way I know how to do this.

I read systems with my gut before my head catches up. I hear what's not being said. I see who's been silenced. I feel which truth the room is avoiding. That's uncomfortable: I restructure teams, I dismantle governance that protects comfort instead of enabling performance. I don't do this lightly, but I don't avoid it either. Truth before harmony. Always.

I started in social work and organisational development, where I learned something that still drives everything I do: most organisational problems aren't people problems. They're design problems. Fix the design, and the people will do the rest.

I live in Mortsel, Belgium. I prefer a phone call over an email and a whiteboard over a slide deck.

If your organisation is stuck in a pattern it can't break itself, I'd welcome a conversation.

Ive

Working with me

Roles

• Interim CEO, COO, or CPO: depending on where the
  bottleneck sits

Organisation size

• 15-200 FTE

Duration

• 6-18 months, depending on complexity

Commitment

• Full-time, embedded in the leadership team

Exit

• I leave when the structure holds and succession is secured