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risa is an adult education company based in Amsterdam, Netherlands. It’s dedicated to supporting connectors such as high performance expat leaders weave functional communities of the future.

Founder

Isabella Kecht

▸ German-Ecuadorian Facilitator & Coach
▸ Serial EdTech Startup Founder
▸ Adult Educator by Degree
▸ Zen Meditator, Spoken Word Artist, Hyperpolyglot

Key Principles Guiding Our Work:

  • Harnessing Underused Human Features: Integrating biological intelligence to solve problems where logic alone fails.

  • Human-Centric Work: Acknowledging that no business exists without humans.

  • Embracing Chaos: Recognizing uncertainty and ambiguity as catalysts for growth and innovation.

  • Letting the gap exist: Maintaining a balance between authenticity and adaptability.

At risa, we focus on communication, culture and identity work for companies and individual clients.

1n1 Offer

  • Choice of language: English, Spanish or German

  • Best suitable for mid-management, C-suite and entrepreneurs

  • bi-weekly sessions , 3-6 month containers

  • Frequent Topics:

Expat Career Building
▸ Culture-informed Conflict Resolution
▸ Leadership in uncertainty

Team Offer

  • Half / full-day incentives and 3 months supervision

  • Best suitable for teams of 5-12 members

  • Most effective in nature-based & screen-free outdoor setting

  • Frequent Topics:

▸ Mission & Identity
▸ Effective Feedback
▸ Employee Engagement

Why risa?

“Because in an ever-accelerating AI-powered workplace only a human-centered, culture-sensitive and chaos-resilient approach can create functional teams and leaders of the future.”

Individual Clients from All over the GlobeGermany, South Korea, Venezuela, Colombia, Netherlands, Finland, Kazakhstan, Poland, Russia, Italy, France, USA, Slovakia, Belgium, Ukraine, Indonesia, Romania, Hungary, Taiwan, China, Turkey, Norway, Greece, Vietnam, Spain, Canada, …

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