About Nadene
“In all areas of expertise, I identify creative ways to transform an obstacle into an opportunity. The combination of my strategic, learner, activator, ideation and connectedness strengths, allow me to see a multitude of possibilities to help you attain your objectives, develop new skills, nurture innovation or build a solid team culture.”
After 20 years working in over 45 countries managing large projects in industry and sustainable development Nadene Canning created a boutique consulting agency focusing her strategic ability to decipher variables in a creative and analytical way. For over a decade Nadene has supported executives, business owners and young professionals worldwide, designing strategies to accelerate innovation, performance and impact. At the same time her passion project involved raising awareness and developing capacity regarding diversity and inclusion in the Swiss workplace, and she founded VIA2, a social enterprise which provided tools, training and coaching services to a broad ecosystem of stakeholders. In 2012 she wrote La force le l’Équilibre Vie familiale, vie professionnelle outlining the latest thinking, beliefs and norms around the topic as well as the opportunities and challenges to creating sustainable change.
This led to her increasing emphasis as an educator, facilitator, executive and personal leadership advisor, and experiential learning designer.
Teaching began when she was asked to design “Leadership & Management Skills” within the Masters’ in International Business. Not believing that leadership can be taught in class, she designed and iterated over seven semesters an experiential learning curriculum, which led to her being asked to design and facilitate four of 13 foundation modules on “Leading Change” in Advanced Sustainable Business within the DAS at St. Gallen Institute for the Economy and the Environment.
In 2019 she stepped away from consultancy for 12 months and joined EDACY as VP of Education and Learning heading the design and realisation of 2 digital blended online learning programs as well as spearheading the Digital Champions initiative for the Institute of Capacity Development Diwan of Royal Court, Oman. At the same time she was accepted into the Dare to Lead™ facilitation program and was trained by Dr. Brené Brown in Austin, Texas.
Today her areas of expertise include: leadership, strategy, team development and performance, diversity, inclusion and the future of work. She is motivated, fierce and excited about helping people and teams align competence, behavior and purpose to maximize performance. Currently she teaches Negotiation Techniques within the Management of Technology and Entrepreneurship Masters program at the EPFL.