ART OF HOSTING
NETHERLANDS
MEET THE HOSTING TEAM
The Team
Mansi (she/her) feels fortunate to have lived an unconventional story that brought her from practicing architecture in Delhi, India to being a practitioner designing & hosting meaningful conversations & processes in Europe, based in The Hague. Having grown up with strong family/cultural values around social justice, equality and 'sewa' (service), Mansi's core being is that of a warrior of the heart - from her heritage (Sikh warriors) as well as practice (yoga ).
An environmentalist since the age of 4, Mansi followed that thread and worked across several urban environmental disciplines in various international organisations & NGOs including United Nations, European Union, CARE-India. In 2008, a visceral sense of climate urgency led her to re-orient and began on a new path of unlearning and relearning. In the last 15 years, she has been strongly purpose driven and focuses on facilitating participatory leadership, systems change, DEI & empowerment through building capacities & skills.
She's an international speaker/host, an artist-sense maker as well as a process design geek around creating participatory processes.
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Mansi Jasuja ✨ मानसी जसूजा
Maria (she/her) is a process artist, host and social entrepreneur, creating the conditions for individuals, teams and leaders to live their fullest potential. She offers her natural ability to see patterns, create structure and design processes so that new solutions and forms can be co-created.
Maria is a co-initiator of the Art of Hosting and Harvesting Meaningful Conversations (also known as Participatory Leadership), and also a co-founder of Living Wholeness Institute, a consultancy and place of learning with nature in Greece.
Maria has applied her practice of participatory leadership through being a consultant for over 20 years working in a wide range of contexts from the European Union Institutions, Agencies and bodies to foundations and non-profit organisations as well as through working with multi-disciplinary networks, social movements and activists.
Maria Scordialos
Laura (she/her) supports organizations & communities to navigate the complexity of the work they do by fostering collaboration & creating an environment characterized by participation, engagement & trust. Over the past 10 years she has worked with local governments, European institutions, developmental NGOs, Philanthropic organizations and social enterprises, to support these organizations and institutions in working collaboratively and addressing our most pressing societal issues through a new lens of collaboration and active participation.
In her work, Laura brings together different methodologies such as “The Art of Hosting Participatory Leadership”, U-theory, Process Design, Deep Democracy and NonViolent Communication in order to offer a unique approach to collaboration and organizational development. Originally from Italy, Laura has been living for the past several years in the Netherlands, working both with local organizations as well as internationally.
Laura Grassi
KNOWLEDGE RESOURCE GUEST
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Egyptian-born, founder of Sycamore Consulting, Mohamed is an environmental consultant, professional dialogue facilitator, and mediator with 26 years of experience across sectors in over 20 countries, primarily in Africa. His expertise spans sustainable development, grassroots civil society, gender, and adult epistemology. Mohamed has built a strong network among NGOs, civil society, academia, corporations, and local governments in Africa. He holds an MSc in Environment and Development from Edinburgh University and a PhD in water conflicts and security from Davinci Institute, South Africa. He co-founded NILE Journeys, a platform for Nile Basin communities, and established the World Fair Trade Organization office in Senegal.
Mohamed El Mongy
At the core of Sara’s (she/her) work lies a belief in the power of collaborative, embodied, and trusting environments to make the invisible visible and the unspoken heard. She is a heart-based consultant and human-centered facilitator with nearly two decades of experience in the field and proven track record of success in facilitating change within government organizations, grassroots movements, and corporations.
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She holds a master’s degree in Public Administration, certification in Power Intelligence combined with being a diplomate in Processwork (the highest level in Process Oriented Psychology). Sara specializes in crafting transformative spaces that foster connection and collaboration. Using generative conflict to drive progress.
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Sara draws from various disciplines, including Deep Democracy, the LEGO® SERIOUS PLAY® Method, Theory U, visual facilitation, and the experience she gains from every engagement she facilitates.
Sara Huang 黃詩æƒ
Steph (they/them) is a facilitator and coordinator dedicated to guiding individuals, organisations, and communities through the current shifting and challenging times. With a deep passion for creating spaces that foster collective wisdom and collaborative solutions, they bring extensive experience in project coordination, conflict mediation, and participatory leadership within the Dutch climate movement and alternative education in Sweden.
With the Art of Hosting firmly in their offering, Steph has managed national climate justice initiatives, coordinated large-scale actions, and facilitated collaboration among diverse stakeholders to advance meaningful change. Rooted in practices of deep listening, inclusive space hosting, and the transformative power of (un)learning, they are committed to empowering communities and organisations to navigate complexity and adapt with resilience
Steph Blake
APPRENTICE - PARTICIPANT COMPANION
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Juliette (she/her) is a group facilitator, breathwork coach, and trainer at high schools, where she supports kids to use their talents and energy for social change. With a conservative and international upbringing, and an idealistic heart, Juliette has found herself in diverse groups with varied viewpoints. These experiences have strengthened her drive in creating spaces in which we can find shared understanding.
She is a student of Theory U, Active Hope, and Art of Hosting facilitation methodologies. With her origins rooted in England and her upbringing primarily in the Netherlands, she feels called to ‘re-learn’ how to live in deep connection and harmony with the Earth, oneself, each other and our communities.
Juliette Westerink
APPRENTICE
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Ted Jan (he/him) is an entrepreneurial system thinker, working with complexity and innovation processes to support our collective pathway to a sustainable future. Over the past years his curious mindset has led him to teach systems thinking at high schools, creating novel technology for water access in East-Africa and developing food products from koji fermented chestnuts. Currently he is working at the University of Amsterdam, connecting policymakers to the world of complexity theory and tools.
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In his facilitation work Ted Jan brings a variety of tools to the table, such as: participatory modelling, the Art of Hosting, Deep Democracy, Design thinking and other complexity oriented methods. He is eager to facilitate more sessions that consciously connect heart and mind.
Ted Jan Post
We are the fire,
each a piece of wood,
sparking together,
strong and sustaining.
Not bound by rank,
we honor the sacred,
guiding others
and ourselves.
Stewards hold the space
for not knowing,
rooted in wisdom,
grounded in trust.
Hosts tend the flame,
attuning to moments,
gathering insights,
harvesting light.
As apprentices,
we step into learning,
exploring edges,
growing our craft.
Elders, simply being,
offer presence,
whispering gently,
"This too shall pass."
Holding space from afar
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Yannick Wassmer (he/him) is a student of equitable systems change and a complexity nerd. He loves to design and facilitate collaborative change processes and transformative learning experiences - using participatory and dialogic methodologies for inner and outer change.
He firmly believes that the challenges we face as society are far too complex for any individual, organisation or sector to solve alone and therefore require radically different ways of working and being together.
In recent years, Yannick has organised, designed, and facilitated large scale multi-stakeholder collaboration processes addressing challenges including race, energy, drugs, health, and sustainable development.
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