Your Hosts

Augusto Cuginotti

My passion lies on creating learning spaces for me and others that can express elegant energy in this world. I’m curious about how we can design the social systems we live in and also harmonize with greater systems. I am currently engaged with the Appreciative Inquiry network and with an international leadership retreat called the Butterfly Connection. I live in Barcelona where I am learning to tap dance, practicing Aikido and studying Raja Yoga.

Emi Tanaka

Consultant and facilitator in Social Responsibility and Sustainability that promotes inclusion of suppliers of its productive chain of Camargo Corrêa Engenharia in the adoption of responsible socio-environmental practices. Worked as consultant for the Programa Tecendo Redes Sustentáveis – Tear (Weaving Sustainable Networks), conceived by the Ethos institute and financed by Inter-American Development Bank – IDB. Studying Cultural-Biology with Humberto Maturana and Ximena DÁvilla at Unindus, Paraná, Brazil, since 2008. Also part of Instituto Elos Brasil staff for organizing courses and programs.

Valentine Giraud

I am a clown under construction, a butterfly by nature, a traveler by option, a dancer by origins and a host for meaningful conversations by passion. In the heart of my work in the world is my will to create spaces for people to be creative and spontaneous, to engage with one another, to manifest their full potential and to see beauty and possibilities in what’s around us. For the past 3 years I’ve been hosting group processes for different communities, social organizations and companies using deep-dialogue, participatory, co-creative and artistic approaches, in Brazil and other countries. I am also a co-creator of the leadership program Butterfly Connection.