Jens Riese works as coach, trauma therapist, leadership trainer and social change facilitator. As Senior Partner at McKinsey he co-led the sustainability practice, and supported more than 20 countries and 50 NGOS and companies in the transition towards a green economy. He pioneered the use of lab approaches to engage stakeholders in social change, incl. in Ethiopia, Tanzania and Papua New Guinea. Jens has been studying intensively with Thomas Hübl. He taught on the trauma-informed leadership course and co-led two collective trauma labs. Jens has a research background in developmental and evolutionary biology and environmental management.

Kosha Anja Joubert serves as CEO of the Pocket Project , dedicated to growing a culture of trauma-informed care. Kosha has worked extensively in the fields of systems regeneration, intercultural collaboration, and trauma-informed leadership. She grew up in South Africa under Apartheid and has been dedicated to transformational edgework ever since. She has authored several books and received the Dadi Janki Award (2017) for engaging spirituality in life and work and the One World Award (2020) for building the Global Ecovillage Network to a worldwide movement reaching out to over 6000 communities on all continents.