Antonio Di Stefano

I feel like a young man of sixty-one years, I’m married to Adriana, and together we have given life to Carlotta Ester, who in turn has given us two splendid grandchildren: Alberto, born in 2003 in full Sturm und Drang, and Sirio, born in 2019, constantly wanting to be cuddled. We have a dachshund called Flika and two big cats: Zoe and Mr.Bean.

I have always been researching and experimenting in order to deepen, understand and get excited about the ability of us human beings to create beauty, even in the places where we work. I founded Peoplerise together with a group of friends in 2009 and Peoplerise is by far my most beautiful work and friendship project. I am a Peopleriser!

For over 40 years I have been accompanying organisations in their transformations. These are complex dynamics that fascinate me and fortunately always make me feel like a beginner: I can never travel on autopilot, but my head, heart, and hands must always be connected in the common space in which I find myself with others. It is a spectacle that I continue to watch with my jaw dropped, my eyes wide open, and the feeling of something special in my stomach.

I am convinced that the mechanistic metaphor with which we describe and act in organisations, and which I have used for most of my working life, does not express the essence of a company at all. Its biology and its spirituality make it a living being that must first be loved in all its fullness.

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write me: antonio.distefano@peoplerise.net

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