The team · Amsterdam

The people in the
room with you.

Five operators — each one has run a company before this, led a team under pressure, and made the call when the room went quiet. None of them came to this work through a coaching certificate.

— a small practice, by intention.
01 · The way we work

Direct, but not aggressive.

Three things sit underneath every engagement we run. Not values on a wall — the actual mode of operating that decides whether a session moves the team forward or doesn't.

i.

Direct under pressure.

We name the thing in the room when it shows up — not as a position, as an observation. Honest, but never aggressive.

ii.

Operator perspective.

We've sat in the seat. We don't perform expertise. We work alongside leadership teams with the structure of years inside the operation.

iii.

Hold the hard conversation.

The conversation you've been avoiding is usually the one your team needs you to start. We make the room safe enough for it to actually happen.

02 · The team

Operators, not coaches.

Each person here has sat in the chair you're sitting in. Built a company, ran an operation, made the call when the room went quiet. We bring that experience into your room.

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Founder · Facilitator

David Kellerman

Built and ran a mission-driven company for seven years before this. Knows the founder who can't let go, the one who mistakes strong individual hires for a team, and the one who's quietly running on fumes. Works with scaleup leadership teams on the dynamic at the top.

Ex-founderForbes 30 Under 3030+ founder engagements
JW
Operations · Systems

Judith Walker

Helped grow African Clean Energy from early-stage into a 500-person operation across Sub-Saharan Africa and Southeast Asia. Brings structure where things feel messy — systems that clarify performance, customer experience, and what "scaling" actually means in practice.

Ex-COO500-person buildoutScale-up operator
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Group facilitation

Daniel Philips

Held VP roles in fast-moving digital companies before moving into facilitation. Reads how change actually lands inside teams — where resistance surfaces, what creates engagement, what people need to stay resilient through a transition.

Ex-VP, digitalGroup facilitatorChange & transition
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Mission alignment

Valerie Hirschhauser

Built and exited Frank About Tea, an impact-driven company. Now works with mission-led organisations on the tension between purpose and performance — turning impact ambitions into concrete priorities and decisions that actually hold.

Founder · exitedImpact operatorMission-led teams
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Strategy · Execution

Jochem van Hessen

Strategy consultant at Accenture, then entrepreneur. Brings disciplined structured thinking to ambition. Works with leadership teams on turning intent into clear decisions, and the execution that follows.

Ex-AccentureEntrepreneurStrategy → execution
03 · Why us

We've carried the weight.

Most coaches haven't. We have.

Built companies. Led teams. Made the wrong hires. Carried decisions that kept us up at night. Felt what pressure does to people, teams, trust, accountability. So we don't coach from the sidelines.

We don't get distracted by the surface, either — another model, another workshop, another offsite that evaporates by Wednesday. Most team problems don't get solved that way.

You have to work with what's actually in the room. The tension. The avoidance. The things people feel but won't say. That's where something real shifts.

What sets us apart
  • 01Built companies before this.
  • 02Led teams under real pressure.
  • 03Felt what pressure does.
  • 04Now work with the people in that seat.
Start here

Want us in the room with your team?

One honest conversation first. No pitch. We'll tell you whether this is the work you need — and if it isn't, where to look instead.

Start a conversation → hello@inflection.team