Interviews with Session Leaders
At SOLWorld 2025
Sep 29, 2025
Introduction
SFiO Financial Contributors supported the filming of several sessions at SOLWorld 2025. While not every session could be recorded, we interviewed many of the presenters whose sessions were not filmed.
Below you’ll find their interviews — with video, audio, and in some cases slides or an article — offering a window into the ideas they shared. The conversations were hosted by Annie Bordeleau and John Brooker.
We hope you enjoy exploring them. Click on a title to open the interview.
The Interviews
Using the SF Decision Circle to Enhance Collaboration - with Sonali Kumarakulasinghe and John Brooker
In this conversation, Sonali and John share how the SF Decision Circle builds on SF principles to guide diverse teams, helping them clarify goals, find resources, and co-create constructive solutions and decisions.
For a greater understanding of the Decision Circle framework and its uses, see the article. Download an article on the Decision Circle here.
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Practicing Glimmers for Resilience and Wellbeing - with Victoria Spashchencko
Glimmers are those little sparks of joy or calm we sometimes overlook — like the scent of a flower, the sound of rain, or a smile from someone we like. They’re the gentle opposite of triggers. Instead of weighing us down, they lighten us up. When we notice these moments, our bodies relax, our minds settle, and we feel more connected. In this lovely interview, Victoria explains glimmering to Annie and how we can generate glimmers more often.
Feel like a glimmer now? Take a look at Victoria’s presentation.
Download her session presentation here.
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Every Key is the Right Key - with Haesun Moon
What if every conversation, no matter how tricky, could feel like the right one? In this chat, Haesun Moon takes us inside her SOLWorld 2025 workshop and shows how the Dialogic Orientation Quadrant (DOQ) can help us tune in to what’s happening and respond with creativity and care. Haesun invites us to explore how we can accompany others with warmth and curiosity, even when we don’t have a clear map.
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Small Steps to Big Changes: Driving Optimistic Change in Large Organisations - with Kenneth Kwan
What if the smallest steps could unlock the biggest changes? In this conversation, Annie Bordeleau chats with Kenneth Kwan about his session at SOLWorld 2025 and how simple, doable actions can spark momentum, build hope, and strengthen collaboration. Kenneth brings real stories and practical ideas that show how progress — not perfection — can make lasting transformation possible.
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Want to see a video of Kenneth in action online? Find it here.
Scramble Your Session - Aikido and Dice for Coaching Mastery - with Nishida Hiroaki (Hiro)
In this interview, John Brooker talks with Nishida Hiroaki (Hiro) about his playful blend of Solution Focused coaching, Aikido-inspired movements, and coaching dice. Hiro shares how simple body-based experiments and cross-language pairings can open fresh ways of listening, lighten coaching, and make it both fun and effective. Along the way, he encourages non-native English speakers to join international conversations with confidence, reminding us how supportive the SF community can be.
If you wish to capture the essence of Hiro’s session, you can download his slides here.
Download his slides here.
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Co-creation of an SF Survival Guide for Our Work Life - with Sandra Dietrich and Susanne Buchberger
In this interview, John Brooker chats with Sandra and Susanne about how they co-created a “Solution Focused Survival Guide” to help people stay well and effective at work. Born from real everyday challenges, the guide gathers simple SF practices—like taking small steps, noticing resources, and celebrating progress—that make a difference. What mattered most was the co-creation itself: colleagues sharing ideas, exchanging tips, and experiencing the strength of collective wisdom. The result is less a finished book and more a living reminder to keep SF alive in daily working life.
If you wish to see their session notes, you can download them here. Download slides here.
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Sonali Kumarakulasinghe
InterAction Contributor
Sonali is a Facilitator, Coach and Mentor, supporting leaders and teams to generate sustainable culture change through better conversations at work. She works with a diverse set of clients in sectors including corporate, SME and not-for-profit organisations. Sonali supports new and established teams to co-create behaviours, rituals and actions to make progress towards their desired outcomes. Her facilitation style is informal, focused and appreciative and she has used Decision Circle to facilitate team decision making. Sonali has an MSc in Organisational Behaviour (Psychology) and the BRIEF Certificate in Solution Focused Practice.
Victoria Spashchenko
InterAction Contributor
SFiO Contributor
Victoria Spashchenko - trainer, executive and intercultural coach, Solution-Focused practitioner and Cross-Cultural consultant, speaker, facilitator, moderator, author of the book “How to Solve Problems Without Discussing Them. Solution-Focused Approach for Managers and for Others, too”.
Haesun Moon
InterAction Contributor
SFiO Contributor
Haesun Moon is a communication scientist and educator based in Toronto, Canada. She cares about people having more and better conversations at home and at workplaces. Her academic and professional research in coaching dialogues and pedagogy from the University of Toronto introduced a simple coaching model, Dialogic Orientation Quadrant, that has transformed the way people coach and learn coaching worldwide. Haesun teaches Brief Coaching at the University of Toronto and serves as Executive Director at the Canadian Centre for Brief Coaching. She loves dogs, roasts her own coffee, and is particular about her choice of pens.
Kenneth Kwan
InterAction Contributor
SFiO Contributor
Kenneth Kwan is an internationally renowned Author, Global Leadership and Motivational Speaker, recognized for his exceptional ability to inspire and empower audiences around the globe. With a remarkable track record of speaking to leaders from 40 countries, he has ignited conversations that have led to remarkable possibilities and sustainable change.
Hiroaki Nishida
InterAction Contributor
M.A. Peace Studies, Hiroaki integrates Solution-Focused coaching, Japanese martial arts, and embodied learning to enhance adaptability, intuition, and real-world coaching effectiveness. With 10+ years of Aikido and somatic expertise, his work has been recognized by Facebook, BMW, ING Life, the Japanese Cabinet Office, and top universities. He has led workshops in eight countries, including Coaching in Motion with Peter Szabo (Switzerland), the Brief Therapy Association (Korea), and the University for Peace (Costa Rica). His invention, Coaching Dice—based on the Ecological & Constraints-Led Approaches—is now registered with the Japan Patent Office and used by 100+ coaches worldwide.
Susanne Buchberger
InterAction Contributor
Susanne Buchberger, Austria, is a Human Resources Management professional with broad experience in all fields of HR Management in an international and dynamic environment. She enjoys leading teams and being a consultant for her customers. Analysing the needs and pain points of a company, focusing on the strengths and helping the organisation to transform to the next level is one of her core competences.
Sandra Dietrich
InterAction Contributor
Sandra Dietrich, Switzerland, brings many years of experience in leadership positions and HR interim managerment As a coach and organizational developer, she supports new beginnings and change, offering holistic, tailored solutions for individual concerns.
Annie Bordeleau
Co-President
Board Member
Editor of InterAction
SFiO Contributor
Annie Bordeleau is founder of the I2A Network, collaborating with international organisations and universities for over 20 years. She discovered SF in 2005 and it has fundamentally transformed the way she supports leaders in organisations across all cultures to lead through change with more ease and effectiveness.
John Brooker
Co-President
SFiO Reviewed Practitioner
Editor of Interaction
Chapter Head
SFiO Contributor
John has over thirty years experience of leading people to collaborate effectively. He gained his leadership experience as a Senior Vice President in Visa International, working on international projects. Since 2004 he has used his leadership and Solution Focus expertise to enable people in multinational and national organisations to collaborate effectively. He is Co-President of Solution Focus in Organisations, an SFiO Reviewed Practitioner and has an MBA from The Open University in the UK.