For almost two decades, Open Water has worked closely with life science leaders and their teams at the inflection points that shape businesses, careers – and lives – from launch success to mergers and divestment.
Our purpose has always been the same: to make the world a more emotionally intelligent place.
Now AI is revolutionising how people work, decide, lead and create value. As with every major technological revolution, we are still discovering what it will mean for organisations, careers and everyday life.
On the surface, this is about technology and organisational change. Underneath, it is about people – and how they adapt, think, respond, connect and contribute.
With the right mindsets and behaviours, AI gives organisations new potential to unlock a new level of human innovation, creativity and performance – opening up an ocean of possibility.
That demands human-first leadership to create the conditions for people and AI to perform at their best together.
It also demands different mindsets and behaviours, greater adaptability and resilience, better judgement and accountability – all underpinned by deeper human trust and connection.
We are not an events company. And we are not a traditional L&D partner.
We work with executive and senior leaders who need to make change happen quickly – shifting the mindsets and behaviours that create momentum.
Every activation is custom-designed around the client context, challenge and desired outcome. Our approach is immersive, experiential and grounded in neuroscience and behavioural change, and delivered by experienced expert coaches and facilitators.
We are built for change. COVID changed our business permanently. We adapted fast, building our own cyclorama broadcast studio, adapting our methodology so we could extend our in person experiences into fully immersive online environments.
Open Water was founded almost 20 years ago by Ben Shoshan and Marika Cysouw.
It started with an idea, mapped out at a kitchen table.
It grew from a two-person team working out of a shed – into an international team trusted by some of the world's largest pharmaceutical companies.
As humans, we move through life carrying self-imposed limits we rarely question. Open Water is what's on the other side of them – the space where people and teams do their best work, free of the constraints they've put on themselves.Read 'Beyond the Brand'
– Ben Shoshan, Co-Founder & CEO
We're abundant.
Generous with our time and our energy – with clients, and with each other.
We're interested.
In people. In what they need. In how they see the world.
We make a difference.
To our people. To our clients. And beyond them.
