\n \n \nAugmented You AY, Pathways to Collaboration<\/title>\n<link href=\"https:\/\/fonts.googleapis.com\/css2?family=Playfair+Display:ital,wght@0,400;0,700;0,900;1,400;1,700&family=DM+Sans:wght@300;400;500&display=swap\" rel=\"stylesheet\">\n<style>\n :root {\n --bordeaux: #4d0012;\n --cream: #f6efdd;\n --blue: #9ccee7;\n --pink: #e89aa3;\n --flamingo: #ff5d6c;\n --dark: #1a1a1a;\n --bordeaux2: #6e001a;\n }<\/p>\n<p> *, *::before, *::after { margin: 0; padding: 0; box-sizing: border-box; }<\/p>\n<p> html { scroll-behavior: smooth; }<\/p>\n<p> body {\n font-family: 'DM Sans', sans-serif;\n background: var(--cream);\n color: var(--dark);\n overflow-x: hidden;\n }<\/p>\n<p> \/* \u2500\u2500 NAVIGATION \u2500\u2500 *\/\n nav {\n position: fixed;\n top: 0; left: 0; right: 0;\n z-index: 100;\n background: rgba(246,239,221,0.96);\n backdrop-filter: blur(8px);\n border-bottom: 1px solid rgba(77,0,18,0.1);\n padding: 0 5%;\n height: 64px;\n display: flex;\n align-items: center;\n justify-content: space-between;\n }<\/p>\n<p> .nav-logo {\n font-family: 'Playfair Display', serif;\n font-size: 18px;\n font-weight: 700;\n color: var(--bordeaux);\n text-decoration: none;\n display: flex;\n align-items: baseline;\n gap: 6px;\n }<\/p>\n<p> .nav-logo em {\n font-size: 13px;\n font-weight: 400;\n color: var(--pink);\n }<\/p>\n<p> .nav-links {\n display: flex;\n gap: 32px;\n list-style: none;\n }<\/p>\n<p> .nav-links a {\n font-size: 13px;\n font-weight: 500;\n color: var(--bordeaux);\n text-decoration: none;\n letter-spacing: 0.5px;\n transition: color 0.2s;\n }<\/p>\n<p> .nav-links a:hover { color: var(--flamingo); 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}\n 50% { transform: translateY(-16px); }\n }<\/p>\n<p> .hero-stat {\n color: var(--cream);\n }<\/p>\n<p> .hero-stat-num {\n font-family: 'Playfair Display', serif;\n font-size: 48px;\n font-weight: 900;\n color: var(--blue);\n line-height: 1;\n display: block;\n }<\/p>\n<p> .hero-stat-label {\n font-size: 12px;\n opacity: 0.7;\n letter-spacing: 0.5px;\n margin-top: 4px;\n }<\/p>\n<p> .hero-divider {\n width: 1px;\n height: 32px;\n background: rgba(156,206,231,0.3);\n }<\/p>\n<p> \/* Colour stripe at bottom of hero *\/\n .hero-stripe {\n position: absolute;\n bottom: 0; left: 0; right: 0;\n height: 5px;\n display: flex;\n }<\/p>\n<p> .stripe-seg { height: 100%; }<\/p>\n<p> \/* \u2500\u2500 SECTION BASE \u2500\u2500 *\/\n section { padding: 72px 8%; }<\/p>\n<p> .section-label {\n font-size: 10px;\n font-weight: 700;\n letter-spacing: 3px;\n text-transform: uppercase;\n color: var(--bordeaux);\n margin-bottom: 12px;\n display: flex;\n align-items: center;\n gap: 12px;\n }<\/p>\n<p> .section-label::after {\n content: '';\n flex: 1;\n max-width: 60px;\n height: 1px;\n background: var(--bordeaux);\n opacity: 0.3;\n }<\/p>\n<p> .section-title {\n font-family: 'Playfair Display', serif;\n font-size: clamp(28px, 3.5vw, 48px);\n font-weight: 700;\n color: var(--bordeaux);\n line-height: 1.15;\n margin-bottom: 20px;\n }<\/p>\n<p> .section-intro {\n font-size: 16px;\n line-height: 1.75;\n color: #444;\n max-width: 640px;\n margin-bottom: 56px;\n }<\/p>\n<p> \/* \u2500\u2500 WHO WE ARE \u2500\u2500 *\/\n .who {\n background: var(--cream);\n display: grid;\n grid-template-columns: 1fr 1fr;\n gap: 80px;\n align-items: center;\n }<\/p>\n<p> .who-outcomes {\n display: flex;\n flex-direction: column;\n gap: 16px;\n }<\/p>\n<p> .outcome-item {\n display: flex;\n gap: 14px;\n align-items: flex-start;\n }<\/p>\n<p> .outcome-arrow {\n color: var(--flamingo);\n font-size: 16px;\n margin-top: 3px;\n flex-shrink: 0;\n }<\/p>\n<p> .outcome-text {\n font-size: 15px;\n line-height: 1.6;\n color: #333;\n }<\/p>\n<p> .outcome-text strong {\n color: var(--bordeaux);\n font-weight: 500;\n }<\/p>\n<p> \/* Mission\/Vision cards *\/\n .mv-cards {\n display: flex;\n flex-direction: column;\n gap: 20px;\n }<\/p>\n<p> .mv-card {\n padding: 28px 32px;\n border-radius: 4px;\n }<\/p>\n<p> .mv-card.mission {\n background: var(--bordeaux);\n border-left: 4px solid var(--flamingo);\n }<\/p>\n<p> .mv-card.vision {\n background: var(--blue);\n border-left: 4px solid var(--bordeaux);\n }<\/p>\n<p> .mv-card-label {\n font-size: 9px;\n font-weight: 700;\n letter-spacing: 2.5px;\n text-transform: uppercase;\n margin-bottom: 10px;\n }<\/p>\n<p> .mv-card.mission .mv-card-label { color: var(--pink); }\n .mv-card.vision .mv-card-label { color: var(--bordeaux); }<\/p>\n<p> .mv-card-text {\n font-size: 15px;\n line-height: 1.65;\n }<\/p>\n<p> .mv-card.mission .mv-card-text { color: rgba(246,239,221,0.9); }\n .mv-card.vision .mv-card-text { color: var(--bordeaux); }<\/p>\n<p> \/* \u2500\u2500 SERVICES \u2500\u2500 *\/\n .services { background: var(--bordeaux); }\n .services .section-label { color: var(--pink); }\n .services .section-label::after { background: var(--pink); }\n .services .section-title { color: var(--cream); }\n .services .section-intro { color: rgba(246,239,221,0.75); }<\/p>\n<p> .services-grid {\n display: grid;\n grid-template-columns: repeat(2, 1fr);\n gap: 2px;\n }<\/p>\n<p> .service-card {\n background: rgba(246,239,221,0.05);\n border: 1px solid rgba(232,154,163,0.2);\n padding: 36px 32px;\n transition: background 0.25s;\n cursor: default;\n }<\/p>\n<p> .service-card:hover { background: rgba(246,239,221,0.09); }<\/p>\n<p> .service-icon {\n width: 40px;\n height: 3px;\n background: var(--flamingo);\n margin-bottom: 20px;\n transition: width 0.3s;\n }<\/p>\n<p> .service-card:hover .service-icon { width: 60px; }<\/p>\n<p> .service-name {\n font-family: 'Playfair Display', serif;\n font-size: 20px;\n font-weight: 700;\n color: var(--cream);\n margin-bottom: 12px;\n line-height: 1.3;\n }<\/p>\n<p> .service-desc {\n font-size: 14px;\n color: rgba(246,239,221,0.7);\n line-height: 1.65;\n margin-bottom: 16px;\n }<\/p>\n<p> .service-tags {\n display: flex;\n flex-wrap: wrap;\n gap: 6px;\n }<\/p>\n<p> .service-tag {\n font-size: 10px;\n color: var(--pink);\n border: 1px solid rgba(232,154,163,0.35);\n padding: 3px 10px;\n border-radius: 20px;\n letter-spacing: 0.3px;\n }<\/p>\n<p> \/* \u2500\u2500 CASE STUDIES \u2500\u2500 *\/\n .cases { background: var(--cream); }<\/p>\n<p> .cases-grid {\n display: grid;\n grid-template-columns: repeat(3, 1fr);\n gap: 24px;\n }<\/p>\n<p> .case-card {\n background: #fff;\n border-top: 4px solid var(--bordeaux);\n padding: 32px 28px;\n box-shadow: 0 2px 20px rgba(77,0,18,0.06);\n transition: transform 0.25s, box-shadow 0.25s;\n }<\/p>\n<p> .case-card:hover {\n transform: translateY(-4px);\n box-shadow: 0 8px 32px rgba(77,0,18,0.1);\n }<\/p>\n<p> .case-card:nth-child(2) { border-top-color: var(--blue); 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}\n .ai-focus .section-title { color: var(--bordeaux); }<\/p>\n<p> .ai-points {\n display: flex;\n flex-direction: column;\n gap: 24px;\n }<\/p>\n<p> .ai-point {\n display: flex;\n gap: 18px;\n align-items: flex-start;\n }<\/p>\n<p> .ai-point-num {\n font-family: 'Playfair Display', serif;\n font-size: 28px;\n font-weight: 900;\n color: var(--bordeaux);\n opacity: 0.25;\n line-height: 1;\n flex-shrink: 0;\n width: 32px;\n }<\/p>\n<p> .ai-point-content {}<\/p>\n<p> .ai-point-title {\n font-size: 15px;\n font-weight: 500;\n color: var(--bordeaux);\n margin-bottom: 4px;\n }<\/p>\n<p> .ai-point-text {\n font-size: 13.5px;\n color: rgba(77,0,18,0.75);\n line-height: 1.6;\n }<\/p>\n<p> .ai-quote {\n background: var(--bordeaux);\n padding: 40px;\n border-radius: 4px;\n position: relative;\n }<\/p>\n<p> .ai-quote::before {\n content: '\"';\n font-family: 'Playfair Display', serif;\n font-size: 120px;\n color: var(--pink);\n opacity: 0.25;\n position: absolute;\n top: -20px;\n left: 24px;\n line-height: 1;\n }<\/p>\n<p> .ai-quote-text {\n font-family: 'Playfair Display', serif;\n font-size: 20px;\n font-style: italic;\n color: var(--cream);\n line-height: 1.6;\n position: relative;\n z-index: 1;\n margin-bottom: 20px;\n }<\/p>\n<p> .ai-quote-attr {\n font-size: 12px;\n color: var(--pink);\n letter-spacing: 1px;\n text-transform: uppercase;\n }<\/p>\n<p> \/* \u2500\u2500 TEAM \u2500\u2500 *\/\n .team { background: var(--cream); 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gap: 32px !important; }\n }<\/p>\n<p> @media (max-width: 600px) {\n section { padding: 64px 5%; }\n .team-grid { grid-template-columns: 1fr; }\n footer { flex-direction: column; text-align: center; }\n }\n<\/style>\n<p><\/head><br \/>\n<body><\/p>\n<p><!-- NAVIGATION --><\/p>\n<nav>\n <a href=\"#\" class=\"nav-logo\">Augmented <span style=\"color:var(--pink)\">You<\/span> <em>AY<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<ul class=\"nav-links\">\n<li><a href=\"#who\">Who we are<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#services\">Services<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#technology\">Human & technology<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#cases\">Cases<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#japan\">Team dynamics<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#team\">Team<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#contact\" class=\"nav-cta\">Let’s talk<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/nav>\n<p><!-- HERO --><\/p>\n<section class=\"hero\" id=\"home\">\n<div class=\"hero-left\">\n<div class=\"hero-pill\">Pathways to Collaboration<\/div>\n<h1 class=\"hero-title\">\n People first.<br \/>\n <em>Change that sticks.<\/em><br \/>\n <\/h1>\n<p class=\"hero-tagline\">Human-centred strategy & collaboration<\/p>\n<p class=\"hero-oneliner\">\n We put people at the centre of change, so that <strong>collaboration flows<\/strong>, leadership teams move as one, every voice is heard, and work becomes something people genuinely love.\n <\/p>\n<div style=\"display:flex;gap:8px;flex-wrap:wrap;margin-bottom:32px;\">\n <span style=\"background:rgba(156,206,231,0.15);border:1px solid rgba(156,206,231,0.4);color:var(--blue);font-size:11px;font-weight:500;letter-spacing:0.8px;padding:5px 14px;border-radius:20px;\">EN English<\/span><br \/>\n <span style=\"background:rgba(156,206,231,0.15);border:1px solid rgba(156,206,231,0.4);color:var(--blue);font-size:11px;font-weight:500;letter-spacing:0.8px;padding:5px 14px;border-radius:20px;\">NL Nederlands<\/span><br \/>\n <span style=\"background:rgba(156,206,231,0.15);border:1px solid rgba(156,206,231,0.4);color:var(--blue);font-size:11px;font-weight:500;letter-spacing:0.8px;padding:5px 14px;border-radius:20px;\">ES Espa\u00f1ol<\/span><br \/>\n <span style=\"background:rgba(156,206,231,0.15);border:1px solid rgba(156,206,231,0.4);color:var(--blue);font-size:11px;font-weight:500;letter-spacing:0.8px;padding:5px 14px;border-radius:20px;\">\u65e5\u672c\u8a9e<\/span>\n <\/div>\n<div class=\"hero-buttons\">\n <a href=\"#contact\" class=\"btn-primary\">Let’s work together<\/a><br \/>\n <a href=\"#who\" class=\"btn-secondary\">Our approach<\/a>\n <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"hero-right\">\n<div class=\"hero-shape\">\n<div class=\"hero-stat\">\n <span class=\"hero-stat-num\">55<\/span><br \/>\n <span class=\"hero-stat-label\">organisations, one direction<\/span>\n <\/div>\n<div class=\"hero-divider\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"hero-stat\">\n <span class=\"hero-stat-num\">18<\/span><br \/>\n <span class=\"hero-stat-label\">member states aligned<\/span>\n <\/div>\n<div class=\"hero-divider\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"hero-stat\">\n <span class=\"hero-stat-num\">1<\/span><br \/>\n <span class=\"hero-stat-label\">consistent belief, people first<\/span>\n <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"hero-stripe\">\n<div class=\"stripe-seg\" style=\"flex:3;background:var(--bordeaux2)\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"stripe-seg\" style=\"flex:2;background:var(--flamingo)\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"stripe-seg\" style=\"flex:3;background:var(--blue)\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"stripe-seg\" style=\"flex:2;background:var(--pink)\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"stripe-seg\" style=\"flex:2;background:var(--bordeaux2)\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!-- STUCK SECTION --><\/p>\n<section class=\"stuck\" id=\"stuck\">\n<div class=\"reveal\">\n<p class=\"stuck-intro\">Does any of this sound <em>familiar?<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"stuck-sub\">These are the moments where understanding and involving people makes all the difference, at the beginning of a project, in the middle of a change, or when something is not quite landing the way it should.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"stuck-grid reveal\" style=\"grid-template-columns:repeat(2,1fr);max-width:880px;\">\n<div class=\"stuck-card\">\n<p class=\"stuck-card-quote\">We are launching something new and want to make sure it truly fits the people it is designed for, before we build the wrong thing.<\/p>\n<p class=\"stuck-card-context\">New product, service or process, beginning of a project<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"stuck-card\">\n<p class=\"stuck-card-quote\">We have a system in place but people are finding workarounds. We want to understand what they actually need.<\/p>\n<p class=\"stuck-card-context\">Change and implementation, AI, digital or process rollout<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"stuck-card\">\n<p class=\"stuck-card-quote\">We are ready for change and want to bring our people along in a way that creates real ownership, not just compliance.<\/p>\n<p class=\"stuck-card-context\">Organisational change, any sector, any scale<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"stuck-card\">\n<p class=\"stuck-card-quote\">We have built something we are proud of. Now we want to understand why people are not using it and what needs to shift.<\/p>\n<p class=\"stuck-card-context\">Products and services, understanding the people they are built for<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"stuck-card\">\n<p class=\"stuck-card-quote\">We want to move forward but are not sure where to start. The challenge feels important but hard to get a grip on.<\/p>\n<p class=\"stuck-card-context\">Direction and focus, teams or organisations at a crossroads<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"stuck-card\">\n<p class=\"stuck-card-quote\">We have a direction in mind but the conversations keep going in circles. We need a way to move from talking to deciding.<\/p>\n<p class=\"stuck-card-context\">Alignment and decision-making, leadership teams and project groups<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"stuck-card\">\n<p class=\"stuck-card-quote\">We have partners across multiple countries committed to the same goal. We want to make sure everyone is genuinely pulling together.<\/p>\n<p class=\"stuck-card-context\">Consortia and multi-partner projects, EU programmes and joint ventures<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"stuck-card\">\n<p class=\"stuck-card-quote\">We sense there is more potential in our team than is currently showing up. We want to understand what is getting in the way.<\/p>\n<p class=\"stuck-card-context\">Motivation and team development, any organisation wanting to grow<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"stuck-resolution reveal\">\n<div class=\"stuck-resolution-line\"><\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"stuck-resolution-text\">\n These are not technology problems or strategy problems.<br \/>\n They are <strong>people opportunities<\/strong>, and they have a solution.<br \/>\n Understand people genuinely. Involve them from the start.\n <\/p>\n<p style=\"font-family:'Playfair Display',serif;font-size:17px;font-style:italic;color:var(--pink);line-height:1.65;margin-top:20px;\">\n “Every voice has something valuable to contribute. Our job is to create the conditions where all of them are heard, not just the loudest ones in the room.”\n <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!-- WHO WE WORK WITH --><\/p>\n<div style=\"background:var(--bordeaux);padding:32px 8%;display:flex;flex-wrap:wrap;align-items:center;gap:0;\">\n<p style=\"font-size:10px;font-weight:700;letter-spacing:3px;text-transform:uppercase;color:var(--pink);margin-right:40px;flex-shrink:0;\">We work with<\/p>\n<div style=\"display:flex;flex-wrap:wrap;gap:12px;flex:1;\">\n <span style=\"font-size:13px;color:var(--cream);padding:8px 20px;border:1px solid rgba(246,239,221,0.2);border-radius:2px;\">Multinationals & corporates<\/span><br \/>\n <span style=\"font-size:13px;color:var(--cream);padding:8px 20px;border:1px solid rgba(246,239,221,0.2);border-radius:2px;\">Scale-ups & growing companies<\/span><br \/>\n <span style=\"font-size:13px;color:var(--cream);padding:8px 20px;border:1px solid rgba(246,239,221,0.2);border-radius:2px;\">Public institutions, government & research<\/span><br \/>\n <span style=\"font-size:13px;color:var(--cream);padding:8px 20px;border:1px solid rgba(246,239,221,0.2);border-radius:2px;\">EU consortia & multi-partner projects<\/span><br \/>\n <span style=\"font-size:13px;color:var(--cream);padding:8px 20px;border:1px solid rgba(246,239,221,0.2);border-radius:2px;\">Diverse & cross-cultural teams<\/span><br \/>\n <span style=\"font-size:13px;color:var(--cream);padding:8px 20px;border:1px solid rgba(246,239,221,0.2);border-radius:2px;\">Any organisation where people need to move together<\/span>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- WHO WE ARE --><\/p>\n<section class=\"who\" id=\"who\">\n<div class=\"reveal\">\n<div class=\"section-label\">Organisation profile<\/div>\n<h2 class=\"section-title\">We understand people.<br \/>That is how we make<br \/>change work.<\/h2>\n<p class=\"section-intro\">\n Throughout our work, across industry, the Dutch government, EU joint actions and hospitals. One question kept coming back: <em>“Can you bring these people together?”<\/em> Our answer has always been the same: understand what people need, and involve them from the start.\n <\/p>\n<div style=\"background:var(--bordeaux);padding:28px 32px;border-radius:4px;border-left:4px solid var(--flamingo);margin-bottom:32px;\">\n<p style=\"font-size:10px;font-weight:700;letter-spacing:2px;text-transform:uppercase;color:var(--pink);margin-bottom:10px;\">Our core belief<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-family:'Playfair Display',serif;font-size:18px;font-style:italic;color:var(--cream);line-height:1.7;\">When people are genuinely understood and involved, remarkable things become possible. Better decisions get made. Better products get built. Change actually lands. Collaboration stops being a word and starts being a reality.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size:14px;color:rgba(246,239,221,0.75);line-height:1.65;margin-top:12px;\">Human-centredness is not a methodology for us. It is the lens through which we see every challenge, and the reason we believe that focusing on people is always the most direct route to the outcomes organisations are looking for.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"who-outcomes\">\n<div class=\"outcome-item\">\n <span class=\"outcome-arrow\">\u2197<\/span><br \/>\n <span class=\"outcome-text\"><strong>Creative problem solving<\/strong> grounded in people’s real needs<\/span>\n <\/div>\n<div class=\"outcome-item\">\n <span class=\"outcome-arrow\">\u2197<\/span><br \/>\n <span class=\"outcome-text\"><strong>Stakeholder alignment<\/strong> and implementation support<\/span>\n <\/div>\n<div class=\"outcome-item\">\n <span class=\"outcome-arrow\">\u2197<\/span><br \/>\n <span class=\"outcome-text\"><strong>Enhanced innovation<\/strong>, creativity and ownership<\/span>\n <\/div>\n<div class=\"outcome-item\">\n <span class=\"outcome-arrow\">\u2197<\/span><br \/>\n <span class=\"outcome-text\"><strong>Empowered, purpose-driven<\/strong> teams and organisations<\/span>\n <\/div>\n<div class=\"outcome-item\">\n <span class=\"outcome-arrow\">\u2197<\/span><br \/>\n <span class=\"outcome-text\"><strong>Inclusive collaboration<\/strong> across cultures, disciplines and personalities<\/span>\n <\/div>\n<div class=\"outcome-item\">\n <span class=\"outcome-arrow\">\u2197<\/span><br \/>\n <span class=\"outcome-text\"><strong>Insight that reaches<\/strong> both the rational and emotional truth<\/span>\n <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"mv-cards reveal\">\n<div class=\"mv-card mission\">\n<div class=\"mv-card-label\">Mission<\/div>\n<p class=\"mv-card-text\">We help organisations, teams and projects succeed by genuinely understanding and involving people at every stage, creating conditions where collaboration is real, every talent is in the room, and change actually sticks.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"mv-card vision\">\n<div class=\"mv-card-label\">Vision<\/div>\n<p class=\"mv-card-text\">A world where people go to work happy, with freedom to create, space to collaborate, and the confidence that what they build actually fits the needs of the people it is meant for.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!-- SERVICES --><\/p>\n<section class=\"services\" id=\"services\">\n<div class=\"reveal\">\n<div class=\"section-label\">What we deliver<\/div>\n<h2 class=\"section-title\">Our Services<\/h2>\n<p class=\"section-intro\">Grounded in scientifically proven methods, we create the conditions where people thrive, ideas flourish, and meaningful change becomes possible.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"services-grid reveal\">\n<div class=\"service-card\">\n<div class=\"service-icon\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"service-name\">Workshop & Event Facilitation<\/div>\n<p class=\"service-desc\">We design and facilitate workshops and events where people need to think together, decide together, or move together. For companies, teams, conferences, strategy days, project kick-offs or any moment where a group needs to get somewhere they cannot reach alone.<\/p>\n<div class=\"service-tags\">\n <span class=\"service-tag\">Stakeholder alignment<\/span><br \/>\n <span class=\"service-tag\">Strategy sessions<\/span><br \/>\n <span class=\"service-tag\">Team workshops<\/span><br \/>\n <span class=\"service-tag\">Events & conferences<\/span><br \/>\n <span class=\"service-tag\">Project kick-offs<\/span><br \/>\n <span class=\"service-tag\">Consortia building<\/span>\n <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"service-card\">\n<div class=\"service-icon\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"service-name\">Human-Centred Change & Implementation<\/div>\n<p class=\"service-desc\">We help organisations implement change in a way their people actually embrace, whether that is a new strategy, a digital system, an AI tool, or a new way of working. Understanding needs first, involving people throughout, and building real ownership from day one.<\/p>\n<div class=\"service-tags\">\n <span class=\"service-tag\">Change management<\/span><br \/>\n <span class=\"service-tag\">AI & digital adoption<\/span><br \/>\n <span class=\"service-tag\">Human impact<\/span><br \/>\n <span class=\"service-tag\">Implementation<\/span>\n <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"service-card\">\n<div class=\"service-icon\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"service-name\">Research & People Insight<\/div>\n<p class=\"service-desc\">We use creative and mixed research methods to understand both the rational and emotional side of what people think, feel and need, because real insight requires both. Not just what people say, but what drives them. We work with a range of creative tools, and one of our own research instruments is being published soon.<\/p>\n<div class=\"service-tags\">\n <span class=\"service-tag\">Creative research methods<\/span><br \/>\n <span class=\"service-tag\">Surveys<\/span><br \/>\n <span class=\"service-tag\">Focus groups<\/span><br \/>\n <span class=\"service-tag\">Interviews<\/span><br \/>\n <span class=\"service-tag\">Observations<\/span><br \/>\n <span class=\"service-tag\">Emotional & rational insight<\/span><br \/>\n <span class=\"service-tag\">Participatory design<\/span><br \/>\n <span class=\"service-tag\">Human impact<\/span>\n <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"service-card\">\n<div class=\"service-icon\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"service-name\">Leadership & Team Building<\/div>\n<p class=\"service-desc\">We help leadership teams find shared direction, build real cohesion and create the conditions where every person’s talent is actually used. Sometimes that means a half-day session. Sometimes a short series of workshops. Always direct, human and high-impact, because when the team works, everything else follows.<\/p>\n<div class=\"service-tags\">\n <span class=\"service-tag\">Leadership alignment<\/span><br \/>\n <span class=\"service-tag\">Team building<\/span><br \/>\n <span class=\"service-tag\">Direction & purpose<\/span><br \/>\n <span class=\"service-tag\">Inclusive culture<\/span><br \/>\n <span class=\"service-tag\">Scale-ups<\/span>\n <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!-- HOW WE WORK --><\/p>\n<section style=\"background:var(--cream);padding:72px 8%;\" id=\"process\">\n<div class=\"reveal\" style=\"text-align:center;margin-bottom:56px;\">\n<div class=\"section-label\" style=\"justify-content:center;\">How we work<\/div>\n<h2 class=\"section-title\" style=\"margin-bottom:16px;\">Discover. Design. Deliver.<\/h2>\n<p style=\"font-size:16px;line-height:1.75;color:#555;max-width:580px;margin:0 auto;\">Every engagement follows the same three phases, whether we are working on a leadership challenge, a cultural integration, a new process, or a technology adoption.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"display:grid;grid-template-columns:repeat(3,1fr);gap:2px;\" class=\"reveal\">\n<p> <!-- DISCOVER --><\/p>\n<div style=\"background:var(--bordeaux);padding:40px 36px;\">\n<div style=\"font-family:'Playfair Display',serif;font-size:52px;font-weight:900;color:rgba(246,239,221,0.15);line-height:1;margin-bottom:16px;\">01<\/div>\n<div style=\"font-size:9px;font-weight:700;letter-spacing:3px;text-transform:uppercase;color:var(--pink);margin-bottom:10px;\">Phase one<\/div>\n<h3 style=\"font-family:'Playfair Display',serif;font-size:28px;font-weight:700;color:var(--cream);margin-bottom:20px;\">Discover<\/h3>\n<p style=\"font-size:14px;color:rgba(246,239,221,0.8);line-height:1.7;margin-bottom:24px;\">Before anything else, we understand. Who are the people involved? What do they actually need, rationally and emotionally? We use creative research methods to get beneath the surface, because the real challenge is rarely the one that was first described.<\/p>\n<div style=\"display:flex;flex-direction:column;gap:10px;\">\n<div style=\"display:flex;gap:10px;align-items:flex-start;\">\n <span style=\"color:var(--flamingo);flex-shrink:0;font-size:13px;margin-top:2px;\">\u2197<\/span><br \/>\n <span style=\"font-size:13px;color:rgba(246,239,221,0.75);line-height:1.5;\">Creative & mixed research methods<\/span>\n <\/div>\n<div style=\"display:flex;gap:10px;align-items:flex-start;\">\n <span style=\"color:var(--flamingo);flex-shrink:0;font-size:13px;margin-top:2px;\">\u2197<\/span><br \/>\n <span style=\"font-size:13px;color:rgba(246,239,221,0.75);line-height:1.5;\">Stakeholder mapping, who matters, who is missing<\/span>\n <\/div>\n<div style=\"display:flex;gap:10px;align-items:flex-start;\">\n <span style=\"color:var(--flamingo);flex-shrink:0;font-size:13px;margin-top:2px;\">\u2197<\/span><br \/>\n <span style=\"font-size:13px;color:rgba(246,239,221,0.75);line-height:1.5;\">Understanding what drives people, not just what they say<\/span>\n <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> <!-- DESIGN --><\/p>\n<div style=\"background:var(--blue);padding:40px 36px;\">\n<div style=\"font-family:'Playfair Display',serif;font-size:52px;font-weight:900;color:rgba(77,0,18,0.12);line-height:1;margin-bottom:16px;\">02<\/div>\n<div style=\"font-size:9px;font-weight:700;letter-spacing:3px;text-transform:uppercase;color:var(--bordeaux);margin-bottom:10px;opacity:0.7;\">Phase two<\/div>\n<h3 style=\"font-family:'Playfair Display',serif;font-size:28px;font-weight:700;color:var(--bordeaux);margin-bottom:20px;\">Design<\/h3>\n<p style=\"font-size:14px;color:rgba(77,0,18,0.8);line-height:1.7;margin-bottom:24px;\">With the people involved, not just for them. We co-create the intervention, process, framework or approach that actually fits the situation. Tested early, refined quickly.<\/p>\n<div style=\"display:flex;flex-direction:column;gap:10px;\">\n<div style=\"display:flex;gap:10px;align-items:flex-start;\">\n <span style=\"color:var(--bordeaux);flex-shrink:0;font-size:13px;margin-top:2px;\">\u2197<\/span><br \/>\n <span style=\"font-size:13px;color:rgba(77,0,18,0.75);line-height:1.5;\">Co-design with stakeholders<\/span>\n <\/div>\n<div style=\"display:flex;gap:10px;align-items:flex-start;\">\n <span style=\"color:var(--bordeaux);flex-shrink:0;font-size:13px;margin-top:2px;\">\u2197<\/span><br \/>\n <span style=\"font-size:13px;color:rgba(77,0,18,0.75);line-height:1.5;\">Process & guideline development<\/span>\n <\/div>\n<div style=\"display:flex;gap:10px;align-items:flex-start;\">\n <span style=\"color:var(--bordeaux);flex-shrink:0;font-size:13px;margin-top:2px;\">\u2197<\/span><br \/>\n <span style=\"font-size:13px;color:rgba(77,0,18,0.75);line-height:1.5;\">Prototyping & early testing<\/span>\n <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> <!-- DELIVER --><\/p>\n<div style=\"background:var(--pink);padding:40px 36px;\">\n<div style=\"font-family:'Playfair Display',serif;font-size:52px;font-weight:900;color:rgba(77,0,18,0.12);line-height:1;margin-bottom:16px;\">03<\/div>\n<div style=\"font-size:9px;font-weight:700;letter-spacing:3px;text-transform:uppercase;color:var(--bordeaux);margin-bottom:10px;opacity:0.7;\">Phase three<\/div>\n<h3 style=\"font-family:'Playfair Display',serif;font-size:28px;font-weight:700;color:var(--bordeaux);margin-bottom:20px;\">Deliver<\/h3>\n<p style=\"font-size:14px;color:rgba(77,0,18,0.8);line-height:1.7;margin-bottom:24px;\">This is where the work becomes visible, workshops, facilitated sessions, team interventions, events. But the delivery works because of everything that came before it.<\/p>\n<div style=\"display:flex;flex-direction:column;gap:10px;\">\n<div style=\"display:flex;gap:10px;align-items:flex-start;\">\n <span style=\"color:var(--bordeaux);flex-shrink:0;font-size:13px;margin-top:2px;\">\u2197<\/span><br \/>\n <span style=\"font-size:13px;color:rgba(77,0,18,0.75);line-height:1.5;\">Workshops, sessions & events<\/span>\n <\/div>\n<div style=\"display:flex;gap:10px;align-items:flex-start;\">\n <span style=\"color:var(--bordeaux);flex-shrink:0;font-size:13px;margin-top:2px;\">\u2197<\/span><br \/>\n <span style=\"font-size:13px;color:rgba(77,0,18,0.75);line-height:1.5;\">Team dynamics & change facilitation<\/span>\n <\/div>\n<div style=\"display:flex;gap:10px;align-items:flex-start;\">\n <span style=\"color:var(--bordeaux);flex-shrink:0;font-size:13px;margin-top:2px;\">\u2197<\/span><br \/>\n <span style=\"font-size:13px;color:rgba(77,0,18,0.75);line-height:1.5;\">Implementation support & follow-through<\/span>\n <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-top:32px;background:var(--bordeaux);padding:28px 40px;border-radius:4px;display:flex;align-items:center;gap:24px;\" class=\"reveal\">\n<div style=\"width:4px;height:60px;background:var(--flamingo);border-radius:2px;flex-shrink:0;\"><\/div>\n<p style=\"font-family:'Playfair Display',serif;font-size:17px;font-style:italic;color:var(--cream);line-height:1.65;\">The workshop is often the visible part. But it only works because of the discovery that came before it and the design that shaped it. That is what makes the difference between a session people forget, and change that actually sticks.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-top:16px;text-align:center;\" class=\"reveal\">\n<p style=\"font-size:13px;color:#888;line-height:1.6;\">This applies whether we are working on <strong style=\"color:var(--bordeaux);\">leadership alignment<\/strong>, <strong style=\"color:var(--bordeaux);\">team building<\/strong>, <strong style=\"color:var(--bordeaux);\">cross-cultural collaboration<\/strong>, <strong style=\"color:var(--bordeaux);\">AI or digital adoption<\/strong>, <strong style=\"color:var(--bordeaux);\">organisational change<\/strong>, or anything else where people need to move together.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!-- CROSS-CULTURAL COLLABORATION --><\/p>\n<section style=\"background:var(--blue);padding:56px 8%;\" id=\"japan\">\n<div style=\"display:grid;grid-template-columns:1fr 1fr;gap:64px;align-items:center;\" class=\"reveal\">\n<div>\n<div class=\"section-label\" style=\"color:var(--bordeaux);\">Collaboration & team dynamics<\/div>\n<h2 class=\"section-title\" style=\"color:var(--bordeaux);\">The things everyone feels<br \/>but nobody says.<\/h2>\n<p style=\"font-size:15px;line-height:1.75;color:var(--bordeaux);opacity:0.85;margin-bottom:28px;\">In most teams, there are conversations that need to happen but keep getting avoided. Tensions everyone is aware of but nobody names. The elephant in the room that grows the longer it goes unaddressed. This happens across cultures, disciplines, personalities and hierarchies, and it is always solvable.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size:15px;line-height:1.75;color:var(--bordeaux);opacity:0.85;margin-bottom:32px;\">We create the space and structure for difficult conversations to happen safely, so teams can move forward instead of around the things holding them back. That includes breaking down silos between departments, disciplines and functions, and making sure every voice shapes the outcome.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"#contact\" style=\"display:inline-block;background:var(--bordeaux);color:var(--cream);font-size:13px;font-weight:500;padding:12px 24px;border-radius:2px;text-decoration:none;letter-spacing:0.3px;\">Talk to us about your team<\/a>\n <\/div>\n<div style=\"display:flex;flex-direction:column;gap:16px;\">\n<div style=\"background:var(--bordeaux);padding:32px 36px;border-radius:4px;\">\n<p style=\"font-family:'Playfair Display',serif;font-size:18px;font-style:italic;color:var(--cream);line-height:1.65;margin-bottom:14px;\">“Everyone in the team knows something is not working. But nobody says it directly. It comes out in the side conversations, in the silences, in the way people stop engaging.”<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size:11px;color:var(--pink);letter-spacing:1px;text-transform:uppercase;\">A situation we encounter often<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"background:rgba(77,0,18,0.08);padding:22px 28px;border-radius:4px;border-left:4px solid var(--bordeaux);\">\n<p style=\"font-size:14px;color:var(--bordeaux);line-height:1.65;\">We facilitate in <strong>English, Dutch, Spanish and Japanese<\/strong>, working directly with diverse teams without losing nuance in translation. Diversity is a resource, not a complication.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!-- HUMAN TECHNOLOGY SECTION --><\/p>\n<section style=\"background:var(--bordeaux);padding:56px 8%;\" id=\"technology\">\n<div style=\"display:grid;grid-template-columns:1fr 1fr;gap:64px;align-items:center;\" class=\"reveal\">\n<div>\n<div class=\"section-label\" style=\"color:var(--pink);\">Human and technology<\/div>\n<h2 class=\"section-title\" style=\"color:var(--cream);\">Technology is changing everything.<br \/>People still make it work.<\/h2>\n<p style=\"font-size:15px;line-height:1.75;color:rgba(246,239,221,0.85);margin-bottom:28px;\">AI, digital transformation, automation, robots, machines, the pace of change is extraordinary. And in every organisation navigating it, the same question keeps surfacing: how do we make sure this actually works for the people involved?<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size:15px;line-height:1.75;color:rgba(246,239,221,0.85);margin-bottom:32px;\">Technology does not implement itself. It lands in teams, workflows, cultures and relationships. We work at exactly this intersection, making sure humans are genuinely part of shaping what gets built, before it gets built.<\/p>\n<div style=\"display:flex;gap:10px;flex-wrap:wrap;\">\n <span style=\"background:rgba(246,239,221,0.1);border:1px solid rgba(246,239,221,0.2);color:var(--cream);font-size:12px;padding:6px 14px;border-radius:20px;\">AI adoption<\/span><br \/>\n <span style=\"background:rgba(246,239,221,0.1);border:1px solid rgba(246,239,221,0.2);color:var(--cream);font-size:12px;padding:6px 14px;border-radius:20px;\">Digital transformation<\/span><br \/>\n <span style=\"background:rgba(246,239,221,0.1);border:1px solid rgba(246,239,221,0.2);color:var(--cream);font-size:12px;padding:6px 14px;border-radius:20px;\">Automation & robots<\/span><br \/>\n <span style=\"background:rgba(246,239,221,0.1);border:1px solid rgba(246,239,221,0.2);color:var(--cream);font-size:12px;padding:6px 14px;border-radius:20px;\">Process redesign<\/span>\n <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"background:rgba(246,239,221,0.07);border:1px solid rgba(232,154,163,0.25);padding:36px;border-radius:4px;position:relative;\">\n <span style=\"font-family:'Playfair Display',serif;font-size:80px;color:var(--pink);opacity:0.2;position:absolute;top:-10px;left:20px;line-height:1;\">“<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-family:'Playfair Display',serif;font-size:19px;font-style:italic;color:var(--cream);line-height:1.7;position:relative;z-index:1;margin-bottom:16px;\">In a time when AI, robots and machines are reshaping how we work, bringing people back to the centre is not a soft choice. It is the most strategic one an organisation can make.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size:11px;color:var(--pink);letter-spacing:1.5px;text-transform:uppercase;\">Augmented You AY<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!-- CASE STUDIES --><\/p>\n<section class=\"cases\" id=\"cases\">\n<div class=\"reveal\">\n<div class=\"section-label\">Real work, real impact<\/div>\n<h2 class=\"section-title\">Three cases.<br \/>One approach.<\/h2>\n<p class=\"section-intro\">Different contexts, different scales, different challenges. The same starting point every time: understand the people first, involve them genuinely, and build from there.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"cases-grid reveal\">\n<div class=\"case-card\">\n<div class=\"case-org\">EU Joint Action, HEROES<\/div>\n<h3 class=\"case-title\">18 member states. 55 organisations. One direction.<\/h3>\n<p class=\"case-desc\">The HEROES project was one of Europe’s most complex public health consortia. Bringing together organisations from 18 countries across disciplines, languages and institutional cultures, the technical challenge was real, but the human challenge was bigger. How do you get that many people to actually pull together?<\/p>\n<p class=\"case-desc\" style=\"margin-top:10px;\">We designed and facilitated the collaboration structures, stakeholder alignment processes and cross-border working methods that made it function as one project rather than 55 parallel ones.<\/p>\n<p class=\"case-result\">\u2197 Large-scale consortium collaboration across 18 member states, facilitated from complexity to shared momentum.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"case-card\">\n<div class=\"case-org\">Process Design, Magellan Ingredients<\/div>\n<h3 class=\"case-title\">Understanding people before investing in the system.<\/h3>\n<p class=\"case-desc\">Magellan Ingredients was considering investing in an AI system. Before committing time and budget, they wanted to make sure they were building the right thing. We guided them through a process of understanding their own workflow first, identifying where people genuinely needed support, where tasks could be automated, and what the AI should actually look like to serve their team well.<\/p>\n<p class=\"case-desc\" style=\"margin-top:10px;\">By putting people at the centre before any technical decisions were made, they arrived at a clear picture of what they needed and what they did not. That clarity saved significant time and financial investment.<\/p>\n<p class=\"case-result\">\u2197 Understanding people first is not just good practice. It is the most efficient way to build something that actually works.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"case-card\">\n<div class=\"case-org\">Leadership & Team Building, Theory Toppers<\/div>\n<h3 class=\"case-title\">Direction, cohesion, momentum.<\/h3>\n<p class=\"case-desc\">Theory Toppers needed more than a strategy, they needed their leadership team genuinely aligned around it, and a team with the cohesion to execute it. The work was direct and human: understanding what was getting in the way, creating space for honest conversation, and facilitating the sessions that gave them both clarity and forward movement.<\/p>\n<p class=\"case-desc\" style=\"margin-top:10px;\">Fast, focused, high-impact. The kind of work where you see the shift happen in the room.<\/p>\n<p class=\"case-result\">\u2197 From fragmented directions to a unified team with shared purpose and the energy to move.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!-- AI & PEOPLE --><\/p>\n<section class=\"ai-focus\" id=\"approach\">\n<div class=\"reveal\">\n<div class=\"section-label\">How we think about change<\/div>\n<h2 class=\"section-title\">Change fails at the human level.<br \/>Almost every time.<\/h2>\n<p style=\"font-size:15px;line-height:1.7;color:var(--bordeaux);margin-bottom:40px;opacity:0.85;\">Whether it is a new strategy, a reorganisation, a digital system or an AI tool, most change efforts fail not because the idea was wrong, but because the people were never genuinely part of shaping it. That is what we change.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ai-points\">\n<div class=\"ai-point\">\n <span class=\"ai-point-num\">01<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"ai-point-content\">\n<div class=\"ai-point-title\">Understand people first<\/div>\n<p class=\"ai-point-text\">What do people actually need? What do they value? What are they worried about? These answers, not the technology or the plan, determine whether anything works.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"ai-point\">\n <span class=\"ai-point-num\">02<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"ai-point-content\">\n<div class=\"ai-point-title\">Involve them throughout<\/div>\n<p class=\"ai-point-text\">Not just at the start and not just at the end. People support what they helped shape.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"ai-point\">\n <span class=\"ai-point-num\">03<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"ai-point-content\">\n<div class=\"ai-point-title\">Build ownership into the process<\/div>\n<p class=\"ai-point-text\">Implementation is not the last step. It is the whole journey. We stay with it through adoption, because that is where the real work happens.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"ai-point\">\n <span class=\"ai-point-num\">04<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"ai-point-content\">\n<div class=\"ai-point-title\">Measure the human impact<\/div>\n<p class=\"ai-point-text\">Not just whether the change was implemented, but whether it actually works for the people living it. Grounded in evidence, applied in reality.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!-- TEAM --><\/p>\n<section class=\"team\" id=\"team\">\n<div class=\"reveal\">\n<div class=\"section-label\">The people behind AY<\/div>\n<h2 class=\"section-title\">Founder & Board of Advisors<\/h2>\n<p class=\"section-intro\">A founder with a clear belief, supported by advisors who bring depth across AI, strategy, and creative design.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"team-grid reveal\">\n<div class=\"team-card\">\n<div class=\"team-name\">Ines-Kuniko Mogami<\/div>\n<div class=\"team-role\">Founder<\/div>\n<p class=\"team-expertise\">Ten years working for multinationals across industry. Ten years in the public field, governments, EU projects including Horizon, hospitals. Two very different worlds. One question that kept coming back: <em>“Something doesn’t feel right in the team. We’re a bit stuck, can you help us activate people and make implementation actually work?”<\/em> Communication challenges, groups that weren’t understanding each other, change that wasn’t landing. Every time, Ines found herself thinking the same thing: just focus on the people. Understand what they need. Involve them. That instinct became Augmented You. Ines has worked with research institutions, universities and knowledge organisations alongside her industry and public sector career, and brings both scientific rigour and practical experience to every engagement.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"team-card\">\n<div class=\"team-name\">\u00d6zge Kokcu<\/div>\n<div class=\"team-role\">Board of Advisors<\/div>\n<p class=\"team-expertise\">AI & Future of Work. Technical Consultant at Google. Bridging the gap between advanced AI capability and real human needs in the workplace.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"team-card\">\n<div class=\"team-name\">Bruno Asselin<\/div>\n<div class=\"team-role\">Board of Advisors<\/div>\n<p class=\"team-expertise\">Strategy & Human Design, Brand DNA. Ensuring that human values and identity are at the heart of how organisations present themselves and evolve.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"team-card\">\n<div class=\"team-name\">Tamelyne Asselin<\/div>\n<div class=\"team-role\">Board of Advisors<\/div>\n<p class=\"team-expertise\">Creative Design. Bringing craft, creativity and a maker’s perspective to the visual and experiential dimensions of collaboration and change.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!-- CONTACT --><\/p>\n<section class=\"contact\" id=\"contact\">\n<div class=\"reveal\">\n<div class=\"section-label\">Let’s connect<\/div>\n<h2 class=\"section-title\">Ready to put people first?<\/h2>\n<p class=\"contact-sub\">Whether you are building a consortium, navigating an AI implementation, or your team needs direction and momentum, let’s have a conversation.<\/p>\n<div class=\"contact-options\">\n <a href=\"mailto:ineskuniko@augmented-you.com\" class=\"contact-card\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"contact-card-label\">Email<\/div>\n<div class=\"contact-card-value\">ineskuniko@augmented-you.com<\/div>\n<p> <\/a><br \/>\n <a href=\"https:\/\/augmented-you.com\" class=\"contact-card\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"contact-card-label\">Website<\/div>\n<div class=\"contact-card-value\">www.augmented-you.com<\/div>\n<p> <\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<p> <a href=\"\/cdn-cgi\/l\/email-protection#86efe8e3f5abedf3e8efede9c6e7f3e1ebe3e8f2e3e2abffe9f3a8e5e9eb\" class=\"btn-primary\" style=\"font-size:15px;padding:16px 36px;\">Start a conversation \u2192<\/a>\n <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!-- FOOTER --><\/p>\n<div class=\"colour-stripe\">\n<div class=\"stripe-seg\" style=\"flex:3;background:var(--bordeaux2)\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"stripe-seg\" style=\"flex:2;background:var(--flamingo)\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"stripe-seg\" style=\"flex:3;background:var(--blue)\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"stripe-seg\" style=\"flex:2;background:var(--pink)\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"stripe-seg\" style=\"flex:2;background:var(--bordeaux2)\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<footer>\n <a href=\"#\" class=\"footer-logo\">Augmented You <em>AY<\/em>, pathways to collaboration<\/a><\/p>\n<ul class=\"footer-links\">\n<li><a href=\"#who\">About<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#services\">Services<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#cases\">Cases<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#contact\">Contact<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"footer-copy\">\u00a9 2026 Augmented You AY. 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