our story
We started in 2017, driven to contribute to a more sustainable, equitable and thriving future. We saw so much untapped potential to catalyse change, from individuals driven to implement social impact projects, to existing organisations and networks carrying out inspiring work. We realised it is often internal barriers that hold us back from leveraging this potential even more: whether it's the mindset, inner capacities, processes for collaboration, or lack of skills, knowledge, tools and support.
We started our first program, the Changemaker Journey, to empower change agents (and ourselves!) build their inner capacities and start their projects. Our next programs and workshops for teams and leaders grew alongside us, as we began to grow our team in 2018. From the beginning we developed Unity Effect as a purpose-driven organisation, with the principles of self-organisation at the core: shared leadership, decentralised decision-making and a culture where we bring our whole selves to work. At the same time we built up our expertise and services to empower networks to develop their strategic direction, create meaningful interaction and build internal capacities. Purpose-driven individuals, who collaborate in empowered teams, which synergise in networks.
This, for us, is what it means to lead change from the inside out.
2018
We launched our Changemaker Journey and received a scholarship from the Social Impact Lab to develop our programs and organisation.
2020
We launched our services around digital facilitation, strengthened our work with networks and offered our first Journey Guide Training as a foundation to scale our Journeys.
2017
We decided to kick-start Unity Effect in autumn.
2019
We expanded our Journeys to address leaders, teams and purpose-seekers. We kick-started our work with networks and ran our first live network visualisations.
We also received the Gründerstipendium NRW and founded our company.
2021
Our trained Journey Guides are running their first Journeys, we are strengthening our strategic partnerships and we launched new services around systemic impact evaluation.
our vision and values
We envision a world in which every person, team and network is empowered to have an impact beyond themselves and take conscious, compassionate and collaborative action to create a just and thriving world together.
Making a difference
We are driven to make a difference for others and to support others on their path to make a difference.
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Collaboration
We believe we are more impactful when we work together and we value collaboration based on trust and appreciation.
2
Growth
We create conditions for healthy growth and we practice self-awareness, reflection and proactive curiosity and learning.
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Courage
We practice choosing what is right over what is easy, showing up with vulnerability and being bold to dream and act.
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Simplicity
We focus on what really matters and we recognise the power of simple things to create an impact.
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Leading change from the inside out
We believe that meaningful change begins with each one of us: from within ourselves, our teams and networks. Together, we are making a difference in how we lead, collaborate, gather and create positive impact for a just and thriving future.
our team
Jannik Kaiser
Co-Founder & CEO. Lead of Regenerative Measurement & Evaluation, business development & partnerships. Facilitation of peer learning in organisations and impact evaluation processes. Working languages: English & German.
read morejannik@unityeffect.net
Franziska Kohn
Co-Founder & Deputy CEO. Lead of Team & Leadership Development, human interactions & finance. Facilitation of (online) group processes, learning series, peer learning & individual coaching. Working languages: English & German.
read morefranziska@unityeffect.net
Emily Johnston
Co-founder & Freelancer: facilitator with a focus on team building, leadership and strategic development.
read moreemilyrhiannonjohnston@gmail.com
Carla Moschner
Lead on Public Relations & Wellbeing. Research on teamwork, leadership, and regenerative measurement & evaluation. Working languages: English & German.
read moreJohannes Hochholzer
Lead on Thriving Teams & Leaders. Passionate about asking questions to uncover essence and figure things out collectively. Prototyping enthusiast to test ideas in early stages. Working languages: English & German.
read morejohannes@unityeffect.net
Laila Martins
Expert for guiding processes and solutions from sustainability to regeneration. Facilitation of workshops, mentoring and coaching on inner development, sustainability, intercultural/migrant innovation and organisational development. Working languages: English & Portuguese.
read morelaila@unityeffect.net
Clemens Binder
Freelancer: network building, capacity building and digital tools.
read moreclemens@unityeffect.net
Sabrina Meissel
Freelancer: communication expert, coach and facilitator.
read moresabrina@unityeffect.net
Elsa Henderson
Freelancer: research and design for regenerative impact evaluation.
read moreelsa@converge.net
Jennifer Hansen
Freelancer: organisational development consultant, freelancer and coach, with a focus on organisational and strategy development, as well as leadership and team development.
read moreJourney Guides
Meet all our Journey Guides on the page, just scroll through and click on them to get more detailed information.
meet themour team
Jannik Kaiser
Co-Founder & CEO. Lead of Regenerative Measurement & Evaluation, business development & partnerships. Facilitation of peer learning in organisations and impact evaluation processes. Working languages: English & German.
jannik@unityeffect.net
Johannes Hochholzer
Lead on Thriving Teams & Leaders. Passionate about asking questions to uncover essence and figure things out collectively. Prototyping enthusiast to test ideas in early stages. Working languages: English & German.
johannes@unityeffect.net
Clemens Binder
Freelancer: network building, capacity building and digital tools.
clemens@unityeffect.net
Jennifer Hansen
Freelancer: organisational development consultant, freelancer and coach, with a focus on organisational and strategy development, as well as leadership and team development.
Franziska Kohn
Co-Founder & Deputy CEO. Lead of Team & Leadership Development, human interactions & finance. Facilitation of (online) group processes, learning series, peer learning & individual coaching. Working languages: English & German.
franziska@unityeffect.net
Carla Moschner
Lead on Public Relations & Wellbeing. Research on teamwork, leadership, and regenerative measurement & evaluation. Working languages: English & German.
Elsa Henderson
Freelancer: research and design for regenerative impact evaluation.
elsa@converge.net
Sabrina Meissel
Freelancer: communication expert, coach and facilitator.
sabrina@unityeffect.net
Emily Johnston
Co-founder & Freelancer: facilitator with a focus on team building, leadership and strategic development.
emilyrhiannonjohnston@gmail.com
Laila Martins
Expert for guiding processes and solutions from sustainability to regeneration. Facilitation of workshops, mentoring and coaching on inner development, sustainability, intercultural/migrant innovation and organisational development. Working languages: English & Portuguese.
laila@unityeffect.net
Journey Guides
Meet all our Journey Guides on the page, just scroll through and click on them to get more detailed information.
meet themHi, we are Unity Effect
We are a social enterprise who works with a network of freelancers, guided by our purpose of leading from the inside out. Our team structures are based on principles of self-organisation, shared leadership, transparency and continuous learning. In our team culture as well as our collaborations, we value showing up as whole humans, in balance with efficient and effective work. We work in English and German.
Since 2017, we’ve been working together with purpose-driven leaders, organisations, foundations and networks who are contributing to a more sustainable, just and thriving world. Some are building their own companies, others are intrapreneurs making an impact within purpose-driven organisations, foundations and networks, while others are about to begin their journey towards purposeful work.
we support you to thrive by
Developing purpose-driven and empowering leadership capacities
Collaborating more effectively and meaningfully in teams
Creating more intentional and engaging events, meetings and learning spaces
Designing regenerative and participatory approaches to evaluation and creating impact
our vision
our approach
our partners
It’s already implied in our name. A central part of our approach, our DNA here at Unity Effect, is to team up and collaborate with others to co-create the world and the future we desire.
Our partnerships can range from us engaging with other networks, to carrying out projects jointly and creating mutual visibility for our work. And no matter the exact shape and form, at the heart of each partnership is a shared purpose and generosity of spirit.