Nelly Kambiwa
Speaker & Consultant 🇫🇷 🇬🇧 | Intercultural & Performance | Less friction. Faster decisions. Enhanced execution.
As a speaker on organizational performance and a consultant in intercultural management, I started my career at the United Nations headquarters in New York. I then spent nearly twenty years within international technology companies where I led strategic projects and collaborated with teams from over 30 nationalities across three continents in high-stakes economic, human, and regulatory contexts. This hands-on experience taught me one essential thing: the majority of strategic blockages within organizations operating internationally do not stem from a lack of skills or commitment but from poorly understood cultural differences. Today, I support leaders and their teams to reduce the invisible frictions that hinder collaboration, accelerate decision-making, and turn cultural differences into competitive advantages. My conference combines hands-on experience, strategic vision, and immediately applicable tools to help organizations perform better in international environments.
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Interculturality: When performance arises from our differences
We often think that the greatest challenges for organizations are technological, financial, or strategic. However, over nearly 20 years spent working with international teams across several continents, I have found that the most determining obstacles are often invisible: the same word that does not mean the same thing, a decision interpreted differently, a silence that does not hold the same value across cultures. In this conference, I share lived stories, lessons learned from the field, and concrete keys to better understand these differences that shape our daily collaborations. Because behind every cultural misunderstanding lies an opportunity: the opportunity to work better together, to innovate more, and to build sustainable performance. What the audience will remember: Why interculturality is not a “peripheral” topic, but a strategic issue of execution, speed, and performance for companies. How to identify weak signals before they become costly crises. How to transform diversity and cultural intelligence into a sustainable competitive advantage. A framework that is immediately applicable in international contexts. Who is this conference for? Leaders, members of COMEX, top management, managers of international teams, organizations/networks in Europe, Africa, and internationally. Fast-growing companies, transformation or international expansion. Format: 1h (45min + 15min Questions/discussions) - Adaptable format: COMEX, leadership, extended teams, corporate events. Topics addressed: Performance & decision-making, Intercultural management, Leadership, Diversity & inclusion, Sustainable growth, Transformation of organizations.
AI and the Human Factor: Keys to a Successful Transformation
We often talk about artificial intelligence as a technological revolution. However, after nearly 20 years spent within international technology companies, I have gained a conviction: the success of a transformation does not solely depend on the power of the tools deployed. It primarily depends on the ability of organizations to engage the women and men who will have to use them. Behind the resistance to AI often lie human and cultural realities: the fear of losing one's expertise, a lack of trust, misunderstood uses, biases reproduced on a large scale, or gaps in the relationship to change, data, and decision-making. In this conference, I share lived experiences, concrete examples, and keys to understanding the invisible mechanisms that accelerate or slow down the adoption of AI. For a technology, no matter how efficient, only creates value when it is understood, adopted, and used with discernment. What the audience will take away: Why transformation through AI is as much a human and cultural issue as it is a technological one. How to identify the invisible barriers that slow down its adoption. How to prevent human and organizational biases from being reproduced or amplified by the tools. Concrete levers to create the conditions for responsible, inclusive, and effective adoption. A framework immediately applicable to transformation projects. Who is this conference for? Executives, COMEX members, transformation directors, human resources directors, managers, innovation teams, and organizations engaged in the deployment of artificial intelligence. Companies undergoing technological, organizational, or managerial transformation. Format: 1 hour (45 min + 15 min for questions and discussions). Adaptable format: COMEX, leadership, extended teams, seminars, and corporate events. Topics covered: Artificial intelligence, Human factor, Organizational transformation, Change management, Leadership, Corporate culture, Diversity and inclusion, Sustainable performance.
CSR from Headquarters to the Field: Transforming Ambition into Concrete Results
Many companies today display ambitious commitments to social and environmental responsibility. However, there can be a considerable gap between a strategy defined at headquarters and its concrete implementation in the field. As a former CSR director of an international technology company, I led and deployed a strategy with teams located in about twenty countries, from Brazil to India. This experience showed me that a global ambition can only produce sustainable results if it is understood, adapted to local realities, and supported by the teams. In this conference, I share the lessons learned from the field, the challenges encountered, and the levers that allow us to move from commitments to actions: creating a common vision, mobilizing local relays, balancing global coherence with cultural specificities, and then embedding CSR into daily decisions. Because a CSR strategy only truly transforms the company when it ceases to be a separate subject and becomes a collective way of deciding and acting. What the audience will remember: Why CSR strategies often fail at the time of implementation. How to transform a global ambition into concrete actions adapted to local realities. How to mobilize leaders, managers, and employees around a common vision. The essential role of internal relays and country teams. Immediately applicable keys to anchor CSR in decisions, practices, and the culture of the organization. Who is this conference for? Leaders, COMEX members, CSR departments, human resources departments, transformation departments, managers, and heads of subsidiaries or international teams. Companies wishing to accelerate the transition from their CSR commitments to concrete and measurable results. Format: 1 hour (45 min + 15 min for questions and exchanges). Adaptable format: COMEX, leadership, extended teams, seminars, and corporate events. Topics covered: Social and environmental responsibility, International deployment, Leadership, Employee engagement, Organizational transformation, Change management, Governance, Sustainable performance.