It’s so nice
to meet you
Hi! My name is Manuela Rodriguez-Correa and I am the human behind Twisted Connection.
I am a Berlin-based organizational development facilitator with +10 years of international experience working with corporations, non-profits and social businesses across Latin America, USA, Western Europe, and Sub-Saharan Africa.
Throughout my career, I gained experience in the design and execution of organizational learning and leadership development programs, as well as in the management of multistakeholder collaborations. Additionally, I have experience as a Master in reiki practitioner and energy channeler. I perceive energies and translate them into information to make sense of what individuals are feeling and sensing at a deeper level.
My purpose is to play an active role in creating a new system where organizations are built to contribute and serve to the wellbeing of the collective, and where individuals feel empowered to express their most authentic selves.
Twisted Connection is inspired by all those “aha moments” when we feel like new doors open and expand our world view. When we defy our comfort zones and we dare to stand in a new place, we see links in what we thought to be incompatible. These mind shakes lead us to recognize unknown patterns present in our social systems.
Our guiding values
Inclusion – we welcome a multitude of realities and perspectives.
Creativity – we imagine, we connect, and we plan with novelty.
Collaboration – we partner with others to enrich and complement our work.
Compassion – we understand the experiences of others through the lenses of our hearts and minds.
Enjoyment – We know how to feel joy and to be pleased with what we do!
Our philosophy
Learning is a powerful catalyst for change. Through deep inquiring, we can reshape our knowledge and become owners of our creative processes to develop a more conscious world.
To create a brighter and more equitable system which is in harmony with nature, we need to learn to co-exist and integrate our individualities through generative dialogues and communal spaces.
Our definition
We adopt the following definition of social innovation:
“A novel solution to a social problem that is more effective, efficient, sustainable, or just than existing solutions and for which the value created accrues primarily to society as a whole rather than private individuals. A social innovation can be a product, production process, or technology, but it can also be a principle, an idea, a piece of legislation, a social movement, an intervention, or some combination of them.” (1)
(1) Phills et al. (2008).Rediscovering Social Innovation. Stanford Social Innovation Review, 6(4), 34–43
Sustainable Development Goals
The UN sustainable development goals (SDG) are the global blueprint adopted by the United Nations Member States to set an agenda to bring peace and prosperity for people and the planet by 2030. For more information: https://sdgs.un.org/
At Twisted Connection, we intend to mainly contribute through our programs to the following 5 SDG goals:
4
Quality
Education
5
Gender
Equality
8
Decent Work
and Economic Growth
13
Climate
Action
17
Partnership
for the Goals
