Global development systems are broken.

We’re calling out the elephant in the room.

Disrupt Development

is the world's first post-growth change agency in global development. Disrupt Development is catalyzing the movement of Disruptors to reimagine global development systems to become equitable and sustainable.

We work with leaders, nonprofits, social enterprises, corporates, public institutions and multilateral organisations on complex challenges. We serve as trusted advisors and thought leaders for anyone seeking to think outside the box, do things differently and solve pressing problems that lack solutions. Together we develop customised strategies, co-create learning experiences, launch new initiatives, and support the boldest ideas to become real, all working toward a radically better world for people and the planet.

More then 90 Disruptors, shaping the world of tomorrow

  • Janice Dean

    Strategic Design, Action Research, Facilitator of Learning

  • Seun Olatunji

    Design Strategist, Design Thinking Expert

  • Dr. Esther Miedema

    Netherlands

    Shift the Power, Organisation Development, Leadership Management

  • Frederic Adou

    Communication, Marketing, Campaigns

  • Stine Chen

  • Kenneth Ameh Seidu

    Nigeria

    Project managment, conflct & fragility, strategy design and implementation

  • Jonah Eromon

    Strategic Change Designer

  • Annemaaike Kruisselbrink

    Uganda

    Disability inclusion, participatory research, international non-profit management

  • Ibrahim Dosso

  • Hilda Alberda

    Netherlands

    Impact (oriented working), MEL (downward accountability), SRHR

  • Albany James

    Tanzania

    Digital, Emerging Markets, Business Development

  • Alistair Alexander

    Germany

    Project management, Digital strategy, Technology engagement

  • Ana Luisa Vezozzo

    Brazil

    Regenerative Projects Design, Education, Climate Change, Indigenous Wisdom.

  • Ananya Asad

    Project Management, Research, Youth engagement, Data Analysis

  • Angela Huston Gold

    Italy

    Strategy, Degrowth, Monitoring, Water

  • Anna Beltrami

    Italy

    Grant Writing, Local and International Development, Cultural and Creative sector for change

  • Cláudia Santos

    Portugal

    Disaster Prevention and Response, Climate Change Impacts and Vulnerability, Migration/Mobility Dynamics

  • Anna Gots

    Netherlands

    Self-care, Resilience, Creative Connector

  • Ann Lena-Hasselder

    Netherlands

    Mental Health (and Psychosocial Support) , Co-creation and Multistakeholder Cooperation, Educational Outreach (Conferences, Panel, Webinar, Workshops, Social Media)

  • Kwami Ahiabenu

  • Barbara Nöst

    Zambia

    Civil society development and finance, Shifting power, Climate finance and climate adaptation

  • Carelle Mang-Benza

    Canada

    Climate change, Energy transition, Restorative justice

  • Charlotte Melly

    United Kingdom

    Participatory programme development, Organisational and peacebuilding strategy, Mutually accountable partnerships

  • Dagem Demerew Yeshewalul

    Czech Republic

    Research and Documentation, Strategy Development, Capacity Building

  • Elisabeth Mbau

    Kenya

    Innovation, Steward ownership, Shifting power

  • Eshban Kwesiga

    Uganda

    ShiftThePower, AlternativeSystems, LocallyLedDevelopment

  • Fanuel Atnafu

    Ethiopia

    Human-Centered, Strategy, Collaboration

  • Thea Khoury

  • Fred Onyango

    Uganda

    Community-led development, Fundraising, and Communication

  • Gilberto Morishaw

    Netherlands

    Regeneration, Creative Innovation, Justice

  • Hannah Baker

    Germany

    Facilitate, Educate, Elevate

  • Inolofatseng Lekaba

    South Africa

    Epistemic justice, Qualitative research, Partnerships in sustainable urban renewal

  • Irina Wang

    Systems transition design; Strategic visual communication; Ethical design theory

  • Janett Salvador

    Mexico

    Organisational and programme management, Evaluation

  • Atuhaire Joan Patience

    Uganda

    Communications, Marketing

  • Kapardhi Bharadwaj

    India

    Clean Energy and Climate technology, Product growth and strategy, Deploying energy/climate technologies in developing markets

  • Kelly Indira Buis

    Netherlands

    Facilitating, Managing and advising on adaptation processes

  • Kwasi Adu Manu

    Ghana

    Sexual and reproductive health rights, SRHR, Youth, Research, Evaluation, Strategy, Human centered design

  • Ledys Sanjuan Mejia

    Strategic communications, Advocacy, Gender justice

  • Lily Higgins

    Netherlands

    Change facilitator, Learning experience designer, Systems thinker

  • Lisa Thandeka Zengeni

    Netherlands

    Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (‘MEL’), Artificial Intelligence (‘AI’), Innovation strategy

  • Lotte Korsten

    Netherlands

    Program management, Change facilitator, Disability inclusion

  • Luìsa Ferreira Martins

    Netherlands

    Ecological design, System thinking, Public speaking and presentation

  • Manon de Courten

    Netherlands

    Evaluation, Learning, Facilitation

  • Mansi Arun Panjwani

    India

    Humanistic & compassionate leadership, Organisational culture, Wellbeing for changemakers

  • Marco Finardi

    Italy

    Service design, Co-design, Social impact

  • Margreet van der Pijl

    Netherlands

    Community building, Creative facilitation, Participatory action research

  • Marìa Luisa Toro Hernàndez

    Netherlands

    Accessibility, Systems thinking, Research

  • Marisabel D'àvila

    Brazil

    Community building/weaving and facilitation, Socio-environmental innovation design, Inner development and indigenous wisdom

  • Marius-Ionut Calu

    Peacebuilding, Human development, Youth empowerment

  • Matthew Allen

    Vanuatu

    Monitoring & Evaluation, Learning design & facilitation, Social entrepreneurship

  • Mayssa Rekhis

    Belgium

    Mental health, Migration, Global health

  • Michael Okun Oliech

    Kenya

    Digital communication, Social media management, Content creation

  • Montse Ollés Roig

    Netherlands

    Societal resilience & systems thinking, Research and data analysis, Critical technology & AI

  • Muneeb Arshad Kamal

    Pakistan

    International development, Youth empowerment, Capacity building

  • Nina Pavlovska

    Netherlands

    Systems thinker, Feminist, Creative facilitation

  • Nnamdi Eseme

    Australia

    Health, Gender, Education

  • Ogo Emenike

    Nigeria

    Participatory grantmaking, Project management, Community development

  • Omar Moctar

    Niger

    Adaptive management, Inclusion, Innovation

  • Pamela Carmona

    Mexico

    Self-organization, Content creation, Podcast, Sociocracy.

  • Paola Beltramy

    Italy

    Grant-making, Participatory development, Social entrepreneurship

  • Patience Tumuramye

    Uganda

    Project Management, Agriculture and food security, Climate change, Global Human Rights

  • Pierce Otlhogile Gordon, PH.D.

    Innovation practice, Interdisciplinary knowledge development, Equitable transformation

  • Pragya Singh

    Netherlands

    Programme management, SRHR, Facilitation

  • Prateek Shankar

    USA

    Strategic design, Decolonial futures, Social justice

  • Purva Gupta

    India

    Child protection, Human rights, Shifting power

  • Rana Aaraj

    Lebanon

    Gender, Mental health, Research, Programme management

  • Rekha Trikhatri

    Nepal

    Creative facilitation and design thinking (Physical and Online), Experiential based learning on comprehensive sexuality education, Life Coach

  • Ribeiro Nhambi

    Mozambique

    Participatory research; Sexual and reproductive health; Community and rural development

  • Robert-Willem Dol

    Netherlands

    Circular economics, Regenerative entrepreneurship, Change facilitator

  • Sara Huang

    Netherlands

    Participatory & power-wise, Facilitator & coach

  • Sarah Ghanimeh

    Lebanon

    Data-driven, Sustainable strategic planning, Brand-market fit

  • Serene Dardari

    Lebanon

    Strategic communications, Community-based interventions, Crisis response

  • Siri de Ruiter

    Netherlands

    AI, Data, Project management

  • Solstice Middleby

    Pacific regionalism, Partnership brokering, Critical academic research

  • Sunetra Bhattacharyya

    India

    Media liaison, Strategic communication

  • Susan Njambi

    Kenya

    Facilitation, Trainer, Infrastructure development for non-profit and networks

  • Taymour Kanaan

    Lebanon

    Research, Data, Psychology

  • Tessa Wernink

    Netherlands

    Communication, Facilitation

  • Thamires Herzing

    Germany

    Project management, Education, Product development

  • Wonny Tjon

    Japan

    Conscious leadership strategist, Multidimensional wellbeing systems design architect

  • Yordanos Wolde

    Ethiopia

    Advocacy, Youth engagement, Gender

  • Zannalyn Robest

    Canada

    Risk assessment and mitigation

  • Zeynep Ugur

    Netherlands

    Transition designer, Design strategist, Creative researcher

  • Alexander Medik

    Netherlands

    Strategy, Leadership, Transformation

  • Abigael Baldoumas

    Development Finance, Policy Impact, Gender Justice

  • Kenneth Katendeko

    Uganda

    Legal and Compliance

  • Obi Peter Onyeigwe

  • Maria Giacchetta

  • Joshua Agosu

  • Isaiah Igwueke

    Nigeria

    Partnerships, Stakeholder engagement analysis, Fundraising and resource mobilization, Youth development and engagement, Service Design

  • Eme Iniekung

    Nigeria

    Shifting power processes, Authentic partnerships & participatory grantmaking, Design thinking centering femininist ideals

  • Evelien van Egmond

    Netherlands

    Facilitator, Session and process designer, Nonviolent Communication Expert

  • Piero Gandini

    Netherlands

    Network development, Project coordination, emergency logistics management

Services we offer

  • Consultancy

    We work with a pool of disruptive consultants, entrepreneurs, creatives, visionaries from all over the world. For every partnership we match the right team of our entrepreneurial consultants with the needed skills and mindset of the assignment to provide you with the highest impact possible.

    Our services

  • Academy

    We offer co-created learning experiences on a wide range of topics. You can join one of our open entry learning journeys or ask us for a bespoke design to improve your own skills, or the skills of your team.

    Our academy

Our partners

  • “With their creativity, energy, can-do mentality, and personal approach, they pulled off a great online campaign and event.”

    Wilde Ganzen

  • Disrupt hosted a workshop on decolonisation. They managed to inform, engage and inspire our colleagues and got us actively participating in the safe space. We ended up with many ideas on how we can work further on decolonisation.

    Solidaridad

  • “We as a team lost the fear to try new things thanks to the trajectory with Disrupt Development.”

    NGO Federation

  • Disrupt guided us through a dynamic and co-creative process in which participants' knowledge was unlocked and ‘processed’ into collective insights and proposals. It was fun, lively, engaging, instructive, useful and results-oriented.”

    Rikolto

  • Disrupt played a pivotal role in supporting the She Decides movement, measuring the impact of the youth engagement work.

    She Decides

 

Podcast

Our Disrupt Development podcast, Disruptcast, presents inspiring stories of disruptive thinkers and doers within global development. These are stories about transformative ideas, innovative projects, impactful products, groundbreaking systems and new partnerships, all aiming to accelerate impact towards the Sustainable Development Goals.

Post-Growth DNA

Disrupt Development is pioneering the world’s first post-growth enterprise model in the global development space.