ChangeStrategyFacilitationCoaching

Lead through change together

We help ambitious leaders navigate complexity, grow people, and unlock breakthrough progress.

Ben WardBen
Alex NeumanAlex

Hey, we're Ben and Alex. A duo of experienced facilitators, based in Copenhagen. We facilitate change processes, coach teams, build programmes, and advise senior leaders. Our approach is hands-on, partnership-driven, and down-to-earth.

We work with

IKEAAlfa LavalOatlyOnomondoManyoneHyper Island

About Us

You know the what.
We help with the how.

Most leadership teams know where they want to go. The hard part is the messy middle: getting from strategy to execution.

That means shifting the habits, behaviours, routines and structures that shape how work really gets done.

We're experts in the how. We design and facilitate processes, programmes and conversations that help leaders bring people with them, decide together and follow through. Then leave your team more capable on its own.

Recent Work

What it looks like in practice

Ambitious teams that lead together

Ambitious teams that lead together

We work with leadership and management teams across Oatly — from sustainability and supply chain to local markets and community managers — helping them align on priorities, work through real tensions, and lead together.

Their style provides the nice balance of pushing people outside their comfort zone, holding tensions when needed, but without damaging psychological safety.
Bryan CarrollGeneral Manager UK · Oatly

What We Do

How we help change happen

Co-designChange processes

Shaping change with senior leaders, working across systems, mindsets, and behaviours so strategy turns into real execution.

What's included
  • Mapping the system and the next steps
  • Identifying the key shifts that need to happen
  • Designing levers that shift mindsets and behaviours

Coaching & facilitationLeaders and teams

Coaching for leaders and leadership teams to stay grounded and lead well through complexity and uncertainty.

What's included
  • One-to-one coaching for senior leaders
  • Leadership team coaching
  • Offsites and working sessions

ProgrammesLearning journeys

Cohort-based development that builds skills, confidence, and community across teams, functions, and levels.

What's included
  • Development programmes for managers and teams
  • Mentoring programmes for top talent
  • Cross-functional peer learning groups

MaterialsPlaybooks and toolkits

Practical tools, materials, and resources that drive activation, integration, and lasting behaviour change in everyday work.

What's included
  • Change playbooks and frameworks
  • Tools for everyday habits and routines
  • Training people to run it themselves

Our Approach

How we show up

01

Progress over answers

We don't arrive with the answers. We facilitate quick, iterative steps that help people find their own way to real value.

02

Courageous spaces

We create room for honest conversations, holding tension with care so people can do their best thinking.

03

Mindsets, behaviours, systems

Real change happens on all three levels at once, so we build it into everyday work rather than adding more on top.

04

Real results, light touch

Working with us is simple and energising: a small, senior team, quick to get going, and focused on outcomes that matter.

Ben and Alex, the founders of Explore Change Partners

Work With Us

Get in touch

Tell us what you're working through, and let's explore if we're a good fit to partner.

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