From individual recovery to system recovery
For years, recovery was framed as an individual process: one person, one story, one trajectory. In practice, people often did not break on themselves, but on systems that could no longer carry: teams stuck in survival mode, cultures full of noise, organisations more occupied with surviving than with purpose.
The shift I made can be summed up quite simply: not repairing the person, but restoring the field they live in.
That requires a different way of looking: not at symptoms or functions, but at coherence, direction, pressure lines and underlying patterns.
Removing noise
Every person and every system needs a carrying field: a point of clarity on which everything can rest. Working with consciousness, teams and organisations showed me that noise is the real issue:
- stories that no longer match reality
- roles that have grown larger than the people who hold them
- teams stuck in survival mode
- organisations that lost sight of their purpose
The mission of Design by Authenticity is to make that noise visible and workable, so that coherence can return: the place where direction, purpose and experience realign.
Working from field sensitivity
I do not work with protocols but with field sensitivity: a way of looking shaped by decades of waves, theatre, systems, sailing, mental health and consciousness. Not the story is central, but the structure underneath it.
In practice I combine:
- a sharp analytical eye
- sensitivity for coherence and tension
- experience in complex systems
- insight into consciousness processes
- the I · V · O model as shared language
This creates a way of working that is both technical and intuitive.
What happens when systems can carry again
When noise dissolves and systems become coherent again, something remarkable happens:
- people regain strength without having to push harder
- teams start collaborating again without being forced
- organisations become lighter, clearer, more purposeful
- decisions become simpler and more natural
That is why I do this work. Because once a system carries, a human being can breathe again.