I'm Ania, founder of engaged.lab.
For sixteen years, I worked in tech: building programs, designing concepts, and leading teams.
Then, about four years ago, I decided to focus on something I had been noticing for a long time: the smartest strategies and best tools fell apart when teams couldn't communicate, trust, and make decisions together.
That became my focus. I trained deeply in psychological safety, becoming a certified Fearless Organization Practitioner, and started working with leaders to understand, and shift, how their teams function: how they communicate, learn, and adapt together. That's the work of effective teaming.
Today, I work with both fast-growing startups and established companies, including McKinsey and ASML.
What I bring isn't a template. It's the ability to see what's really happening beneath the surface, and to design the right interventions to change it.
I notice patterns others miss.
Now I know what to do with them.
Based in Amsterdam, working across the Netherlands, Poland, and Europe, in English and Polish.
On psychological safety & inclusion.
An interview filmed at the Booking.com studio, organised by Diverse Leaders in Tech as part of the Inclusion Champion Awards 2025 finalist interviews, an award I went on to win. On why psychological safety and inclusion shape how teams perform, and what leaders can do about it.
In the conversation, I talk about never being the loudest voice in the room, and how being the only woman, working across cultures, and having a reflective rather than reactive mind taught me to see deep listening as a strength. It's what lets me notice the patterns others miss.
For me, inclusion isn't only about validating diverse opinions. It starts with inviting them to the table. That's the work I do with teams: strengthening psychological safety, and using immersive VR to make the impact of unconscious bias visible in a way conversation alone rarely achieves. The goal is spaces open enough that everyone feels they can speak up and belong.
And I believe inclusion only really works when it stops being a side initiative and becomes core infrastructure: non-negotiable, measurable, and essential. Measured through KPIs that support it, like psychological safety. That's how you build companies that aren't only successful but sustainable, where every idea can surface, every voice is heard, and innovation grows because people feel safe to bring themselves to the table.
Sharing the work beyond the lab.
From the Culture at Speed panel at DEVWorld Conference to keynotes and community sessions across Europe, speaking about psychological safety, resilience, and what it takes to scale without losing people in the AI era. In 2025, this work was recognised with the Inclusive Excellence Champion Award from Diverse Leaders in Tech.
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