FrancescoDe Paola

Founder and Scientific Director

More than twenty years across research, organisations, leadership, entrepreneurship and hospitality. One connecting thread: understanding what enables people and the systems they live in to flourish, and turning that understanding into methods that work.

Portrait of Francesco De Paola

Psychology, research, management, entrepreneurship and hospitality. Different perspectives on the same subject: human beings within the systems they live in.

One journey, five perspectives.

Each experience added a piece. Together, they became a discipline.

  1. 01

    Research

    The scientific question

    A PhD in Organisational Psychology and research in positive psychology. Publications on engagement, psychological capital, self-efficacy, job insecurity and employability. The university project Rinascimento Organizzativo and years of teaching.

  2. 02

    Organisations

    Inside human systems

    Human resources leadership roles at Costa Crociere and Prodeco Pharma: in-house academies, leadership development and Ethical Selling. A setting where people, culture and business results develop together.

  3. 03

    Leadership

    Alongside those who lead

    Executive coaching with entrepreneurs, managers and professionals across sectors: bringing theory into everyday decisions.

  4. 04

    Entrepreneurship

    On the other side of the table

    Entrepreneurial experience in performance, fitness and retail: understanding both the effort and the value involved in making an organisation work.

  5. 05

    Hospitality

    The guest experience

    The origins of LGEE Luxury Guest Experience Evaluation and Hospitality Inclusive: methods developed in practice, in luxury hospitality and with families with specific needs, including those related to neurodiversity and autism.

years of research and practice
20+years of research and practice
areas of application
4areas of application
Positive Business Award
2017Positive Business Award

What guides his work.

01

Awareness and freedom

Lasting change starts with seeing clearly what guides us. The aim is to help people become freer and more autonomous, without creating dependence.

02

Evidence beyond slogans

Happiness is not a marketing promise. For every method, we are clear about what has been demonstrated, what is being applied and what remains a hypothesis.

03

From knowing to being, through doing

Research matters when it enters real life: in a relationship, a team or a hotel lobby. That is why every idea becomes a method, a tool or a programme.

Beyond the founder.

The aim is for the discipline to grow beyond his own involvement: clearly defined methods, trained professionals and ongoing research.

  1. 01Originator
  2. 02Founder and thought leader
  3. 03Scientific leadership
  4. 04Custodian of the vision

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