We help organizations integrate AI responsibly by enhancing workplace culture, promoting ethical standards, and cultivating strong leadership.

How we do it

We start off by listening thoroughly and understanding your needs. Then, we provide tailored advice and solutions to build a new (or adapted) workplace culture and governance structure that supports responsible, ethical, and effective AI adoption.

Our modular approach accommodates organizations of all sizes, budgets, and AI maturity levels, ensuring inclusive and scalable solutions for everyone.

Commonly Solved Business Questions

How can we ensure responsible and ethical AI integration while aligning with our company values?

Explanation

Integrating AI responsibly involves aligning AI initiatives with your company's core values and ethical standards. This ensures that AI technologies are used in a way that is fair, transparent, and accountable.

How we help:

Experts agree:Culture is the cornerstone of responsible and effective AI implementation. And that's where we come in.

What strategies can we employ to build a strong, AI-ready workplace culture?

Explanation

Building an AI-ready culture involves preparing your workforce to embrace AI technologies, addressing concerns about job displacement and the erosion of middle management, and fostering a culture of trust, accountability, and diversity, all while promoting continuous learning and innovation.

How we help:

Our Culture Synergy Architects service helps organizations build a strong workplace culture by promoting psychological safety, employee engagement, and innovation. We conduct comprehensive cultural assessments and work with leadership to align culture with business objectives, ensuring a smooth transition to an AI-augmented workplace.

How do we develop and implement a clear AI vision and strategy that supports our overall business goals?

Explanation

A clear AI vision and strategy are essential for guiding AI initiatives and ensuring they contribute to your organization's long-term goals. This involves articulating how AI can transform your business and establishing measurable ROI.

How we help:

We assist organizations in developing a compelling AI vision and strategy that aligns with their business goals. Our services include strategic planning, goal setting, and creating detailed roadmaps to ensure successful AI integration.

How can we establish a comprehensive, ethical AI governance framework that aligns with our values, mitigates biases, and promotes trust within our organization?

Explanation

Establishing an ethical AI governance framework involves creating policies and procedures that ensure AI is used responsibly and transparently, aligning with your company's values and mitigating biases.

How we help:

Our Ethical AI Governance Framework provides organizations with the tools and guidelines to integrate AI ethically. We focus on aligning AI practices with company values, promoting transparency, accountability, and clear lines of responsibility while supporting responsible AI values and principles such as "Preservation of Privacy" and "Respect for Individual Rights and Societal Good."

How can leadership effectively manage change and uncertainty during AI-driven transformations, maintaining employee engagement and well-being?

Explanation

Managing change and uncertainty during AI-driven transformations requires strong leadership to navigate the complexities of AI implementation while maintaining employee morale and engagement.

How we help:

Our Leadership Development programs equip leaders with the skills to manage AI-driven changes effectively. We offer customized development programs that focus on fostering human-AI collaboration, enhancing leadership capabilities, and ensuring employee engagement and wellbeing during transitions.

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Our solutions for responsible AI, lasting business success and happier employees include:

The Underwater Antelope mindset

Actionable Theory

We believe in practical no nonsense solutions.Our approach combines cutting-edge research with real-world implementation, ensuring that theories translate into tangible results for your organization.

Engaged Leading, Learning and Meeting

We foster active participation and continuous growth at all levels.

Our methods promote dynamic leadership, interactive learning experiences, and productive meetings that drive meaningful outcomes and employee engagement.

Collaboration and Partnership

We work alongside you as true partners.

Our collaborative approach ensures that solutions are tailored to your unique needs, fostering long-term success and sustainable change.
We envision organizations harnessing the power of AI to create agile, purpose-driven environments.
Our goal is cultivating workplaces where trust, accountability, creativity and engagement foster happier employees and more profitable, ethical organizations.
By empowering decision-makers, teams and employees, with AI-driven insights and tools, we transform workplaces into sources of fulfilment and success that positively impact the individual, the organisation, society and the economy.

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Our Story

Diane Dockx

Diane has excelled as a facilitator, coach, and consultant for over three decades.

Prior at the helm of ETH, a highly successful Belgian training and consultancy firm, she has skillfully directed Learning & Development projects across Europe for a host of renowned brands.

Her credentials are extensive, and she was one of the first Insights Discovery practitioners in the BENELUX region.

Diane is adept at coaching both individuals and dynamic groups of managers.Her enterprise, Topi Consulting, is named after the swift-footed Topi, an African antelope, reflecting the agility and speed essential in today’s corporate landscape.

Elisa Tuijnder

Elisa started her journey at ETH as an administrative assistant at the age of 18, which sowed the seeds of their future collaboration.

After earning a Master’s degree in Anthropology and spending over a decade traversing the globe, including an 11-year stint in the U.K., Elisa has recently settled in Berlin, Germany. Her international experiences have profoundly shaped her understanding that culture permeates every facet of organizational life.

In the past three years, she has been an integral part of the globally acclaimed Management 3.0 team, where she also hosts the popular ‘Happiness at Work’ podcast. This podcast ranks in the top 100 management podcasts on Apple Podcasts in the U.S. and boasts over a million downloads.

Her venture, Sardines Digital Engagement, draws its name from the energetic sardine, and old English childrens game symbolizing the vibrancy and collective dynamics crucial to digital and social engagement.

Stephan Dockx

After a career of more than 35 years in the petrochemical industry Stephan noticed it was time to explore new areas.

Having joined Topi Consulting in 2022 his international sales background adds valuable relationship management experience and highlights the importance of our ‘customer first’ approach.

UnderWater Antelope

So, an antelope and a fish joined forces to create something for leaders that highlights the agility and adaptability necessary in the modern business landscape. We gave that antelope a snorkel and UnderWater Antelope was born.

Together with their extensive network of seasoned professionals, they are poised to expertly guide your organization’s transformation initiatives.

Shall we meet over a virtual coffee to discuss how we can help your business challenges?

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Contact

Elisa:

+44 7741 730 902

Diane:

+32 477 39 19 69