From engineering to organisational intelligence: The journey of Prefix’s founder

  7 November 2023
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From a technical world to a facilitative posture

In the early years of my career, everything followed a fairly linear path: a degree in microengineering from EPFL, technical roles in Switzerland and Australia, spanning research and product development. It was solid, stimulating, coherent… but incomplete.

Upon returning to Switzerland, a shift began. Joining a consultancy firm, I stepped into projects that required more than technical expertise – they called for navigating human dynamics, ambiguity, and cultural diversity. One project in particular proved pivotal: Solar Impulse. This visionary venture took me from project manager to flight logistics lead. A technical challenge, yes – but above all, a deeply human one. It taught me that a mission doesn’t hold together by process alone, but by the engagement of those who carry it.

Creating space for projects that carry meaning

With this experience as a catalyst, I founded Prefix in 2014. The vision was simple but demanding: to support organisations in working differently. Better. With more clarity.

Today, I wear three hats: founder, senior consultant, and certified FSEA trainer.

My approach is rooted in one core principle: blending project management rigour, relational finesse, and systemic awareness. Over the years, I’ve worked across varied sectors – industry, public administration, academia, non-profits – in French, English, and Swiss-German. What fuels me? The diversity of people, of challenges, of blind spots to uncover. And the conviction that posture matters more than method.

Practice-based methods

Over time, I’ve come to understand that effectiveness doesn’t arise from applying ready-made models – it comes from methods that are tested, refined, and allowed to evolve with reality.

That’s the spirit behind Prefix’s incubator – a living space for the emergence of bespoke approaches shaped by field needs.

The circular project management method was one of its first outcomes: a hybrid framework born from the dialogue between predictive and agile, designed for complex, shifting, human environments.

Since then, other practices have emerged – such as crossed councils, designed to circulate peer intelligence without adding unnecessary weight. And more are currently in development.

Today, Prefix stands as a laboratory of organisational intelligence – where methods are never rigid, but always connected to meaning, action, and the living systems they serve.

The word of the ibex

Frank Lloyd Wright said:

My favorite project? It’s the next one.

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