Is it possible to stay in dialogue around emotionally-charged topics in ways that energize groups, create shifts in consciousness, and evoke new ideas for action? This is what we will explore in this highly interactive session. Join us if you are interested.
Participants will:
- Gain new awareness about themselves around conflict
- Experience the paradoxical positive impact of polarizing further by strongly holding the sides so fluidity and wisdom can emerge.
- Realize the potential the polarities hold to create a much deeper understanding of ourselves and our needs.
- Learn a new approach that they can incorporate into their practices.
Ipek Utun’s passion is to contribute to a world where people dare and commit to live and lead with their full potential, with purpose and commitment. Ipek is an ICF-certified PCC level Coach, ORSCC Accredited Relationship and Systems Coach, Certified Shadow Work Group Facilitator and Personal Coach, and Certified Deep Democracy Facilitator, Trainer, and Elder. She has extensive experience in coaching and training C-level executives, senior leadership teams, women’s leadership groups as well as facilitating small to big group conflicts, which hold an emotional charge, polarization, and divisiveness. Unilever, Siemens, Mercedes-Benz, Bayer, Novo Nordisk, Johnson Electric are some her clients. She is affiliated with Yale University SOM as their Leadership Coach. Ipek’s differentiating edge is her capacity to work with deep limiting patterns driving complex situations and enabling personal or systemic transformation.
Maya Townsend develops human-centered, conflict-positive organizations that bring out the best in people and allow them to collaborate productively across differences. She works with corporations, nonprofits, and coalitions to identify strategies, develop partnerships, navigate change, and resolve conflict. Co-editor of Handbook for Strategic HR (AMACOM), her writing on networks, change leadership, and business ecosystems has appeared in strategy+business, People & Strategy, Nonprofit Quarterly, Humanistic Management, and other publications. Past clients include the Austin Healthy Adolescent Initiative, Bayer, Biogen, Cambridge Community Development, Fidelity, Hanover Insurance, Headspace, and Open Sky Community Services. She holds an MSOD from American University and is pursuing a Ph.D. in Leadership & Change through Antioch University.
Region: North America
Date: Thursday, 29 January, 2026 | 11AM – 12:30PM EST Toronto/New York City [8:00–9:30 AM PST (Los Angeles) | 4:00–5:30 PM GMT (London) | 7:00–8:30 PM EAT (Nairobi) | 9:30–11:00 PM IST (Mumbai) | 12:00–1:30 AM SGT (Singapore) | 3:00–4:30 AM AEDT (Sydney)
This event will be taking place on Zoom – please register here!