Krist Pauwels

Krist Pauwels (1971) is a co-founder and partner at the communications agency choco, an organisational coach, the author of The Silence of The Sword (2008), The Economic Revolution (2009), De menseneconomie (2011) and a speaker at company and governmental events.

Business and communications are key words in his life. He started a communications agency, together with his brother, while he was still a student. Following his Master’s degree in psychoenergetics, he founded choco in 2002: one of the first cooperative communications agencies in Europe, built on the principles of participation and value-driven entrepreneurship. The agency has since handled numerous communication campaigns for various brands, organisations and government bodies.

But choco goes further than designing traditional communication campaigns. “We soon realised that we could deliver a far more impactful service if we also helped companies to develop a strong internal culture. After all, beauty comes from within. And that demands coaching, training and well-thought-out communications with your employees,” Krist Pauwels explains. Internal communications, DNA work and coaching for staff and organisations thus became a structural component of choco’s service.

In his lecture “Your Work and Your Life”, Krist Pauwels calls on us to leave behind the compartmental thinking in which we sometimes trap ourselves. He draws on his personal experiences as advisor and coach for companies, organisations and government bodies. Using concrete examples, he introduces three steps that can be applied every day in your workplace and at home.