Ilma Barros Pose, Ph.D.
TimeZero Enterprises LLC
Avenida Diagonal, 465
Barcelona, España 08036
Email: Ilmabarro@gmail.com
Web: http://www.timezeroenterprises.com
As a co-founder of TimeZero Enterprises LLC, Ilma Barros Pose has
advised organizations and leaders in some of the world’s largest
organizations. By focusing on strengths and supporting a deeper
connection to purpose, she has successfully facilitated numerous
multi-stakeholder, large-scale strategy and change projects for
organizations, government, and industries throughout the world. She has
spoken globally and has led numerous seminars and workshop in
Appreciative Inquiry. She co-author Flourishing Enterprise, The New
Spirit of Business, a new book of which she is a co-author.
Sustainability scholar and practitioner of Appreciative Inquiry, Ilma
believes in the power of connection … to ourselves, each other, and the
world because connected people, teams, organizations, and communities
help lead to a thriving world. She is a Distinguished Fellow at the
Fowler Center for Sustainable Value at Case Western Reserve University
where she co-facilitated the Appreciative Inquiry Summit with David
Cooperrider and Ron Fry at the Flourish & Prosper Global Forum in
2014.
Prior to forming TimeZero, Ilma was president of Infinity International
where she facilitated the Global Forum Latin America, was a senior
consultant for the Federation of Industries of the State of Parana. She
was a consultant to the office of the President of Brazil, the United
Nations, and the World Bank. In partnership with Case Western, she also
delivered the Appreciative Inquiry Certificate Program in Brazil.
Ilma is part of the core team of the Presencing Institute where she is a
faculty for the Presencing Foundation Program. She is an ELIAS Fellow
(Emerging Leaders for Innovation across Systems) and a past Assistant
Professor of Business at the State University of New York and L´Moyne
College.
Ilma Barros, Ph.D., received her doctorate in organizational behavior
from Case Western Reserve University where her research and teaching
focus on leadership development, sustainability, and organizational
change. In addition to her academic experience and consulting work, Ilma
is a co-author of the book, Flourishing Enterprise, the New Spirit of
Business and of numerous articles in peer-reviewed journals. She has
also spoken at The Future Cities Conference in 2013 in Cincinnati, Ohio.