CONNESSA Consulting
Unlocking potential with
cross-culture partnerships
CONNESSA Consulting
Unlocking potential with
cross-culture partnerships
About connessa
Mission
To empower leaders and organizations with enhanced cultural competence to spark new ideas, innovation, and confidence across diverse cultures.
What's in the Name
CONNESSA means "connected" in Italian and is the underlying value of our mission and activities.
Approach
CONNESSA prioritizes the human element of business and innovation. In the age of high-paced digitization and remote work, it's easier than ever for people to feel disengaged and undervalued as an individual in the workplace. By understanding the perspective, values, and needs of each individual, people can find ways to connect at their core. This level of connection is what unlocks the ability to bridge cultural differences not just across nationalities but also across generations, professional trades, and much more. It's also an easy way to spark innovation.
Learn more and soar with CONNESSA.
Alisa Schackmann, Founder & Principal
CONNESSA founder Alisa Schackmann brings 15+ years of experience engaging top leaders in industry, government, and international organizations to inform and implement policy in technical fields including energy, electric power, telecom, cybersecurity, and sustainability. She has been recognized for her ability to establish and mobilize diverse teams to discover new perspectives and to lead inclusive culture-building initiatives. She is passionate about bridging divides between technical and non-technical experts, and across cultures more broadly.
Alisa was raised in the midwestern United States with strong Asian and European cultural influences at home. She speaks English, Japanese, Italian, and basic German and French. In addition to spending much of her childhood in Japan, she has 7 years of experience working in Tokyo, including as a diplomat. Alisa has been continuously encouraged by the success that comes from bringing people of different expertise and backgrounds together. Her involvement in UN negotiations, diplomatic dialogues, and executive roundtables combined with her own multicultural upbringing inspire her to help individuals and organizations profit from cross-culture engagements. In her free time Alisa is an avid recreational athlete and loves to bring that energy to her work.
