Claire studies the global mobility of professionals and their families at the University of Copenhagen. She researches the experiences of families as they move for work, focusing on how their skills are recognised and incorporated into their new workplaces. She is also interested in understanding cultural aspects such as parenting practices, relations of belonging, and strategies for social incorporation.Project Onboard Denmark is Claire’s brainchild and, together with Signe and Marianne, she secured the funding that brought it to life.

Resources developed:

• Language Tool
• Knowledge Bank Tool

Signe is the chameleon of Project Onboard Denmark with degrees in Law and Politics and Business Coaching and a certification in Leadership Psychology. She worked as a Danish diplomat in India, China, and Israel before becoming an entrepreneur. Now back in Denmark, she works primarily as an executive coach, speaker, and advisor on cultural leadership, professional development, global cooperation, and diversity and inclusion.

Resources developed:

• Culture Game
• Company DNA Workshop
• Professional and Social Networking Plan

Poornima is an Associate Professor at Copenhagen Business School and the founder and CEO of TalentED Consultancy ApS. She is also the author of ‘Diversifying Diversity’ and ‘The Art of Active Allyship’. Poornima’s work for Project Onboard Denmark focuses on expanding the dimensions of diversity, emphasising intersectionality, empowering individuals to be active allies of inclusion, and enabling inclusive leadership.

Tools developed:

• Cultural Thumbprint
• Cultivating Empathy
• Onboarding 360 Audit
• Diversity and Inclusion Strategy
• Professional and Social Networking plan

Marianne is representing the co-lead, Copenhagen Capacity with degrees in Cultural Studies, German, a BA of Commerce, and a certification as an NLP Trainer and Teambuilding. She has lived more than half of her life outside of Denmark, the last 30 years in Berlin as Business & Cultural Consultant in her own company, people+people, focusing on intercultural communication and diversity in international companies. Now she is working at Copenhagen Capacity as Senior Talent Consulting and Project Manager and responsible for similar research projects, creating tools for Danish SMEs, including Project Onboard Denmark.

Resources and Services developed:

• Project Management, including team and budget management
•  Supplementing insights during the research process
• Cultural Onboarding

Claudia is the communication geek of this project. She has extensive content creation experience as a journalist and marketeer from her previous and current assignments. Her academic background is built on a BA in Crossmedia journalism and PR and an MA in Communication Studies and Cultural Encounters. She brings first-hand experience as a German ex-pat living in Denmark since 2018 and working for Danish SMEs since 2020.

Resources and Services developed:

• Managing the development of the website
• Managing the development of the digital tools
• CRM
• Communication and PR Strategy

Anayka, a nomadic spirit driven by creativity, a passionate «street trader» of ideas. After spending over 15 years in communication design and advertising in the African market, she relocated to Copenhagen to pursue a master & degree in Spatial Design and Society. She also holds a degree in Advertising and a postgrad art direction qualification. Anayka has been an essential creative force driving Project Onboard Denmark for the past two years, shaping visual and communication strategy, and producing all the graphic designs to bring those strategies to life.

Resources and Services developed:

• Coordinate creative solutions & design thinking (Tools & Website)
• SoMe & content strategy
• Marketing for events
• Data Visualisation & graphic Design

Sofie is an anthropologist from the University of Copenhagen where she is currently employed at the Department of Sociology. She has a strong enthusiasm for contributing to research applicable beyond the university environment, which led her to join Project Onboard Denmark. In this project, her responsibilities include conducting data analysis and communicating the research findings from Onboard Denmark.

Co-developed resources and tools include:

• Research notes and infographics
• Danish culture brochure and onboarding guide
• Language tool
• Danish culture game