How We Think

 We operate in the space between:

• Scandinavian collaborative leadership
• Silicon Valley innovation and boldness

We believe there should be a better balance between the Brain + Heart in leadership.

Important organizational work needs to be efficient, engaging and simplified in order to create the necessary ownership. The core for achieving this is Involving Leadership.

Who We Work With

Our clients are:

• Executive teams ready to lead with purpose
• Organizations going through growth, change, or cultural misalignment
• Leaders who want practical tools to lead better — online or on-site

They choose us because we:

• Are not afraid to simplify complexity
• Bring systems and spark
• Know how to turn insight into action
• Design for humans, not just for metrics

Meet the Founders

Kristine and Even are the brains and hearts behind Brainwells.

They met through a shared frustration with old-school leadership models and quickly realized they had something powerful to build together.

Both bring decades of experience in strategy, leadership, innovation, and people development. Together, they’ve created the Brainwells Leadership System – a way to make leadership more effective, more engaging, and more human.

They also write books, run programs, and collaborate with companies across Europe and beyond.

Even Fossen
CEO/Co-Founder & Partner

After successfully founding and developing a Norwegian IT consultancy (Making Waves) from 2 to 150 persons in three countries in a few years, Even decided it was time to use his energy and skills on helping others to make a difference in the corporate world. 

Even has extensive top management and leadership experience within high growth companies. Building effective and ambitious executive teams and defining and articulating the corporation's Purpose are at the core of his heart. He help transform CEO's and their teams so they deliver results and are fit for challenges ahead.

With passion and care he has assisted numerous top executives to secure healthy growth in their companies. He works with a set of carefully selected ambitious executive leaders and their teams, following them over time to allow them to utilise their potential. This way they can use their position and company to have real positive impact on the world they operate in. 

Brainwells was founded of the Purpose of 'helping to make a better corporate world', for leaders and their many employees. 

Even's mantra is: "Knowledge is only potential power. Until applied"

Kristine Maudal
Co-Founder & Partner

Kristine has for the last decade been helping industry leaders with their innovation, strategy and employee engagement process. She has substantial process management knowledge and is an experienced facilitator, and knows how to let her groups experience magic by the way they work. 

By being a curator for TEDxOslo, she has learned to really embrace the importance of good communication from stage. She is now both a key note speaker and blogger of matters close to her heart. Her previous leadership experience include positions in international media industry, computer industry and management consulting (Apple Computer, Warner Bros. and Egmont Publishing). She serves as committee member of the international United Nation supported project Happathon. 

Kristine is also a visual artist with exhibitions in USA, Monaco, Spain and Norway. With her unique combination of artistic and business knowledge, she knows how to engage in a way that ensures both energy and results.

Kristine's favourite quote is this: "Alone we can do so little, together we can do so much." (Helen Keller)

Ready to Work With Us?

Whether you want to:

• Align your executive team
• Reboot your leadership style
• Create a culture worth belonging to
• Or activate your own Collective Genius

We’d love to hear from you. Click the link below to find a suitable time.