about AdaptiveX

Building resilient organizations for a changing world.

We’re passionate innovators and disruptors with substantial experience in innovation, growth and change – and a pretty schnazzy toolbox too. We believe in the power of all organizations – no matter the size, age, or industry – to evolve, adapt and build resilience. Through training and structured facilitation, we help make organizations awesome and empower their people to solve meaningful problems and adopt new human-centric ways of working. We get that change isn’t easy. It’s a journey with all sorts of ups, downs and all arounds. That’s why we take a partnership and collaborative approach with our clients, co-creating a strategic action plan and supporting each step of the journey. Together is always better at AdaptiveX.

Our Values

Our values make up the fabric of our internal culture, and the unwavering framework from which we base all of our decisions.

  • Curiosity

    We pull threads, turn over rocks, and peek around corners. We chase “why” and don’t settle for “because.” We never stop exploring, learning, and growing.

  • Courage

    We explore the unknown, push through discomfort, and embrace our stumbles as learning opportunities. Integrity is our guide.

  • Contribution

    Our firm belief that everyone has something valuable to bring to the table means we commit to inclusivity and the true spirit of collaboration. We will always choose respect, decency and openness.

  • Trust

    Relationships are important to us, and the basis of all relationships is trust. We build this through authenticity, honesty, and sincerity. Our reliability and a commitment to dependable results doesn’t hurt either.

  • Focus

    Sometimes just getting started is what matters, but the starting point needs to be anchored to a strong vision. That’s why we make sure everything we do is purposeful and strategically targeted around what moves the needle. And it’s ok if it’s not always a linear process.

Meet the Team

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Leah Oliveira

Co-Founder & Managing Director

A 17-year communication and engagement professional, Leah has always been an intrapreneur dedicated to helping organizations build meaningful engagement opportunities, collaborative cultures, and environments that facilitate growth.

Having worked in the public, private and non-profit sectors, Leah’s covered a lot of ground! Some of her broad experience includes leading innovation and change management, marketing communications, government relations, recruitment/engagement, fundraising and brand management. She’s worked in a variety of fields, including consumer, international economic development, and post-secondary education.

Leah holds a BA in English Literature & Critical Theory (Trent University) and a Master’s degree in Management, Innovation & Entrepreneurship (Queen’s University, Smith School of Business). A self-identified learning addict, in addition to her degrees, she holds multiple post-graduate, Graduate and professional certificates (we won’t bore you with those details – check out her LinkedIn for that). She’s currently completing a Systems Thinking certificate from Cornell University.

Leah spends as much time as possible cuddling her dog Lola, hanging out with her kids (before they discover she’s no longer cool), and reading whatever she happens to get her hands on. She also co-organizes Design Sprint Network MeetUp.

Carlos Oliveira
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Carlos Oliviera

Co-Founder & Principal Facilitator/Trainer

Carlos is an experienced entrepreneur, facilitator, and innovation coach for both ventures and enterprise organizations. His professional raison d’etre is to help teams make better decisions, build solutions that delight customers, and to support organizations as they innovate at-scale.

Nearly 20 years in, Carlos has a ton of experience in strategic product development and innovation leadership. His expertise also includes applying design thinking, lean startup, and agile practices in organizational contexts.

Ever the entrepreneur, Carlos started his first of several companies as a teenager, building computers and coding out of his home. Following university, he was a founding member of an enterprise learning management start-up that successfully scaled and was ultimately acquired by OpenText in 2011. Since, Carlos has worked with Fortune 500 companies to help implement transformative innovation and agile practices and cultures.

In his spare time, Carlos drinks probably way too much coffee, loves a good glass of Douro wine, and fits in travel wherever he can. He also co-organizes the Toronto Design Sprint meetup.

He holds a BA in Economics/Computer Studies, and an MBA from Queen’s University, Smith School of Business.