Hermes is a systems and design-focused trainer and facilitator with over 9 years in designing and delivering effective training programs. He has worked with organizations across the United Nations systems, intergovernmental organizations, and multinational corporations. 

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Hermes’ expertise in design thinking, embodied methodologies, and Asia and the Pacific have enabled him to facilitate impactful learning experiences for individuals and teams. He creates collaborative and co-creative spaces that encourage movement, exploration, and alignment between different perspectives. By incorporating diverse tools, methods, and case studies from purpose-driven organizations and entrepreneurs, Hermes’ training programs provide an experience that enables participants to combine their individual purpose with the organizational vision. He creates opportunities for effective learning and action-oriented experiences.

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Some of the programs that Hermes has facilitated in the past include custom design thinking sprints for a major global software company, product development prototyping facilitation for a small global foundation, and fellowship design and delivery for a global intergovernmental agency. He emphasizes systems thinking and diverse data sources in his programs, providing actionable insights that can be implemented in work and organization right away.

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Hermes is based between Sydney and Bangkok and loves being outdoors while hiking, swimming, snorkeling, and scuba diving.

A bit about me.

I am a person who loves to use his hands to build and make things, and use my body to feel what the world has to offer. This has manifested itself through the work I have chosen to do as an entrepreneur and the hobbies that I have chosen to do like scuba diving, hiking, and sewing.

Where am I from?

I was born and raised in California in the heart of Silicon Valley, as a child of immigrants from Taiwan. I became an adult in the California Central Valley, and I grew roots in Bangkok over the last 10 years.

Where do I currently live?

I call Bangkok, Thailand home, but I am spending a lot of time in Sydney, Australia at the moment for family.

What is core to InsightPact?

InsightPact isn't perfect. We probably never will be, but we try dang hard to consider what we know and strive to consider who we can, and acknowledge when we have gaps in our approach. We work to be better to our people, stakeholders, community, and environment the best we can as a small bootstrapped business.

The book that changed the way I think.

Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata. This book allowed me to deepen and brighten my awareness of the everyday experiences I walk through and the lives of those I pass by. It renewed my understanding of the power of fiction to change lives and perspectives.

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How I practice wellbeing & wellness in my day-to-day life.

I eat a 3:1 ratio of veggies to protein and get a swim in every day, and hike and get into the ocean when I can.

My morning routine.

I follow what my body needs for that day :)

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My playlist right now.

I am re-reading On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong