Mario van Boeschoten

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Mario van Boeschoten has been our organisational guide and mentor for over 20 years. He offers a steadying influence and wise counsel.

Mario is Dutch with a strong loyalty to Britain, where he settled in 1974, bringing with him his knowledge and experience of organisational development that is drawn from the anthroposophical tradition of Rudolf Steiner.

Mario brought to Oasis a reverence for the struggles and effort people make when they are working things out together to create organisational forms.

His emphasis upon human meeting and the recognition of the person were all at the heart of his approach and his extra knowledge of organisational forms and phases ensured his influence has been deep and wide.

His range of contributions to organisational life across a wide cross-section of enterprises meant he had a great deal to offer us, in our own learning about Oasis and how we wanted to develop, as well as in how we approached helping other organisations.

His international consultancy involved working extensively in Africa and Europe with organisations including Shell, British Gas, Laura Ashley, Walls, CDRA and Olive and he acts as mentor to consultants and facilitators around the UK.

Mario continues as a source of guidance and help to many of us as individuals, as well as to the organisation as a whole.