About Us

The Edge of Insight

We are a consultancy grounded in corporate anthropology, guiding organizations through the complex human systems that shape strategy, leadership, and change. We go where others won’t, looking beneath the surface – the place where meaning, identity, and behavior are formed.

We believe that transformation happens not only through optimizing processes, but also through deeper understanding of people, power, and culture. That’s where we start.

Insightful

Transformation

Grounded

Corporate anthropologist Sanne Witkamp

Sanne Witkamp, MSc

Founder  |  Corporate Anthropologist  |  Strategic Facilitator

With over 20 years of global experience as a corporate anthropologist, I help leaders and organizations decode complexity and lead through what’s not immediately visible. My background bridges academic anthropology, strategic consultancy, and intercultural practice allowing me to see both the depth of human systems and the demands of high-stakes decision-making.

I’ve worked with leadership teams across industries and geographies to uncover what really drives behavior, alignment, and resistance and to translate that insight into purposeful action.

Whether supporting a CEO through transition, mapping the cultural dynamics of a global transformation, or facilitating boardroom dialogue in a moment of crisis. My work focuses on one thing: surfacing what’s hidden in plain sight, and using it to create clarity, connection, and momentum.

My approach blends:

  • Ethnographic research and systems thinking
  • Organizational and leadership consulting
  • Deep facilitation with a focus on meaning, power, and trust

If you want to understand what’s truly shaping your culture, your change efforts, or your leadership effectiveness — that’s where we start.

Our Network of Experts

I collaborate with a trusted circle of exceptional partners: senior facilitators, systems thinkers, and fellow anthropologists. Each brings deep expertise in human dynamics and organizational transformation and shares a commitment to working with clarity, nuance, and impact.

Together, we form tailored teams based on your needs whether that’s navigating boardroom dynamics, designing participatory strategy processes, or decoding cultural friction across global teams.

Alexa Kuit, MSc

Leadership Facilitator | Interaction Specialist | Nonverbal Strategy Analysis

Alexa Kuit holds a master’s degree in Communication Sciences and a masters licence as Nonverbal Strategy Analist. She is a seasoned facilitator, executive coach, consultant, and former executive with an innate love for interpersonal interaction.

She brings clarity and direction to both individual journeys and complex team processes, helping people navigate and strengthen relationships with greater awareness and authenticity.
With a sharp analytical and always curious eye and a strong foundation in leadership, Alexa blends practical expertise with a deep interest in our behavior and non verbals.

Her work uncovers what lies beneath the surface of organizational life; revealing how unspoken expectations, communication patterns, and individual interaction styles shape collaboration, trust, and decision-making.

Alexa walks with teams and leaders to move beyond judgment toward meaningful connection and collaboration. Having the talent for making the unspoken visible and finding ways to transform hidden dynamics into powerful drivers for growth, openness, and lasting change.

Sandor Scheeres, MSc

Social Anthropologist | Ethnographic research | Sustainable development

Sandor Scheeres holds a master’s degree in Development Sociology and Social Anthropology, with a specialization in international fisheries. His academic foundation informs a deeply grounded and culturally sensitive approach to systems change, particularly in rural and ecological contexts.

As founder and CEO of UPLAO, he leads regenerative agroforestry initiatives in northern Laos, transforming degraded landscapes into thriving coffee forests. Working closely with ethnic-minority communities, he has developed cooperatives involving over 70 households and restored over 30 hectares of forest through sustainable, community-led practices.

Sandor combines anthropological insight with hands-on implementation embedding himself in local communities to co-create value chains that honor both cultural traditions and environmental regeneration. His approach reveals how local worldviews, social structures, and informal economies shape long-term impact and resilience.

As a researcher and consultant, his strength lies in bridging cultural understanding with system innovation  turning ethnographic insight into tangible, regenerative outcomes.

Teun Voeten, PhD

Cultural Anthropologist | Investigative research | Consultant

Teun Voeten is a cultural anthropologist, war correspondent, and investigative researcher who authored several books. He obtained a PhD with a thesis on the Mexican Drug Violence. Teun has over 33 years of hands-on field experience and conducted ethnographic research in some of the world’s most extreme environments from war zones in the Balkans, Sierra Leone, the Middle East, to underground homeless communities in New York City and the drug ridden streets of California.

His immersive approach to fieldwork provides deep insight into how people organize, adapt, and survive in high-pressure, often chaotic contexts. Teun’s work reveals the hidden codes, cultural frameworks, and informal power structures that shape human behavior insights that translate directly to organizational and societal analysis.
His strength lies in exposing the cultural forces that operate beneath the surface essential knowledge for organizations navigating complexity, conflict, and transformation.

Sanne Wassink, MSc

Cultural Anthropologist | Development Specialist | Impact Strategist

Sanne Wassink is a cultural anthropologist specialized in Development Anthropology, the field that explores both the logic and the potential of human behavior in context. She brings this perspective into organizational and societal challenges, helping leaders and teams not only understand behavior but also realize sustainable behavioral change.

Her work spans complex system transformations linked to societal issues, culture change within organizations, and practical questions about how to create stronger connections, achieve more impact, or move people toward what truly matters. With expertise in safety dilemmas and passion for building future-proof impact strategies, Sanne supports organizations in aligning vision, policy, and practice with the people they serve.

She helps leaders and teams see where things flow and where they rub, why alignment matters, and how to bridge the gap between system and lived reality. From strengthening collaboration to bringing policy and execution closer together, her guidance creates space for meaningful connection, sharper focus, and greater impact.

With an anthropological lens, Sanne tunes organizations to society, the future, their mission, and their people—always starting from the science of what truly moves people from within. Having the gift for translating complex dynamics into clear insights and actionable pathways, she enables leaders and teams to turn transformation into lasting impact.

We don’t believe culture is what gets in the way.
We believe it’s the way forward.

Ready to explore what’s really going on in your organization and what to do with it?

Slingeland Ziekenhuis
Casade
Teckniek Nederland
Marginpar
Gemeente Leiden
Utrecht uni
Veiligheidsregio
Erasmus
CCV
Topaz
Dirkzwager
Rijnland
AAk
Gemeente Tilburg
Uni Leiden