nikola Jurisic
Cultural Transfiguration Catalyst
Nikola is a cultural transfiguration catalyst and leading global expert in building values driven systems at scale. He brings a career of experience working on culture with hundreds of organizations and systems around the world, blending more structured organization level approaches (LSE, Economist, McKinsey) with more individual and intuitive work (Ontological coach, Facilitator of Transformation and Spiritual Healer with 30+ tools).
He is the founder of Transfiguration Advisory, where he works as a lead advisor, as a platform to help accelerate the cultural evolution of organizations and systems at scale.
Born in the Balkans, Nikola is inspired by processing collective trauma and building a values driven societies, rooted in that part of the world. He continues to contribute to this mission, for example by facilitating the 1st Collective and Transgenerational Trauma Lab in the Balkans (Thomas Hubl, Pocket Project) and co-founding ADA, a consciousness and intimacy platform.
Described by those who know him as a “mosaic” for his ability to bring a wide range of divergent perspectives, “free radical” as a catalyst and “spiritual gladiator” for his drive, Nikola has visited over 100 and lived in over 20 countries. His top 3 values are learning, fun and adventure, and excellence.
Organizations & Ideas that shaped Nikola
what others have said about nikola
As we opened Saudi Arabia to tourism, the pace of change and the effect on the national culture was under the spotlight. We had to talk to several providers until we could settle on the partner with the right skills, experience , and audacity to embark on a national level culture change program.
Nikola helped our new tourism authority in Saudi Arabia navigate critical questions:
- What should Saudi’s hosting culture and frontliner brand be?
- How do we expect the ~1m frontliners across the end-to-end tourism sector to behave?
- What human interactions would delight tourists from varying backgrounds?
Nikola brings a unique perspective, combining Mother Theresa’s heart with Einstein’s mind. He brings a very special essence to the room, to the space.
Somehow bringing contradicting energies to the same place, at the same time. Vulnerability, with a lot of power. Reflective, at the same time highly intellectual.
Nikola is a dormant volcano, waiting to disrupt humanity back to it’s true beauty.
Credentials
Nikola's journey has been shaped by mosaic of a different experiences, certifications and courses. Learn more about Nikola's background below.
- McKinsey & Company: 14 year career, including 4 years as leader of the Culture & Change service line for EEMA (~90 countries) (2007-2022, Global)
- Bertelsmann: Publisher, responsible for multi-million dollar magazine portfolio (2005-2007, Serbia)
- The Economist Group: Journalist & research Intern at Economist Intelligence Unit (2001-2005, London)
- Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) in Management (2000-2003, London): London School of Economics and Political Science
- Chartered Portfolio Manager (CFA curriculum) (2006, Belgrade): The Securities and Exchange Commission of Serbia
- L2 in Organization (2011, global); L3 in Organization (2021, global): McKinsey & Company
- Part 1 and Part 2 Accreditation (2013, Prague): Barret Values Center (BVC)
- Accredited facilitator of transformation (2014-2016, Oxford and Holland): GBA, Aberkyn and Mobius Executive Leadership
- Rinzai Zen Facilitator (2015, Amsterdam): Hollow Bones Zen, with Jun Po Roshi
- Leadership Circle Profile Certification (2016, Dubai): Leadership Circle Group
- ICF ACC accredited Ontological Coach (2016, Colorado): Newfield Network
- Graduated Spiritual Healer (3 year program, 2017, Italy): Damanhur University, Federation of Damanhur
- Emergent Dialogue Practitioner (2022, virtual): One World in Dialogue (inter-subjective sensemaking)
- Silent Retreats – Vipassana (old student), Bali Silent Retreat; Silent Stay Retreat Centre; Own silent retreats (from 2004, global)
- Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) – Level 1 (2006, global)
- Art of Living Foundation – Level 1 (breath work) (2006, Belgrade)
- McKinsey Academy – Embark, Lead 1 & 2, ELW, ILW, Org ITP, S&M ITP (2007-2017, global)
- Agama Yoga Thailand – First 100 hours training (2008, Thailand)
- Five Rhythms – Expressive dance, multiple courses (from 2009)
- Hoffman Process (2011, California)
- Aberkyn – Community Days gatherings (2012, 2014, 2016, 2019)
- Mark Wolynn Masterclass – Inherited family trauma (2013, virtual)
- Spirited Body Workshop – Esalen Institute, Big Sur (body work) (2013, California)
- Pranayama – with O.P. Tiwari (breathwork) (2014, Thailand)
- Intensive with Jan Jacob Stam – Hellinger Institute (2015, Amsterdam)
- Introduction to Process Work – with Max Schupbach (Deep Democracy Institute) (2017, Cairo)
- Deep & Advanced Retreats – Gita Bellin & Associates (2015-2017, Oxford)
- Emerge – Gathering (2018, Kiev)
- Mobius Next Practice Institute (2016 & 2018, Boston)
- Energy Masterclass – with Linda Caesara (2018, Zurich)
- UN University of Peace – Religion/Faith, Conflict and Peace building (course). EXPC – 6036 (2019, virtual)
- Celebrate Life Festival – Thomas Hubl (2019, Germany)
- ISTA – Level 1 (2019, Croatia) and Level 2 (2021, Greece)
- Highden – Temple Training, Ray 7 (2020, Greece)
- Thomas Hubl – Principles of Collective Healing (2020, virtual)
- House of Beautiful Business – Concrete Love gathering (2021, Lisbon)
- Potential Project – L1 facilitator certification course (2020, virtual)
- Damanhur – Past Lives course (2021, virtual)
- Authentic Relating Training (ART) – The ART of Intimacy (Level 1) (2022, virtual)
- Tech Conferences – WebSummit (2021, Lisbon); Tomorrow (2022, Belgrade), ETH Barcelona (2022, Barcelona)
- Soul Consciousness – Advanced evolution retreat (2022, Ibiza)
- Equine Therapy Horse Course – Tamera healing biotope (2022, Portugal)