Since 1995, Stelio has been supporting organizations in adapting to the evolutions of their ecosystems and technology. Already involved in lean management and open collaboration, during his entrepreneurial journey, he himself needed truly lean, adaptable, and resilient organizational methods. However, at that time, there was very little available. During the crisis of 2009-2010, the structural and cultural rigidity that characterized most organizations did not provide valid answers or any concrete support.

From this need, Stelio began his journey to generate a global practice of adaptive organization design, collaborating with pioneers from around the world. In 2012, he created the LiquidO organizational framework for adaptive governance, which was later recognized by Gary Hamel’s Management Innovation Exchange in New York. During the same years, together with the co-founders of Cocoon Pro, he established the first fully emergent organization in Europe while actively contributing to the European Organization Design Forum (EODF). In 2015, Stelio held the world’s first Adaptive Organization Design Masterclass in Milan, together with Paul Tolchinsky and Stu Winby, two of the foremost living pioneers in organizational design and systemic change.

Since then, Stelio has worked on creating a path to mastery in this new discipline, drawing on decades of experience passed down to him by giants from various sectors and dozens of pioneers like him who have experimented in many ways and different contexts over the past decade. He has written the Adaptive Organization Design Manifesto, become the curator of the Mastery Trail on the subject offered by Cocoon Pro, and continues to live the reality of a highly adaptive organization within Cocoon Pro itself, as well as alongside many clients who are aware of the importance of this transition.