Meet your trainers

Howard VanEs

Howard VanEs has been passionate about innovation and creativity throughout his entire career—first, working in advertising as a creative director, then as an expressive arts therapist, followed by becoming an award-winning publisher and prolific author and now as a trainer to companies and organizations who wish to improve their business to the next level through innovation, creativity, team building, and communication excellence.

Experience and accomplishments include:

  • Innovation and Leadership—Cornell University Certificate (pending)
  • ORSC trained (Organization Relationship Systems Coaching) through CRR Global
  • Creative Director and Owner of an award-winning ad agency
  • Founder and lead trainer at Let’s Do Innovation!
  • Publisher and founder of Let’s Write Books, Inc.
  • Author of thirty-eight books
  • MA in Counseling Psychology with a Specialization in the Expressive Arts
  • Master Practitioner Certification in NLP (Neuro-Linguistic Programming)
  • International Stevie Award winner: 2020 – Most Innovative Small Business
  • Certified Yoga Instructor (28 years of teaching)

Darren Hoevel

Darren Hoevel is a passionate agile realist, organizational change advocate, corporate cultural renovator, customer ambassador, and co-founder of Pliant Solutions. He is driven by “Organizational Evolution,” creating self-organizing, self-managing teams supported by vulnerability, curiosity, the wiliness to experiment, and the forever openness to learn. Darren prides himself on not just being a coach but showing up as his whole-hearted self to accelerate progression within individuals, teams, and programs, which, in turn, contributes directly to the health and success of an organization. He has helped organizations of all sizes discover their culture, change their mindset, and create enough structure to scale their processes and practices.

Accomplishment and certifications:

  • Certified Dare to Lead™ Facilitator (CDTLF)
  • LEGO® SERIOUS PLAY® Facilitator (LSPf)
  • Organizational Relationship Systems Coach (ORSC)
  • Scaled Agile Framework® (SAFe®) Program Consultant (SPC)
  • Certified Scrum Professional (CSP)
  • Certified Scrum Master (CSM)
  • Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO)
  • ICAgile Certified Professional in Agile Coaching (ICP-ACC)
  • ICAgile Certified Professional in Agile Team Facilitation (ICP-ATF)
  • Masters in Business Administration, George Fox University, ID
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