About Us

Dr Andrew Rixon
Babel Fish Group Head

With one of the first PhD's in Complex Systems and Complexity Science from the University of Queensland in June 1999 Andrew has gained global experience in working with organisations, within Australia and internationally in the USA, the Netherlands and the UK. The complex systems perspective drawn from his PhD has informed Andrew's experience and allowed him to make contributions in the areas of systems and software development, knowledge management, social research, facilitation and management consulting.

Today, Andrew's focus is on how complexity inspired approaches can change the way we work. As a keynote speaker, workshop leader and professional facilitator and change consultant, Andrew's style is engaging, light hearted and curious. Andrew juggles in his spare time.

Andrew can be contacted either directly on his mobile: +61 400 352 809 or through email at andrew@babelfishgroup.com

Dr Angela Lewis
Babel Fish Group Associate

Dr Angela Lewis is a skilled workplace and university educator and facilitator. For the past 20 years she has been involved in presenting IT classes and workshops in both the government and corporate sector and works on various project teams as required. This has given her a rich field of experience in IT rollouts, the implementation of new systems and the management of change. Many years of classroom facilitation in both Australia and Asia ensure she has a diverse range of experience and her style of delivery is relaxed and inclusive.

Angela Lewis was awarded a PhD from Deakin University in 2006, is an AITD Accredited Training Practitioner, holds the latest TAA40104 has a Masters degree in Education and is a registered counsellor. She acts as education advisor to both the Australian Institute of Professional Counsellors and the Australian Counselling Association.

Jan Seneshan
Babel Fish Group Associate

Jan Seneshen is a highly qualified consultant, client manager and facilitator in Organisational Design, Integrated Change Leadership, Leadership Development and Culture Shaping.  This work emphasises structure, process and culture alignment using action learning and advanced change management techniques.

Jan’s capability is well grounded across all industry sectors.  Her change experience includes developing and delivering comprehensive change projects using psycho-dynamic and socio-technical systems diagnostic, design, implementation and assessment methodology.

Bob Dick
Babel Fish Group Associate

In the distant past Bob Dick has been shop assistant, electrician, draftsperson, recruitment officer, and industrial psychologist. For the past 30 years he has been academic, publisher, consultant, and facilitator. Currently, independent scholarship, consultancy and facilitation take up much of his time.

His consultancy and facilitation is varied, but is primarily directed towards community development and organisation development. He also helps people learn action research, qualitative evaluation, change management, and the communication and facilitation skills which are a foundation for these. In this work he uses highly participative methods to help others to improve their practice while also trying always to improve his own. He lives in the leafy western suburbs of Brisbane with his partner of 31 years, Camilla, in a house frequently overrun by grandchildren.

Viv McWaters
Babel Fish Group Associate

A consultant of many talents, Viv's work is as diverse as her clients, and includes such areas as thinking and planning, organisational change and effectiveness, leadership, communications, community development and evaluation. Participation and involvement are key principles that underpin all of Viv's work. She uses a range of participatory approaches to facilitation and learning, including action methods, solutions-focused approaches, open-space technology, drama, improvisation and humour.

Viv’s style is to bring a kind of planned spontaneity to her work; her fun and informal approach is backed by robust theoretical knowledge and clear intent. Keeping it fresh is just as important for participants as it is to Viv who brings new learning and a tailored approach to every session.

Simon Kneebone
Babel Fish Group Associate

Studying psychology and working as a youth worker in Port Adelaide led Simon to establish himself as a cartoonist and illustrator. Using graphics, cartoons and humour to capture and communicate ideas has been the essence of his work with a wide range of community and other organizations for over 25 years.

Simon has worked with many facilitators creating cartoon records of events in a variety of facilitation settings. Developing his graphic facilitation skills is one of Simon’s on-going challenges!

Simon can be contacted via email: simknee@bigpond.net.au or on (08) 8370-9152.

Sascha Rixon
Babel Fish Group Associate

After completing an honours degree in linguistics in 2002 at the University of Queensland, Sascha travelled and worked in London in a variety of corporate environments from a trading room in an investment banking firm to human resources in a global insurance company. On returning from London, Sascha spent many hours in unproductive meetings and became curious as to how effective communication could facilitate more productive meetings. In addition to her work at Babel Fish Group, Sascha is pursuing doctoral studies at the University of Melbourne exploring language in the workplace with a focus on the language use of facilitators in facilitated meetings. Sascha's style is open, enthusiastic and fun.