Meet the team

With a background in applied economics, prior to Bjièn Daphné worked for more than 10 years in several start-ups, scale-ups and corporates as a product manager, marketer, and later Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) and managing director.

After a late diagnosis of ADHD and autism, Daphné learnt how to create a safe work environment for and lead a team of neurodivergent people.

She started Bjièn with Dietrich to help other leaders and teams with the awareness of neurodiversity and make their workplace neuroinclusive.

Graduated in software engineering, Dietrich started working as a software developer and grew into roles of development team lead, project manager, ScrumMaster and consultant.

With a late diagnosis of ADHD and autism, Dietrich gradually discovered the strengths and challenges of being neurodivergent. He created a keynote in 2021 outlining the curious similarities between software teams and ADHD and how some principles can make life better for both.

After founding Bjièn with his partner, he now focuses on making companies and workplaces more neuroinclusive, putting his own experiences and learnings into practice and guiding leaders, HR professionals and teams to thrive with neurodiversity.

With more than 25 years of experience in graphic design, administration, HR, finance and project management, Marjan supports our team in terms of administration and project management.

In addition to her professional expertise, she brings her warm personality and strong values, which perfectly align with our company’s vision.

She has a natural ability to bring structure and calm to the daily operations of our company.

Alain has a background in economics and a profound passion for languages. Alongside his work at Bjièn, he has worked for many years as a dedicated English and French teacher. Prior to this, he built a career in customer service and as a financial adviser. In his professional practice, Alain consistently places great value on empathy, a tailored approach, and clear communication.

Beyond his love for languages, he is deeply passionate about sociology and psychology, and is neurodivergent himself. This unique combination enables him to intuitively understand human behaviour and group dynamics, and to convey complex topics surrounding neurodiversity with the necessary depth. In doing so, he consistently ensures that his message is delivered with the perfect linguistic and cultural nuances.

With two decades of experience in both the social and regular economy, Bjorn understands both operational and strategic levels. He has worked as a coach, manager, safety advisor, and consultant, moving effortlessly between teams, middle management, HR, and executive levels.

Drawing from his expertise in coaching, stress and burnout, sustainable work, and neurodiversity, he translates complex themes into relatable insights and actionable steps. A late-life ADHD diagnosis, combined with strong personal identification with the AuDHD profile, adds valuable experiential knowledge to his professional perspective.

Within Bjièn, Bjorn helps organizations make invisible barriers visible, strengthen psychological safety, and enable neurodivergent talent to thrive. His style is clear, connecting, practical, and disarming.

Shannon is the founder of Prikkel Praat, the Flemish podcast and platform dedicated to neurodivergence, where she brings together experts and individuals with lived experience to discuss ADHD, autism, and other neurotypes. As a speaker, facilitator, and expert by experience, she operates at the intersection of her personal story, practical insights, and science.

Shannon herself is AuDHD, gifted, and highly sensitive. At Bjièn, she brings this experiential knowledge, together with her background in inclusion and diversity, to the workplace and into teams. She makes complex topics accessible without oversimplifying them, with a style that is open, connecting, and direct — driven by the conviction that working differently also works, sometimes even better.

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