create winning & inclusive workplaces for all

My mission is simple: to harness employee differences that leads to winning and inclusive workplaces where EVERYONE’s potential is valued

Driving inclusive leadership and organizational growth

I offer immersive experiences, webinars, and facilitation to engage business and nonprofit professionals through driving inclusive leadership and organizational growth. Join me in activating positive change and development for your team or organization.

I guide organizations and communities towards integration, representation, and inclusiveness through projects, activating workshops, and inspiring speeches.

DEI workshops

My workshops related (but not limited) to any DEI topics will teach you how to build international workflows without stereotypes and avoid bottlenecks in cross-cultural, cross-generational, and cross-border work environments.

Playback Theater workshops

Enhance your projects with increased engagement and receive actionable feedback while executing strategies in diverse, cross-sector environments. Workshops are facilitated by professional theater artists.

EVENT HOSTING

With over 6 years of experience hosting events, I’ve received rave feedback for my high-energy, engaging presentations and my ability to captivate diverse audiences, fostering spaces for collective learning and inspiration.

KEYNOTE SPEAKING

My unique blend of insider and outsider perspectives, honed from years of navigating Nordic cultural landscapes, makes her a recognized voice in the Nordics on topics of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI), inclusive leadership, and talent acquisition and integration.

One-on-one Consultations

Whether you need guidance on developing an inclusive policy, advice on handling a sensitive workplace issue, or support in creating a DEI strategy, I am here to help. My flexible, online consultation hours mean you can access expert advice exactly when you need it (no long-term commitment).

WHAT MY CUSTOMERS SAY

Kamilla moderated the Dignity in Finance panel debate as Nasdaq – a unique experience for both panelists and participants. Kamilla facilitated the 2-hour panel debate and she has exceptional capabilities in engaging a diverse audience in a lively discussion!

Erja Retzen
Senior Managing Director, Global Listing Services at Nasdaq Nordic

Kamilla delivered an excellent speech at the Finnish Entrepreneurs event, Get Together 2019 showing the huge role that entrepreneurs have in changing the world.

Mikael Pentikäinen
CEO at Suomen Yrittäjät

An inspiring and thought-provoking speaker who brings her expertise on diversity and inclusion to the forefront. Kamilla knows how to engage an audience and keep them on their toes throughout their presentations. A true pleasure to listen to and learn from!

Aicha Manai
CEO at Startup Refugees

A very inspiring and charismatic speaker and a very kind and humble person. I met Kamilla at Get Together in May 2019 and her story really inspired me to aim even higher than before. Thank you!

Teemu Myöhänen
CEO & Filmmaker at Karma Media Oy

Kamilla’s speech on volunteering and her story made me understand how volunteering has been so meaningful to me as well and why I have grown so much through it together with my community.

Samuel Aarnio
Junior Digital Marketing Consultant at Hopkins Oy

Kamilla is a very powerful and inspiring speaker. She brings her expertise on diversity and internationalization, providing deep insight into the importance of social capital and other related topics. Undoubtedly, she knows how to engage an audience! I’m motivated and inspired!

Bobur Muyiddinov
Head of Business Development at Division Network, South Korea

Kamilla communicates with great clarity, knows how to engage people, and has tremendous project management skills. She is a leader within our network of local Country Chairs and Partner Organizations now represented in over 80 countries around the world, sharing knowledge, and new ideas, and improving our digital communications capacity. In addition to her considerable skills, Kamilla is a joy to work with.

Cynthia Guyer
Senior Advisor at Global Dignity

Kamilla Sultanova brought a different perspective and insight from Finland into Canada’s Workforce Development landscape. It was a pleasure to have her as one of First Work’s Future’s Conference 2020 speakers. Regardless of being halfway across the world, Kamilla highlighted our similarities in the challenges of workforce development and brought us some of Finland’s practices in promoting new working culture, experimentation, and collaboration.

Akosua Alagarathnam
Executive Director at First Work, Ontario’s Youth Employment Network

Kamilla and I had an hour-long talk on my global concept. She possesses a very unique global perspective, enabling her to understand the root causes and underlying motivations of issues, allowing her to find innovative solutions and new kinds of questions, particularly in social justice, international cooperation, and inclusive leadership. She thinks globally yet can see the changes needed locally to drive meaningful transformation.

Samira Hamed
Founder, Planet Diplomats

I am thankful for having the opportunity to work with Kamilla during the 3rd European Youth Work Convention. Kamilla has invested her knowledge and passion into organizing the workshop and everyone benefited from her skillfulness in management. Her energy is admirable and she knows how to reach different stakeholders in the field of youth and policy making. I am happy to say Kamilla deserves the highest credits and recommendations and that her contribution to the projects is highly valuable.

Dunja Potocnik
Senior Research Associate at the Institute for Social Research

I believe in the power of differences at work as a force for human connection, collaboration, and progress

I’m an award-winning, multilingual keynote speaker, an experienced DEI consultant, and Finland’s dancing event host!

Whether it’s a room full of seafarers, chemical engineers, AI experts, or even royalty, I bring culturally sensitive, industry-specific insights to every event. My mission? To create engaging, embodied, and elevating experiences of inclusion that resonate, whether in a hyperlocal space or on a global stage.

From workshops to conferences, my approach is always tailored, making sure every individual feels seen, heard, and inspired.

KAMILLA SULTANOVA IN THE NEWS

Al Jazeera interview on Finnish Parliament elections 2023 with Kamilla Sultanova

Thanks to Mandy Lester-Segall from Al Jazeera channel for having me to comment Finnish parliament elections results.

YLE Russian News - Discussion about dual citizenship

The program discusses work-related immigration and why the elections are not of interest to Finnish Russian-speakers.

Vuosaari-Lehti - Volunteering and voting are important

Kamilla Sultanova from Uzbekistan has lived in Vuosaari for almost seven years. Volunteer work has taken him, among other things, to meet…

YLE NEWS - Overcoming Finnish language fears one step at a time

Despite having a reputation for being very difficult, many immigrants to Finland find their own path to learning the Finnish language.

YLE News - All Points North (APN) Podcast: Finding your Finnish voice

All Points North asks how to overcome linguistic hurdles when speaking Finnish as a foreigner. We also hear from those challenging the…

Koillissanomat - Communication & community experts in Kuusamo

Medicines are being sought for the labor shortage in Northeast Finland – National visibility with the stories of employers to ease the skills shortage.

The impact of my work

employees cultivate employee-informed, meaningful, and adaptive DEI strategies

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of my clients found my workshops and training to be directly applicable to challenges in their workplaces

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of my clients found my events to be engaging and easy to follow

My work helps clients achieve quantifiable goals, but I also embrace the qualitative

How do I measure impact? Click the button below to read more about the holistic snapshot of some of my partners' journeys, in their own words.