THE
UNLEARNING
ADVANTAGE
Evolve Leadership. Align Teams. Transform Culture.
~ One unlearned pattern at a time.
Unlearn yesterday’s success and outdated patterns because the future demands something different to unlock what’s possible next.
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THE HIDDEN GAP: Leadership, Culture and the Future of Work
The pace of change is exponential. But most leaders and organizations are evolving at a much slower pace, operating from patterns shaped for a different era.
In moments of uncertainty, even the most experienced leaders revert to ingrained patterns, often the ones that built their success. Now those same patterns limit what’s possible next.
We call this identity inertia: the unconscious pull to repeat what once worked.
Yet instead of pausing to unlearn, the default is to add more: more skills, more tactics, more initiatives.
The Unlearning Advantage® is about letting go of what no longer serves to close the gap between where you are today and the opportunities the future demands; as leaders, teams, and organizations.
UNLEARNING IN ACTION:
Evidence-Based Insights.
Real-World Impact.
Before stepping onto global stages, Carolina built her career inside some of the world’s most complex environments
First as a scientist in academia, where she began to recognize what drives and disrupts behavior change…
And later at Merck and Pfizer, where she navigated high-pressure leadership and organizational transformation in matrixed systems.
Those experiences gave her a deep understanding of what leaders are up against and a deep respect for the courage it takes to lead differently.
Through those experiences, she discovered a powerful truth, people resist change because they’re attached to the patterns that define who they are.
Her most radical experiment?
ABANDONING HER OWN SUCCESS.
Today, Carolina works closely with C-suite leaders, advising on leadership, culture, and change inside complex systems. That level of access is rare and it ensures every engagement is grounded in real-world dynamics.
Her work is informed by what she has seen and what she has lived.
Leaving a successful career in the pharmaceutical industry to study at the Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theatre required her to unlearn who she had been to make room for what came next.
It’s the same courageous unlearning she now asks of leaders, teams, and organizations.
Your audience will feel the difference from the first five minutes.
The Missing Step in Leadership Development: Unlearning Identity
Traditional leadership development focuses on behavior. Add more skills. Try harder. Do more.
The result? More overwhelm. More burnout. Or change that shows up briefly… then snaps back.
Behavior is not the root. Identity is upstream. That’s why you can’t think your way into a new way of being. And you can’t outperform identity.
So instead of adding we focus on subtracting with the question that changes everything:
What’s getting in the way?
The Unlearning Advantage® works at the level of identity: the beliefs, body signals, and behavioral patterns operating beneath conscious awareness.
When that layer shifts, change sticks. And this is also how change scales. One leader who unlearns becomes a team with new possibilities, and a culture that reflects it.
ACT
Taking small, aligned steps in how we show up as individuals, teams, and organizations is what creates real, sustainable change. When action aligns with intention, the incremental becomes transformational.
PAUSE
The practice of slowing down to create space for awareness and possibility to emerge. At every level (self, team, and organization), pausing interrupts reactivity and opens the door to what could be, not just what’s been.
CHOOSE
Consciously designing what comes next; shifting beliefs, emotional states, and behaviors across self, team, and organization. Alignment emerges when we intentionally create how we show up, connect, and work together, rather than repeating old patterns.
OBSERVE
Noticing the patterns at play in self, team, and organization, and what lies beneath them. It reveals the identity structures and conditioned responses driving action, turning awareness into insight and opening the space for conscious choice.
OBSERVE
Noticing the patterns at play in self, team, and organization, and what lies beneath them. It reveals the identity structures and conditioned responses driving action, turning awareness into insight and opening the space for conscious choice.
PAUSE
The practice of slowing down to create space for awareness and possibility to emerge. At every level (self, team, and organization), pausing interrupts reactivity and opens the door to what could be, not just what’s been.
CHOOSE
Consciously designing what comes next; shifting beliefs, emotional states, and behaviors across self, team, and organization. Alignment emerges when we intentionally create how we show up, connect, and work together, rather than repeating old patterns.
ACT
Taking small, aligned steps in how we show up as individuals, teams, and organizations is what creates real, sustainable change. When action aligns with intention, the incremental becomes transformational.
When leaders unlearn patterns that no longer serve them,
they unlock more than personal growth;
THEY BECOME CATALYSTS FOR SYSTEMIC CHANGE
Research across 31 empirical studies confirms it:
Leaders who master intentional forgetting show improved performance and innovation.
Teams achieve breakthroughs when unlearning reshapes how they process information.
Organizations with strong unlearning capabilities report direct gains in agility and innovation.
Leaders who master intentional forgetting show improved performance and innovation.
Teams achieve breakthroughs when unlearning reshapes how they process information.
Organizations with strong unlearning capabilities report direct gains in agility and innovation.
With 74% of workers eager to acquire new skills and companies with comprehensive development programs generating 218% higher income per employee.
Kluge, A. (2023). Recent findings on organizational unlearning and intentional forgetting research (2019–2022). Frontiers in Psychology, 14.
The question isn’t whether to invest in unlearning; it’s whether you can afford not to.
Transformation starts with self before it shapes teams and organizations.
In a world where today’s best practices quickly become tomorrow’s limitations, unlearning is the foundation of lasting adaptability and competitive advantage.
From first meeting to our post-event debrief. She took time to get to know our organization’s story and our strategic vision to speak to our team members in a way that resonates with everyone. Her personal vulnerability and real-life, lived examples helped create trust with our organization right off the bat. I highly recommend working with Carolina!
Carolina has spoken at several of our conferences. We enjoy working with her and the audience always walks away with a great learning experience AND tangible takeaways
Carolina presented to our audience of senior and emerging leaders at our Women’s Leadership Conference and the response was overwhelmingly positive. Her keynote delivered a poignant experience that addressed important challenges that were relevant for our participants all while providing clear, actionable takeaways. Carolina took time to meet with our team to tailor her presentation to our needs and it was well received. We look forward to working with her again!