Mushin Schilling

Director of Participation at Jala and lover of collaboration, diversity, and people.

Currently setting up Jala ID+ in Quezon City, Philippines

Founding partner of Entz von Zerssen, Caspari & Partner consulting to support Participatory Enterprise and Organization.

Previously Mushin has been Chief Community Host & Web 2.0 developer for Gaiasoft/Gaiaspace, Inc., London. A passionate collaboration ecologist, he architected off-line and online environments, guided programmers and designed the interfaces.

Mushin, starting his career as social and street worker in Amsterdam, Netherlands, has hands-on experience as a community builder, coach and group process facilitator for over 3 decades in the Netherlands, the Czech Republic and Germany. Mushin has been a pioneer of social networking since the first online forums and is a prolific networker.

Mushin is the author of 3 books on human potential topics and has been a journalist for radio, TV and print media. He is a key-note speaker on topics ranging from collaboration platforms, governance & economy 3.0, and used to facilitate seminars and workshops.

Mushin is also engaged as:
• Member of the Policy Leadership Circle of the Cultural Strategies Initiative, New York
• Adviser for Institute for Spirituality & Sustainability [SISS] at the Fordham University, NY, JAF Stoner Chair of Global Sustainability
• Facilitator and participatory design advisor for GreenWorks NYC, a Green Economy and Workforce Development Initiative with New York Council Member Alan J. Gerson.
• Facilitator with Quinx Coaching Company’s leader development programme