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Yoshimi & Jon Brett
Yoshimi and Jon have been on their TetraMap journey since 1980. From teaching young children in the USA, Micronesia and Australia, to running workshops for suited corporates around the globe, they found that the younger often learned faster and had more fun in the process.
The two have a passion for learning. They explored what turns people on and off to learning; why and how successful individuals, groups and organisations create cultures that nurture learning. As corporate facilitators whose lessons focussed on personal and organisational development, they learned first hand, about the role of emotions in learning. The principles and methodologies that underpin Accelerated Learning, NLP, experiential learning created their signature style of facilitation.
Authors of TetraMap: develop people & business the way nature intended in 2007, the Bretts carry on their work by leveraging their knowledge to those who serve as change agents in communities, education and corporations.By learning and applying TetraMap, their hope is that leaders and followers alike choose paths that value diversity and demonstrate inter-dependent, sustainable ways of working together and with the planet.
Yoshimi Brett, Facilitator
Yoshimi is
living proof that a right-brained, easily distracted individual can in fact,
focus and achieve in a number of seemingly unrelated fields. In 1992, Yoshimi
began her career in corporate training, combining her 8 years of teaching (US,
Australia & Japan) with 15 years experience in management and leadership
positions in health, fitness and the environment.
Yoshimi's constant concern for people and the planet set the perfect platform for her leap into corporate facilitationa career path she never envisaged while sailing the Pacific with Jon in 1978. However looking back, the melding of her interests and experiences to the point of co-creating TetraMap makes perfect sense. Developing a model, based on natures principles, for application in organisational development has born fruit beyond her expectations.
Yoshimi often sums up by saying, By doing my best to ensure that what I do has a positive impact on the sustainability of PEOPLE; PLANET, PROFIT and our LEGACY, I have the energy and courage to offer TetraMap as a tool that I know can make a difference to individuals, communities and the world.
Yoshimi loves the old Chinese proverb: First enlightenment, then the laundry. She helps people with both enlightenment and the laundry.
Jon Brett, Technical Director
Jon is involved in the design and content of most TetraMap publications and workshops. A 'Subliminal Facilitator', he plays music CDs in the background to help manage the emotional state of workshop sessions. His background is in video production, writing software manuals, teaching English as a second language and designing activities for corporate training. These all contribute to his expertise in creating powerful learning environments where both the context and content are sensitively learner focused. Jon Brett has a BSc (Auckland) in Biochemistry and Cell Biology and a Secondary Teachers Training College Diploma (Christchurch) majoring in Inter-Disciplinary Studies.
International Conference Presentations
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USA: IAL Annual Conference (International Alliance for Learning): opening plenary session at Atlanta, 2004 and concurrent sessions at Austin 2007, Houston 2002, Orlando 2001. ASTD Annual Conference New Orleans 2003, San Diego 2002 (American Society for Training & Development).
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Netherlands: Emotional Intelligence World Summit: June 2005: opening plenary session.
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Hungary: SEAL Paths to Peace Conference, Budapest 2004 plenary session (Society for Effective and Affective Learning).
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Germany: DGSL (German Association for Suggestopedia) Munich 2004, Leipsig 2002, 2008.
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Mexico: 5th and 6th Congresses on Work Teams: 2001 and 2002 in conjunction with the University of Guanajuato, Mexico.
1st and 2nd Aprendizaje Acelerado Congress, Mexico City (1999 and 2000) Accelerated Learning Conference. -
Australia: ICEL Opening Keynote, 2008 (International Consortium for Experiential Learning).
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New Zealand: HRINZ Conference 2005 (Human Resources Institute of New Zealand).
NZATD Conference 1996, 1998 (New Zealand Association of Training and Development). Annual RYLA Rotary Youth Leadership 2003-2009; Annual Opus Business School Leadership Training 1993-2009; EAPA conference- Keynote 2009 (Executive Assistants and Personal Assistants).