Providing a Novel Perspective

We challenge assumptions and widen the frame, so you can move forward with clarity.

WHAT WE ARE ABOUTPoking for Purpose and Progress

We are a social enterprise that helps organizations discover novel perspectives aimed at enhancing strategic clarity and seizing unknown opportunities in times of deep uncertainty. We exist to assist social, political, and economic actors in navigating evolving landscapes, shaping more just, peaceful, and sustainable futures - to the benefit of all involved.

As the world evolves at breakneck speed, destination unknown, a multitude of uncertainties leaves us stabbing in the dark. With change not only possible, but necessary to propel progress, we set out to provide strategic pokes for our partners to leapfrog into the future.

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Our Mission

To explore and exploit untapped potential of social, political, and economic entities to purposefully change and navigate the context they operate in with a view to enhancing sustainability.

Our Vision

A world in which institutions and societies provide greater benefits to a larger constituency, including the next generation, by designing futures they want rather than adapting to those they inherit.

Guided by Values

We approach foresight as a responsibility, not a speculative exercise. Guided by integrity, objectivity, and long-term thinking, we help ensure that strategy remains both strategically sound and ethically defensible.

Integrity

Acting with transparency, humility, and accountability.

Courage

Challenging assumptions and imagining bold alternatives.

Curiosity

Continuously learning and evolving.

Collaboration

Building bridges between people, sectors, and cultures.

This Is Us

We work as a small core team, supported by a trusted network of collaborators.

Core Team
Dominik Balthasar

Dominik Balthasar dominik@sparkchange.studio Strategic Foresight Architect

Dominik works at the intersection of uncertainty, strategy, and long-term change. After nearly two decades across policy, research, and practice, he helps organizations think clearly when the future refuses to behave. Dominik is a strategy and strategic foresight practitioner working at the intersection of uncertainty, decision-making, and long-term change. His career spans nearly two decades across research, policy, and practice, advising public and private sector organisations - including the World Bank and the United Nations - across contexts ranging from the DR Congo to Timor-Leste.

Originally trained in the political economy of development with a strong commitment to evidence-based policymaking, Dominik gradually discovered that linear plans and best practices tend to falter when the future refuses to behave. This insight drew him to strategic foresight as a practical management discipline for navigating complexity, anticipating disruption, and making better decisions under deep uncertainty.

Dominik holds an MSc and PhD from the London School of Economics and Political Science and received professional training in strategic foresight at Saïd Business School, University of Oxford. Amongst others, he is a research associate with ODI Global and a full member of the Association of Professional Futurists.

Kristiane Romero

Kristiane Romero kristiane@sparkchange.studio Innovation Architect

Kristiane brings together policy insight, innovation strategy, and human-centered design to help organizations turn complex challenges into scalable solutions. With a focus on people, systems, and strategy, she makes innovation work where it matters most. Kristiane Romero is an innovation strategist whose work bridges program development and digital transformation in the development sector. Her experience spans research, strategy, and implementation, contributing to social innovations in the public sector, such as the Tara, Basa! Tutoring Program, Buklod Paglaom para sa Children in Conflict with the Law, Angel Pets, and WiSupport. These programs focus on improving service delivery through human-centered and scalable approaches.

With her social work and psychology background, Kristiane approaches innovation as a process of translating human insight, social and institutional realities, and strategic intent into solutions that function in real-world contexts. At SparkChange, she contributes to helping organizations navigate complexity to evolving social challenges.

She holds a Master’s in Innovation and Business from the Asian Institute of Management and integrates professional social work values with systems thinking and innovation frameworks to design solutions that are humane, implementable, and sustainable.

Jonathan Casem

Jonathan Casem jonathan@sparkchange.studio Digital Transformation Architect

Jonathan bridges strategy and execution, turning complex ideas into systems that work in practice. Jonathan is a Software Developer and Innovation practitioner focused on building scalable, user-friendly digital systems. His work combines technical execution with innovation and futures-oriented thinking, enabling organizations to translate complex and shifting requirements into adaptable platforms that support service delivery over time. He has led the end-to-end digitalization of large-scale social programs, overseeing System Architecture and Development, Software Deployment, and Operational Management.

At SparkChange, Jonathan ensures that strategic and program innovations are backed by technology that performs reliably in practice. His work ensures that forward-looking strategies are backed by platforms capable of adapting to future demands and emerging challenges.

He holds a Master’s degree in Innovation and Business from the Asian Institute of Management, with training in Innovation Strategy, Digital Transformation, and Tech-enabled solutions.

Our Collaborators
Judith Pascual

Judith Pascual Multimedia Producer

Judith Pascual is a multimedia producer, and social behavioral change communications practitioner with almost a decade of experience spanning integrated marketing, and strategic communications. Judith believes that our collective liberation comes through stories centering diverse voices, questioning systems, building solidarity across struggles for equality. Sitting at the intersection of development advocacy and brand building, Judith currently serves as an associate account director in Publicis Groupe Philippines and as a communications consultant at UN Women Philippines. Judith brings a unique blend of strategic business development acumen, creative direction, and a deep commitment to social advocacy. Her extensive media background includes managing multi-platform campaigns at the Philippine's premier TV network as digital manager and technical producer.

Judith is a product of the Heroes Hub Fellowship from DAKILA – Philippine Collective for Modern Heroism. She completed her bachelor's degree in film at the University of the Philippines Film Institute and her master's degree in development management at the Asian Institute of Management.

Dana Torio

Dana Torio Foresight Associate

Dana works with organizations navigating uncertainty, complexity, and change through learning and leadership. She designs strategic foresight-informed programs that build capacity, promote innovation, and shape long-term impact. Dana is a licensed professional teacher and learning & development professional working in learning experience design, leadership development, and organizational development across diverse community and organizational settings. She has led large-scale capability-building and formation initiatives during her time with the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines, PwC Philippines, and Ateneo de Manila University.

With an academic background in humanities and cultural studies, Dana developed a strong interest in strategic foresight and futures thinking in her pursuit of a Master in Development Management, which she earned in 2025 from the Asian Institute of Management. She has since integrated these perspectives into her work, blending them with strategic human capital development and stakeholder engagement to help organizations operate in conditions of uncertainty while staying rooted in values. She aspires to continue creating programs that meaningfully develop people, strengthen organizations, and empower communities, contributing to systems that uphold dignity, equity, and shared purpose.

Our Fellows

Founding Cohort 2026

The sparkchange strategic foresight fellowship brings together emerging researchers and professionals to undertake collaborative, evidence-led strategic foresight inquiries. Working alongside sparkchange, our Fellows contribute their expertise, curiosity and diverse perspectives to exploring consequential questions about the future.

Our inaugural cohort is investigating Development Futures Philippines: how might the country’s development landscape evolve over the next fifteen years, and what could this mean for who pays, delivers, decides and benefits? Over a 12-week research sprint, Fellows combine rigorous research, scenario exploration and strategic analysis to produce a public report intended to stimulate fresh thinking and constructive dialogue.

Justine Lyris Bacay

Justine Lyris Bacay

CFO, Clarendon College

Justine Lyris Bacay is a Filipino social entrepreneur driving systemic change through sport. She is the founder of Play It Forward, a Philippine non-profit that has reached over 1,200 underserved Filipino children through structured athletic opportunities. She began her career at Deloitte Czech Republic as a Senior Quality and Risk Management Consultant before transitioning to purpose-driven work, a shift anchored by her role as Community Champion for Maritime Southeast Asia with the Global Shapers Community. Justine holds a Master's degree in Development Management from the Asian Institute of Management and serves as CFO and board member of Clarendon College in Oriental Mindoro.

Bea Camemo

Bea Camemo

Philippine Institute of Environmental Planners (Laguna Chapter)

Bea Camemo is an urban planner and independent consultant. Her work spans urban and regional planning and project management, giving her a close view of how plans are shaped, negotiated and implemented, and of whose priorities prevail along the way. As a Founding Fellow of the sparkchange Strategic Foresight Fellowship, she leads research on Decision Architecture, examining who sets development priorities in the Philippines. She is especially interested in how national and local decision-making, and climate pressures, may reshape development over the next fifteen years.

Nico Candelario

Nico Candelario

Polytechnic University of the Philippines

Nico is a learning and development specialist who works at the intersection of education, governance, and social inquiry. His work is grounded in a sustained interest in how societies organise order, navigate conflict, and extend rights to citizens – and how these questions translate into practice within public institutions. His current interests extend this work into strategic foresight, particularly the ways institutions can question assumptions, anticipate change, and navigate uncertain futures. He holds a Master’s in Development Management from the Asian Institute of Management and a Master of Peace and Conflict Studies from the University of Sydney. He currently teaches undergraduate public administration courses at the Polytechnic University of the Philippines Quezon City Campus.

Donna Del Moro

Donna Del Moro

Senior Consultant, Forestry & Carbon Markets – Hamerkop Climate Impacts

Ma Donna Del Moro is a senior consultant for forestry and carbon markets at HAMERKOP Climate Impacts, working on business development and stakeholder engagement with government agencies, development partners, and the private sector. A registered professional forester with over eight years of experience across the mining, renewable energy, and forestry sectors, she holds a BSc Forestry from the University of the Philippines Los Baños and is finishing an MDM at the Asian Institute of Management.

Rolando Jr. I. Navarrete

Rolando Jr. I. Navarrete

Planning Officer, Bases Conversion and Development Authority (BCDA)

Mike Navarrete is a planning officer of the Bases Conversion and Development Authority, working on land and assets development, social safeguards, and corporate planning. He has completed an MBA at Ateneo de Manila and is finishing an MDM at the Asian Institute of Management.

Micaela Tullao

Micaela Tullao

Configuration Manager and Deputy Project Engineer, Hitachi Rail STS S.p.A.

Micaela Tullao is a Configuration Manager and Deputy Project Engineer working on railway infrastructure projects. Her experience spans configuration management, project engineering, change control, and FIDIC contract administration. She supports project teams in managing technical changes, maintaining configuration integrity, and aligning engineering, contractual, and project delivery requirements. She is currently pursuing a Master in Development Management at the Asian Institute of Management.