Wing Yan Man

About Wing Yan Man

Wing Yan Man is an engineer, speaker, host and full of energy. Her curiosity and drive to make societal impact has led her into various roles and industries in her career. Whether it was to make the automotive industry more sustainable, help preventing coastal flooding in the Netherlands or connecting AI researchers with public users to limit bias.

In 2017 after experiencing a burnout personally as a millennial, she started her own company to create awareness on the impact of mental health issues, help adapt workspaces to different generations in dynamic times, and advocate the importance of creating diverse and inclusive environments. From multinationals to governments, from high school students to C-Suite, she has organized and facilitated many workshops, presentations, talk shows and provided consultancy for improvement.

Where digital solutions seemingly bring us together now, she feels that it just makes us more disconnected. Figures on loneliness are staggering and we do not even have to interact with anyone when buying our products. The anonymity in our online behavior makes us live more isolated in our bubbles and dehumanize anyone outside of these.

However, with the dynamic and rapid changes in the world we live in she feels that we urgently need to connect with each other to move forward. If we do not even know our own neighbours, we cannot expect people to change their behavior to benefit the other. Whether it is on new technologies or life’s struggles we are forced to learn how to adapt fast, to learn from each other, to challenge each other in order to create changes that truly benefit us.

She believes that being heard, understood and one having the feeling to belong is the first step to this connection. With this confidence we will not be afraid of the unknown and open our minds to new environments, ideas and strangers.

“I thought I was the only one, but there are so many like me”, is the most common phrase she heard in her workshops. Growing up as the only Asian family in her village and being one of only five women in her technical studies, she experienced firsthand how it is to be discriminated against, being misunderstood and alone. It may not be the literal ones that she studied, but because of her own story, in all her ventures she is passionate about building those bridges between people to make them feel at home.

With her fresh, energetic and engaging approach to her events she incorporates the ingredients learn, connect and play. Whether it is learning about a new topic, about themselves or others, she translates (difficult) information tailored, comprehensible and accessible to specific audiences. By creating a safe space and sharing her personal stories, she seeks for authentic connections between participants on and off stage. At last, her style distinguishes with lots of creative wit, gamified elements and being very interactive with the audience and persons on stage to create an immersive experience.