Olufunke Adio is an Instructional Designer, Certified Behavioral Consultant, Human Resource Professional, a Culture/Experience Advisor and an Accredited Management Trainer.

An astute professional, digital buff and a vivid representation of what it means to be Agile and with a strong knack for learning new things quickly, she has spoken extensively both locally and internationally, actively contributing to conversations around fostering the Agile/Agility agenda with specific focus on associated relevance for thriving in a disruptive and complex era.

She is the creator of the Culture Agility Framework, GO-CALL Model for building Personal Agility, UB–GDP Model for achieving a Growth Mindset and IPBI Model for Leadership Agility.

Starting out her career in Tech as an E-learning executive, she’s had a cumulative work experience of about 20 years across Consulting, Media, Technology and Not-for-profit sectors. With over 15 years cognitive HR experience which involved the setting up of HR departments, Olufunke has functioned as a Generalist, a Specialist in Learning/Development and as a Consultant.

She has been involved with Culture Transformation and HR Structuring projects for Indigenous organizations across Real Estate, Out-Sourcing, Logistics, Oil & Gas and Outsourcing sectors. She has also been on HR Audit teams for both SMEs and Multi-Nationals, ascertaining the viability of their HR processes and practices against best practices, professional benchmarks and compliance.

A teacher at her core and an UDEMY Instructor of the novel, ‘The AGILE HR Course’, Olufunke is a member of faculty with the Chartered Institute of Personnel Management Nigeria [CIPMN] along with several management consulting firms. She was also a co-facilitator in the capacity building intervention in the first ever Virtual Staff Upgrade exercise of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN in 2020.

Olufunke is a published author of two books and writer of over eighty articles on several themes as Human Resources, Agile/Agility, Emotional Intelligence, Transformational Leadership, Governance, Nation building etc. Some of her papers have been published in professional journals like People First Magazine and CIPM Journal both of the Chartered Institute of Personnel Management Nigeria.

With a BSc in Chemistry from the University of Ibadan as well as a PGD in Industrial Relations and Personnel Management also from the same university, Olufunke obtained a Professional Diploma in Human Resource Management and is a full Member of the Chartered Institute of Personnel Management of Nigeria [CIPMN].

With multiple certifications, she obtained a Certification in Behavioral Consulting from the Institute of Motivational Living and People-Keys Ohio, USA; she’s a Certified Specialist in Emotional Intelligence as well as in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy; A John Maxwell Certified Trainer and Speaker [ICAN Maxwell Africa]. She also obtained a certification in Customer Service Delivery from the ROCKHURST University Continuing Education Center, Inc. USA.

She is an Agile Coach with certification from the SCRUM Institute. Also an Agile SCRUM Professional from SCRUM Study International.

An ardent writer, she’s served in several editorial roles including Editor of “Empowered” at Women PowerUp Network where she functioned on a team that serves a global community of professionals with members drawn from across Africa, Europe, North America and Asia. Perhaps her biggest achievement as editor was in moving the number of subscribers for the network up by at least 400% during a nine month period.

A Mental Health Advocate, Olufunke Adio contributes to pushing the Mental Wellness agenda across multiple platforms and actively supports mental health groups, projects and initiatives leading conversations and mindset shifts around Resilience, Productivity and Overall Mental Wellness. She also served as mentor with the Inclusivity and employability project of the CIPM and Sight Savers.

She served as Chairperson on the Performance Management Specialist Certification Adhoc Committee of the CIPM Nigeria in 2024.

Olufunke Adio is the Lead Consultant at Olive and Pearce, a Workforce Transformation and Productivity company where she assists her clients through, Speaking, Training, Facilitating, Consulting and Coaching.