“It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent. It is the one that is the most adaptable to change.”
Charles Darwin

Academic Basis

DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY

Developmental psychology is the scientific study of how and why human beings change over the course of their life. Developmental psychologists explain how thinking, feeling, and behaviours change throughout life, including adapting our learning abilities and expressing who we become to be in the here and now. Bellow is the percentage of my studies in the subjects of this field.

CHILD DEVELOPMENT

95%

LIFESPAN DEVELOPMENT

95%

MOTOR SKILLS

75%

EXECUTIVE FUNCTIONS

95%

MORAL UNDERSTANDING

80%

LANGUAGE ACQUISITION

95%

LEARNING PROCESSES

95%

SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT

80%

PERSONALITY & IDENTITY DEVELOPMENT

85%

EMOTIONAL DEVELOPMENT

85%

SELF-CONCEPT

85%

COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT

95%

RETROSPECT & PROSPECT MEMORY

85%

PSYCHOBIOLOGY

85%

NEUROSCIENCE

BIOCHEMISTRY

80%

70%

QUANTUM MECHANICS

70%

Alex Cenem

Child-Developmental Psychologist

Learning, Development & Training Specialist

Consultant, Mentor, Coach, Tutor, Facilitator and Speaker

I am passionate about cognitive, behavioural, perceptual, intellectual, emotional, physical and pneuma (soul or psyche) studies. And as a child-developmental psychologist, I like to learn and link these topics to understand the processes of human evolution.

Moreover, as a learning, development and training specialist, I like to incorporate my psychology insights into my over three decades of personal & professional experiences and creative skills (creation and editing videos) to build interactive training-workshop sessions to support efficiency and self-improvement.

I like to use various methods to stimulate sensory perception, the basis of how we learn and absorb information, to maximise learning in all my training. All my programmes are tailor-made according to individual, team and organisation's needs.

My main objective is to promote straightforward means to help human development-improvement.

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BIOGRAPHY

Experiences Summary

I am an analytical, energetic, creative and detail-oriented person with over 30 years of experience in business, personal, professional, and social development projects and programmes. I can facilitate HR practices, recruitment, creation and designs of marketing material and conduct, coordinate, and evaluate L&D needs. Moreover, producing, managing, presenting and defending budgets and action plans to shareholders, board of directors and C-level executives.

LEARNING & DEVELOPMENT
TRAINING & TEACHING
RECRUITMENT

Designed, delivered and coordinated over 50 different types of training sessions, including presentations and seminars at the BBC food Show and companies such as American Express and Starbucks.
Trained over 5000 people, including senior management in several business fields, including hospitality, catering - food & drink, health and safety at work, management, business finances, etc.
Managed all recruitment processes, including the advertisement, selection, short listings, interviews, and learning & development programmes for the opening of Starbucks in Europe and over 500 catering staff for catering functions-events and contractors in London.
Developed, coordinated and delivered training programme for the Visa and Mastercard company in Brasilia-Brazil.
Developed and coordinated children's workshops and author of the theatre play, Dream, reviewed by Timeout magazine.
Teaching English and Portuguese as a foreign language in London and Brazil.

BUSINESS, PROFESSIONAL & PERSONAL CONSULTING

Provided business development support and assistance, from coffee equipment installation to training programmes needed to several new café start-ups and over 15 restaurants and bars all over the UK, including Fortum & Masson, Jamie Oliver's fifteen first restaurant and Searcys at the Gherkin,
Developed several programmes to support young people in their personal and professional development path, including with Crisis UK Skylight Café project and schools in Brazil - Sao Paulo.
Offering personal and professional support to private businesses and professionals in their career development in London and Sao Paulo- Brazil, including Marketing, Financial, Business and Personal Action Plans, CV, Interviews, Presentations preparation skills and networking promotional events.

BUSINESSES, PROJECTS AND EVENTS
MANAGEMENT

Opened the first 6 Starbucks stores in Europe, delivering training programmes, and managing the top 2 stores in London.
Hosted the TV and Radio Broadcast with former prime minister Tony Blair and former Chancellor Gordon Brown at Villiers Street Starbucks store.
Organised and managed many catering events, some with over 150 staff and 500 guests, including royalty members (Princess Diana) at the Kensington Palace (the royal house) and its Orangery, A-list celebrities (including Tom Cruise, Nicole Kidman, Dame Joan Collins, Mick Jagger) at The British Museum, The Barbican Centre, The Natural History Museum, The Science Museum, The English National Opera House, Hamleys Toy Store at Regent Street.
Participated in marketing campaigns and broadcast interviews, including BBC 1 radio broadcast (2007), BBC 2 TV Ready Steady Cook (2008), ITV Jeremy Kyle special Award – Crisis UK Skylight Café best development project for the homeless in London.

DEVELOPMENT OF PERSONAL, PROFESSIONAL AND SOCIAL PROGRAMMES

Becoming certified in training and education and Teaching English as a Foreign Language.
Studying Yoga, Tai Chi, mindfulness and different therapies (CBT, NLP) as part of my coaching certification programme.
Writing the first DNA programme book.
Designing the Interface Schema programme
Regular research of personal development processes, programmes and updates.
Developing the IS English Language project.