“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 whom 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,
Online Course Creator, Mentor, Coach, Tutor, Facilitator and Speaker. Project Manager, Video-Web designer and editor.
Author and Designer of the Dynamic Natural Assessment
and the Interface Schema Programmes©
As a child-developmental psychologist, I enjoy studying and researching cognitive, behavioural, perceptual, intellectual, emotional, physical, and pneuma subjects. I link these topics to understand and work through the full spectrum of the human development process.
As a learning and development specialist, I incorporate over three decades of work experience and studies into my training and workshop programmes.
And because I also like to edit, create and produce videos, I create online courses and put together multisensory and creative practices in my workshops, the basis for how we learn and absorb information.
My main objective is to promote straightforward means to help humans improve themselves, individually, professionally and socially.
Experiences Summary
I am analytical, energetic, creative and detail-oriented, 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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Developed, coordinated and delivered training programme for the Visa and Mastercard company in Brasilia-Brazil.
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Developed and coordinated children's workshops and author of the theatre play, Dream, reviewed by Timeout magazine.
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Teaching English and Portuguese as a foreign language in London and Brazil.
BUSINESS, PROFESSIONAL & PERSONAL CONSULTING
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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,
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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.
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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
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Opened the first 6 Starbucks stores in Europe, delivering training programmes, and managing the top 2 stores in London.
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Hosted the TV and Radio Broadcast with former prime minister Tony Blair and former Chancellor Gordon Brown at Villiers Street Starbucks store.
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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.
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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
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Certified in training and education and Teaching English as a Foreign Language (TEFL & TESOL).
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Studying Yoga, Tai Chi, mindfulness and different therapies (CBT, NLP, EFT and psychotherapy) as part of my coaching/mentoring skills development.
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Created and designed the Dynamic Natural Assessment programme©2006 (the DNA programme).
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Writing the first DNA programme book.
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Designing the Interface Schema programme
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Regular research of personal development processes, programmes and updates.
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Developing the IS English Language project.
Personal Projects
I designed, created and produced all the videos and contents of these videos
These projects have been part of a lifetime aspiration. I have been slowly working and developing them since 2006 while progressing with my professional experiences and studies - academic development. I am currently finishing my first book on my DNA methodology. Here is their updated information and links.
