RIZOM
Our History
RIZOM emerged from a shared initiative between The Cornelius Arts Foundation (TCAF) and Ginkgo lab.'s philanthropic R&D programme to measure the impact of arts and nature on children’s mental wellbeing.
What began as a tool to track these effects evolved into a broader platform rooted in meaning-making and interpretation. The first prototype was tested during the ChangeNOW Summit 2025 in Paris.
What Drives Us
We are driven by the ambition to build the first digital AI infrastructure grounded in meaning, designed to generate value without extracting it.
At a time when most systems are built to optimise attention, prediction, or performance, often by depleting human and social resources, RIZOM starts from a different premise:
consciousness of meaning is foundational.
Inspired by the principle Conscio ergo sum – to know meaning is to be – RIZOM is built to help individuals and organisations reclaim agency, orientation, and coherence in an AI-shaped world.
By making lived signals legible and shareable, RIZOM enables personal insight to become collective capability, supporting regenerative decision-making, trusted systems, and long-term value creation.
Our Core Team
We look for integrity, emotional intelligence, creativity, curiosity, singularity, and a genuine spirit of collaboration.
What brings us together is a shared conviction:
inner clarity is not private or self-contained - it is generative. When cultivated, it becomes a source of collective intelligence and a foundation for systems that can hold both people and change.
We combine strategic thinking with a poetic sensibility, let inner clarity inform how systems are conceived and designed, and build technologies and methods that serve human and organisational transformation.
This Week's Team Metaphor
The Symphonic Current
Marianne MAGNIN, FRSA
CEO
The Mediator of Elements
Marianne Magnin is a cultural strategist, business innovator, and poet whose leadership spans global enterprises, tech entrepreneurship, and philanthropic ventures. Her approach bridges corporate, creative, and civic spheres, bringing multidimensional insight to 21st-century transformation.
She has held leadership roles in multinational companies, founded and advised startups / scale ups, and launched purpose-driven initiatives at the intersection of arts, society, and technology. Her approach combines visionary thinking with operational rigour, allowing her to turn bold ideas into systems that endure. Whether building a company, a cultural programme, or a new methodology, she works across disciplines to create impact rooted in both meaning and method.
At RIZOM, she shapes mission and direction by anchoring human-centred value in collective purpose, and aligning inner truth with external systems.
Dr Abol FROUSHAN, FRSA
CTO
The Architect of Meaning
Abol leads the development of symbolic infrastructure, inner technologies, and mood-driven systems for regenerative digital platforms. With over 20 years of experience architecting transformation for global enterprises, Abol integrates strategic design, systems thinking, and a poetic sensibility honed over four decades of writing and performance.
His work lies at the intersection of enterprise architecture, symbolic logic, and human experience, having developed foundational frameworks such as the Basho Loop™, Meta-Body™, and the Symbolic Operating System™. Abol is recognised for shaping technologies that move beyond metrics toward systems that think, feel, and cohere.
Abol publishes on AI and poetics and speaks internationally, advancing the dialogue between human and artificial intelligence as a capacity to sustain meaning and trust.
Lydia ARZOUR TORDJMAN
CMO
The Keeper of Tempo
Lydia builds strategies the way others spark revolutions: with fire, precision, and joy. A digital strategist, content architect, and emotional coach, she turns bold ideas into systems that breathe. She blends technology with intuition, and brand storytelling with deep human clarity, unlocking what is stuck and revealing what is ready.
As Chief Marketing and Digital Officer, Lydia leads RIZOM’s brand and acquisition strategy, shaping its executive positioning and foundational narratives. At RIZOM for Leaders, she supports moments of transformation by helping leaders reconnect with clarity, coherence, and direction. Her gift lies in making complexity simple, and alignment both visible and magnetic.
Baharak ZARBAFIAN, CA
Transformation Manager
The Catalyst of Energy
Baharak is a strategic transformation expert with over 15 years of experience across both internal and external roles.
She has implemented complex change from within and for external clients during her time at Deloitte, guiding major organisations through evolution without compromising continuity.
With a proven record of operational depth and systemic insight, Baharak brings clarity to complexity and alignment to strategy - always with a deep attunement to the human dimension of change. She understands that in large organisations, transformation must honour the bottom line. Her approach prioritises subtle but powerful shifts that work within existing systems, enabling teams and structures to realign without business disruption. At RIZOM for Enterprises, she supports leaders in cultivating coherence, resilience, and purpose at scale
Cristina FERNANDEZ-CHAS
Senior Business Analyst
The Conductor of Colour and Rhythm
Cristina is a transformation-focused Senior Business Analyst with over two decades of experience leading operational change across global organisations including Shell, Bupa International, and Texaco. With a strong foundation in Lean Six Sigma and a strategic approach to customer journey design, she bridges business needs with technological solutions to deliver sustainable value.
At RIZOM, Cristina is part of the founding cohort piloting the Symbolic Business Analyst methodology. She brings analytical clarity, systems thinking, and operational insight to early product development and process innovation.
Her career reflects a consistent commitment to turning complexity into structured, people-centred change grounded in data, dialogue, and delivery. She thrives in cross-functional environments that value thoughtful disruption and is passionate about aligning business transformation with human-centred design.
Anton SHIRT
Business Analyst
Anton brings a strong foundation in analytical thinking, critical evaluation, and problem-solving developed through his Politics, Philosophy, and Economics studies at the University of Nottingham. Eager to apply academic knowledge in a practical setting, Anton focuses on conducting market and funding research, building and maintaining RIZOM's core website platform, and contributing to the refinement of internal documentation to help drive business performance. He is passionate about understanding business needs and market dynamics and is committed to rapidly developing strategic business acumen and a strong understanding of the start-up landscape to contribute effectively to the team.
