We partner with visionary organizations to bridge the gap between leadership, strategy, and execution—creating clear pathways for sustainable scaling and market impact.

Empowering the Future with Business Agility

The global partner of choice for organizations seeking agile governance, strategic advisory architecture, and leadership alignment—linking vision to execution with agility.

Globally certified governance.
Strategic. Collaborative. Trusted.

About WhatsNxt

WhatsNxt is a premium business agility advisory firm empowering leaders and organizations to scale with clarity, structural alignment, and clear purpose. We unlock business potential by combining robust corporate governance architecture with agile organizational transformations. Rather than applying rigid corporate models, WhatsNxt acts as a custom catalyst for operational velocity and sustainable performance.

Vision. Leadership. Impact.

Mariana Ricardo

Mariana Ricardo

Founder & Business Agility Advisor

As an expert in business agility, advisor, mentor, speaker and Certified Advisory Board Chair™, Mariana brings 20+ years of tech-sector experience partnering with C-suite executives to drive accelerated growth, sustainable workforce performance and scale across cultures, building high-velocity and resilient teams.

Having led major Agile implementation, governance architecture and Sales Enablement initiatives for global industry giants like IBM and TikTok across MEA, Europe, and Latin America, she specializes in transforming organizational frameworks within high-complexity environments. Today, she holds strategic board seats, including the University of Dubai and Connecting Women in Tech, and partners with executives, founders, and boards to link strategy to execution with agility.

In Her Words

"Agility belongs in the boardroom. My passion is transforming corporate governance by ensuring that leadership frameworks and advisory structures are built intentionally around purpose, process, and people—effectively turning corporate vision into cultural reality."
Agile Alliance Individual MemberCertified Advisory Board Chair SealArab Brazilian Chamber of Commerce Member Seal

Supporting innovation through collaboration.

Ecosystem

WhatsNxt is connected to a strategic ecosystem of future-thinking communities, innovation partners and global governance networks.

Ligia Zotini

Founder & CEO, Voicers

Ligia Zotini is a Futures Researcher, founder of Voicers, Co-Founder of the FE-MALE Movement, TEDx Speaker and author of the book Futuro(s). Voicers is a Healthy Futures education ecosystem where multiple voices work together to explore future scenarios in which consciousness and technological progress evolve together.

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Voicers

Voicers is a Healthy Futures education ecosystem, created by researcher Ligia Zotini, in which multiple voices work together to promote future scenarios where expanding CONSCIOUSNESS and TECHNOLOGICAL progress evolve together.



We actively engage with global and regional communities that foster innovation, inclusion, and strategic growth

Strategic Communities of Practice

Agile ME – Lean and Agile Middle East

A regional community that promotes Lean and Agile practices across the Middle East, empowering professionals to lead with innovation and adaptability.

Advisory Board Centre

A global authority in advisory board governance, setting standards for ethical leadership and high-performing strategic boards worldwide.

Enablio

An innovation ecosystem from Brazil supporting startups and organizations through agile culture, strategic guidance, and tech-driven solutions.

Arab Brazilian Chamber of Commerce

The Arab-Brazilian Chamber of Commerce connects Brazilians and Arabs to promote economic, social and cultural development, and over the years it has played a key role in promoting the relationship between these two peoples.

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Connecting Women in Tech MENA

A community advancing women in tech across MENA, fostering inclusion, mentorship, and leadership opportunities.

Certified by the Advisory Board Centre, our governance model is aligned with global standards of strategic leadership and board effectiveness.