Learn to expand your awareness and compassion - both inside and outside - for yourself and for the environment.

COACH + FACILITATOR + COLLABORATOR + CO-CREATOR + CO-DESIGNER

DERRICK TAN, Founder, being.space

Derrick is a design advocate for sustainability and well-being. He draws well-rounded wisdom from research in circular economy and applied wealth of green design challenges as a Board Registered Architect. A proven astute professional in steering large-scale design for complex mix-used projects across creative, technical and business disciplines, he is passionate about how we design with care that impacts the world that we live in.

Furthermore, with a strong eco-social interest in leadership, community and team engagement, Derrick is an ICF Professional Certified Coach, Newfield Certified Ontological Coach and Certified Health Coach, who takes the long-term view that each of us are designers in the curation of a well-lived life. In addition to design coach and facilitator, Derrick is a wellness instructor for Yoga, breathwork, movement, meditation and mindfulness.

Central to the ontology of being human is that we care. As humans who care about a world that shapes us as much as we constantly try to shape it, Derrick values a complex systems approach that is nature affirming. He respects a conscious cultivation of collective care through sustainability and well-being, which enables the nested ecology of our environment, society and economy to flourish with awareness, dignity and belonging.

Embracing the close bonds of design and leadership, Derrick infuses the architectural interplay of form, flow, function and space as poetic metaphors into his ontological acumen as coach, facilitator, collaborator and as co-creator. In designing responsive, resilient and regenerative systems, Derrick welcomes circular wisdom of wholeness in how we learn, experience and share through the unfolding of insight, harmony and integrity.

In a quickly evolving world of demographic shifts, climate change, technological disruptions, economic and political landscapes, Derrick continues to explore new emerging ways of understanding contextual challenges of wise leadership through inquiry, design and engagement. With an appreciation of inner and outer worlds, he helps people and organisations to develop human-centred spaces, both internally and externally.

Endorsing work-life integration and co-regulation, Derrick enjoys facilitating somatic practices of breathwork, movement, meditation and mindfulness along with Hatha Vinyasa Yoga, Meridian Yin Yoga, myofascial release, tension stress release and self-massage. Inspired by an interwoven knowledge of interests, these well-being practices are respectfully imbued with realisations awakened by our innate essence and true nature.