About Harmony Works Facilitation

(Harmony Works Sdn Bhd)

We began as a corporate training and facilitation consultancy in 2003 and developed a practice over time in providing facilitation training to corporate organisations and government bodies, and diversity and inclusion encounters to corporates, student groups and communities.

Our key resource persons, Dr Hamidah Marican and Patricia Nunis have deep experiences with community building, participatory work with groups and civil society as well as business entities.

In 2018, we launched a community project called Building Bridges, Connecting Communities that focused on bringing together people of diverse ethnicities and interest groups in Malaysia – to a moment of encounter to share values and insights on Malaysian life. The intent was to develop from the grassroots up, a sense of shared Malaysian identity based on the universal principles of justice, peace and concern for the other.

In 2020, we developed and introduced the reality game Harmony Hub Malaysia which provides real life scenarios of projects and life goals played against a matrix of social cohesion and perceived economic equity. This game provides players with opportunities to make significant decisions that could impact their long-term wins and contributions to a vibrant and dynamic socio-economic environment which is a desired state for the end game.

We welcome colleagues and contributors to the Harmony Hub project which we hope to be our flagship offering to Malaysians in these challenging times of disruption. The game may be modified to suit different player groups and it will bring to the fore, the principles of the Rukun Negara as a benchmark for behaviours and actions.

Harmony Works Facilitation

  • We provide process facilitation and event coordination that opens safe spaces for interaction and understanding in multicultural Malaysia

  • It is our intention to promote the effective use of facilitation in the development of models of respectful dialogue among individuals, groups and organisations.  Our goal is to foster mutual respect for diversity and differences among all cultures and ethnic communities.

  • We design facilitative interventions that draw on the wisdom of the group and give them space to strategically plan for the  future with confidence, taking in all their concerns, intentions and key hopes and aspirations.

  • Apart from facilitated events, we bring our expertise in adult education in various corporate organisations to in-house training and development workshops that are customised to client needs.

Meet The Team

Dr Hamidah Marican

MBA (Training & Development), B.Ed.
NTL OD & Diversity Facilitator
Cross Cultural Specialist

Hamidah is an organizational consultant, facilitator, trainer, and speaker. She has worked with Fortune 500 companies like Intel, Shell and BP. Her early involvement with Diversity & Inclusion at the workplace in Asia has made her a resource at many international and local conferences. She champions and provides coaching and advice to Human Resource Managers on the development of under-represented groups and talent pool which includes women in the workplace.

She has worked in China, Philippines, Thailand, Indonesia, Vietnam, India, Costa Rica, USA, UAE,, UK, Brunei & Malaysia. Her broad cultural experience is a resource in providing important insights of the cultural nuances that get in the way of being effective in the global workplace.

Hamidah is instrumental in the creation of the Regional Diversity & Inclusion Network in collaboration with Community Business based in Hong Kong. Hamidah in collaboration with Ann Epps of Lens International have developed and delivered the workshop entitled Co-Facilitation in Cross Cultural Seas at the Asia Facilitator Conference sharing real life experiences of challenges when facilitating a cross cultural group as well as challenges co-facilitating with a facilitator from a different cultural background.

On a personal level, Hamidah comes from a cross cultural background, born and raised in Malaysia. She speaks fluently in English, Bahasa Malaysia and Urdu. Her hobbies are reading and baking

Ms Patricia Nunis

MBA. Org. Devt. (2003)
IAF© Certified Professional Facilitator (2008 – )
Certified ToP Facilitator (2016)

Patricia is Founder and Principal Consultant of HarmonyWorks Sdn Bhd which provides facilitation, consulting and training in leadership and management processes, as well as, facilitating community building events.

From 2008, she has developed her practice to process facilitation with large and small groups providing processes for dialogue that invite participation and involvement from participants. She has designed and managed the processes for the National Congress on Integrity in Malaysia on the 13th May and 16th September 2010, and also provided facilitation process management for The Equality Forum organised by Tenaganita and the Youth Forum, Changes & Challenges for Youth in Malaysia organised by SIS Forum Malaysia.

Patricia has over 30 years of experience in the field of people development serving in the banking industry, in premier private healthcare institutions, in a non-governmental agency working with women and girls and with the UNHCR-MRCS VBP programme in Malaysia. She combines these experiences with a sound grounding in Organizational Development, Neuro Linguistic Programming and Process Facilitation.

Patricia is a past president of the Malaysian Association of Facilitators (2014-2015), and the Chapter Lead for the International Association of Facilitators (IAF), Malaysia Chapter for 6 years from 2013 – 2019. She is currently focusing her time and attention on working with the Institute of Cultural Affairs, Taiwan Office, to bring the Technology of Participation to Malaysia, as a verified professional development journey for process facilitators.

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