Udom Hongchatikul, Ph.D.

Founder & CEO Social Lab Thailand | Imagine Thailand Movement

Manager & General Secretary: Breathe Bangkok

Thailand | ASIA

 

Udom is a leading organizer, designer, consultant, and facilitator of Organization Development, Systems Change and Positive Change processes.  He is the First Cohort Compassionate Systems Master Practitioner and the First Cohort Fellow of the Academy for Systems Change.  He holds a Ph.D. in Organization Development as well as a diploma in Positive Psychology & Wellbeing from the Langley Group Institute.

 

Currently, Udom serves as Manager and General Secretary of Breathe Bangkok, a civic platform with the mission of Co-creating Clean Air for All and addressing the urgent challenge of PM2.5 air pollution in Thailand.  He has also worked extensively as a consultant and advisor to public and private sector clients, non-profits, and educational institutions in a wide range of industries, with expertise in Systems Change, Leadership Development, Sustainable Development, and Corporate Strategy.

 

He found and leads a social movement named Imagine Thailand Movement to create a wellbeing society and as well to create a Road Safety Culture in order to reduce high road traffic fatality rates, especially among motorcyclists.  He was a steering committee member of the Thailand Education Partnership (TEP) and a consultant to Darunsikkhalai School for Innovative Learning (DSIL), where he supports the DSIL Transformation Project, integrating Compassionate Systems practices into the school and classroom with the mission to create the Compassionate Innovator. 

 

Inspiration: Joining the Program in Cohort 7, Class of 2025-26, he will have the opportunity to learn and practice more of Compassionate Systems Change and as well to share and learn from other practitioners.  Udom is deeply committed to growing the Compassionate Systems network in Thailand — nurturing a community of leaders and practitioners who can bring compassion, systems awareness, and collaborative action to address the country’s most pressing social and environmental challenges.