Oleksandr Babiy — Professional Practice
Making complex ideas work in the real world.
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I work where business development, learning, programmes and technology meet. I help turn difficult challenges into plans, learning experiences and tools people can actually use.
Start with the problem.
Not the tools.
Real work rarely arrives in tidy categories. Sometimes the answer is a better decision. Sometimes it is a learning programme, a template or a working digital system. The format follows the problem, never the other way around.
The useful result is what matters.
I start by looking at what needs to change and what people need to do differently. Then I design something that can be tested and used in real work — often by people who were not in the room when it was designed.
Find the real constraint rather than reaching for a familiar solution.
Choose the right form: plan, programme, process or practical tool.
Help the work continue after the meeting, training or project ends.
Affordable Loans programme
One example of turning a policy requirement into a practical task.
When a business plan became a gateway to finance.
In 2020, Ukraine introduced the Affordable Loans 5–7–9% programme. For businesses operating for less than a year, a business plan was required for accessing finance through this route.
Working with the SME Development Office team, I led the development of the learning programme, business-plan template and supporting course materials. The aim was not simply to explain planning but to help entrepreneurs prepare a document that a bank could assess.
Prepare a business plan for loan assessment
A programme and materials built around the task
A document entrepreneurs could prepare for the bank
Education was not the final product. It had to help someone complete a real task.
▶ Explore the business-planning video course ↗Different places.
Different problems.
One useful question.
What will help people do something differently when the programme or project is over?
Community innovation
One of the lead trainers for BRIGAID Connect's Fast Forward youth exchange, working with young people from different countries on collective intelligence, local innovation and climate challenges.
Creative professionals
Internationalisation training with the Danish Cultural Institute within the EU-funded EU4Culture programme, connecting learning to professional needs in cultural and creative fields.
Agrifood entrepreneurship
Engaged by CIHEAM Bari as an expert start-up trainer in the SANET agrifood entrepreneurship project.
Good work shouldn't disappear when a project ends.
Make it reusable.
I've often seen teams develop a useful approach, improve a process or create strong learning materials — only to find that knowledge scattered and hard to build upon later.
That's part of why I'm developing EduGain: a direction focused on keeping knowledge, decisions and working processes connected, using AI where it genuinely adds value.
I'm also developing focused learning experiences, including AI Proposal Writing for Ukrainian-speaking professionals.
Technology can help. But it is never the starting point.
Good conversations are a place to start.
I'm interested in meeting people working in entrepreneurship, learning, programmes, international cooperation and practical digital tools.
If our interests overlap, I'd be glad to hear what you're working on.