Momentum Interacting Skills was founded by Robbie Byrne and Liza Michael after a conversation with a friend introduced them to Google's Project Aristotle and its findings on psychological safety. That conversation led to a development phase, a pilot programme with a tech company in Dublin, and ultimately to Active Presence as it exists today.

The work sits at the intersection of their backgrounds. Robbie brings two decades of studying and teaching human interaction through actor-derived training. Liza brings her experience as a performer, facilitator, and corporate trainer. Together they have developed a methodology grounded in live behavioural experience, tested in real organisational contexts, and designed for the moments when creative collaboration matters most.

They are based in Paris and work across international markets.

Robbie specialises in collaboration under uncertainty, psychological safety, and behavioural presence in high-stakes professional environments.

With over twenty years of experience studying and teaching human interaction through actor-derived training, he has developed a practical methodology for leadership and organisational development that draws on tools originally built for professional actors working under intense creative pressure.

His work focuses on how attention, vulnerability, and behaviour shape trust, decision quality, and creative performance in live interaction. Rather than conceptual models or scripted techniques, his approach centres on observable cause and effect: how small shifts in presence materially change what's possible between people.