ABOUT US

The Ecosystem of Change

Bertagni Consulting Srl was founded in 2009 as a consulting, lobbying, and training firm operating under a guiding principle: Matching Trades, Companies and Ideas. Connecting markets, companies, and ideas to create opportunities, generate value, and support processes of growth and transformation.

Since 2016, with the publication of The River of Life. Journey into the Geography of Emotions by Marco Bertagni, emotional geography has become an increasingly distinctive component of our approach, enriching our services and opening up new perspectives for exploration, relationship-building, and development.

Our activity is now structured around four areas: Management Consulting, Lobbying & Networking, Geo-Maieutic Travel, and Performing & Expressive Arts.

Through tailored pathways and solutions, we partner with businesses, industry associations, institutions, universities, business schools, and international networks to recognize and unlock their potential, navigate change, and build new opportunities.

Our goal is to empower individuals and organizations to become who they truly are, transforming identities, visions, and relationships into concrete pathways of growth.

Change is explored, the journey is lived, growth is guided.
Bertagni Consulting — Navigating Growth
OUR PEOPLE
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MARCO BERTAGNI

Founder and Executive Director

Entrepreneur, cultural explorer, pragmatic utopian, and polyglot.

Holding degrees in Political Science and Geographical Sciences, along with Master’s degrees in International Trade and Digital Export Management, he gained extensive experience in industrial representation at the Association of Italian Confectionery Industries (1992–2000) and as Director General of AssoDistil (2000–2009).

In 2009, he founded Bertagni Consulting Srl, integrating strategic consulting, internationalization, networking, and innovative training.

Creator of the cultural manifesto The River of Life and the River Games®, he combines managerial pragmatism, international culture, and interdisciplinary experimentation.

Curriculum vitae
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ANNA CAPICOTTO

Strategy and Business Development

Advisor with thirty years of experience in New York in the international banking sector, where she managed multi-billion-dollar portfolios, financial centers, and relationships with major multinationals.

An award-winning social entrepreneur, she promotes sustainable development models that integrate social impact and international competitiveness.

At Bertagni Consulting, she oversees strategic marketing, organizational and international development, trend identification, positioning strategies, and scalable business models, contributing to the evolution of the firm’s four business areas.

INTERNATIONAL NETWORK

THE GEOGRAPHERS OF EMOTIONS

A global network of talent exploring the human dimension of change.

From the philosophy of Il Fiume della Vita and a rigorous accreditation system comes the Geographer of Emotions, a professional figure dedicated to the emotional dimension of learning and transformation.

The Geographers of Emotions form an international, multidisciplinary network of professionals, trainers, and creatives operating within EMME – International Experiential Laboratory (Eliciting, Mapping, Managing Emotions), bringing together expertise from five continents.

Services

CONSULTING
360° Strategy, Markets, and Business Development

The fascination of complexity

The disruptive power of simplicity

Pi ([PI_GRECO]) expresses the constant ratio between a circle's circumference and its diameter, even though it is an irrational, chaotic number with infinite non-repeating decimal digits.

For Bertagni Consulting Srl, it symbolizes the infinite combinations of markets and the need to interpret them through a circular, integrated vision.

Just as a circle encompasses 360 degrees, our consulting integrates strategy, sales, marketing, communication, finance, and internationalization, combining numbers, managerial vision, and the human dimension.

MANAGING means interpreting complexity, connecting opportunities, and distilling possibilities into results.

From Vision to Growth

We support companies and executives in strategic decision-making, commercial development, and organizational transformation.

A distinctive core competency is internationalization, backed by track records in the Agrifood, Wine & Spirits, Biofuels, and Industrial Machinery sectors, and consolidated relationships across approximately 50 countries on five continents.

Our Expertise

  • Strategic consulting and business development: growth, competitive positioning, and sales
  • International Brand & Corporate Storytelling: identity and cross-cultural communication
  • Market research and internationalization: analysis and turnkey projects
  • Outsourced Export Management: external management of export operations
  • Joint Trade and business networks: international commercial alliances
  • Executive and sales training: export, sales, and storytelling, including through customized River Games®
Circular Consulting, Borderless Growth

We integrate market analysis, cross-cultural skills, and a results-driven approach, viewing corporate functions as interdependent parts of a single system.

Just as [PI_GRECO] links circumference and diameter, we seek the connections that ensure strategic coherence and sustained growth.
LOBBYING
Strategic Relations, Representation, and Harmony of Interests

Rigor in method

Logic in strategy

The golden ratio [PHI_GRECO] (phi), approximately 1.618, is linked to the Fibonacci sequence, the logarithmic spiral, and the golden rectangle—symbols of progression, proportion, and harmony.

For Bertagni Consulting, it represents three fundamental principles: methodological rigor, logical progression, and communicative harmony.

As in the Fibonacci sequence, each action builds upon the previous ones; as in the spiral, arguments advance coherently and cogently; as in the golden rectangle, substance and form find balance.

REPRESENTING means transforming legitimate interests into solid arguments, strategic relationships, and effective advocacy actions.

From Relationships to Representation

We represent companies and industry sectors in institutional and decision-making processes—designing, establishing, and managing trade associations, business networks, and cross-cultural interest groups.

Our unique value proposition lies in the outsourced management of representative organizations, seamlessly integrating technical expertise, forty years of high-level institutional relations, and international negotiation.

Networking thus becomes the building of trust, the convergence of interests, and the development of lasting alliances.

Our Expertise

  • Lobbying and institutional advocacy: strategies for representing legitimate interests
  • Trade and industry associations: establishment, development, and outsourced management
  • Strategic and cross-cultural networking: relations among businesses, institutions, and stakeholders
  • International negotiation and mediation: interest analysis and shared solutions
  • Institutional communication and Corporate Storytelling: rigorous and persuasive messaging
  • Sector intelligence: information analysis to support decision-making
  • Training and River Games®: cross-cultural programs for international associations and networks
Our Experience in Industrial Representation

Among the organizations for which we oversee strategic direction and representation are:

  • WiDEN — European Wine Distillers Federation
  • FederMosti — Network of Italian producers of concentrated and rectified grape must, and its European counterpart MUST
Our work also includes the design and editorial curation of The Grape Derivatives Digest®, an information and in-depth analysis publication dedicated to the grape derivatives sector.
TRAVEL
Outer Geographies, Inner Landscapes, and Infinite Possibilities of Discovery

Infinite places

Infinite experiences

The Infinity of Possibilities, the Fullness of the Present

The infinity symbol ([INFINITO]) evokes continuous movement, with neither beginning nor end, in which every arrival becomes a new departure.

For Bertagni Consulting, it represents the boundless possibilities of exploring the world and ourselves, beyond geographical, cultural, and mental boundaries.

We design physical and metaphysical geo-maieutic journeys that transform places, cultures, encounters, and emotions into tools for knowledge and self-awareness.

Geo-maieutics fosters the emergence of insights and potential through the dialogue between outer geography and the inner universe.

Our approach integrates three dimensions: the infinity of possibilities, geographical and inner exploration, and the centrality of the hic et nunc—the here and now.

Not mere destinations, but experiences to be lived fully, with freedom and awareness.

Because changing your geography can mean changing the way you think.

And changing the way you think can mean changing the way you live.

EXPLORING means crossing the world to take ownership of one’s life, recognizing infinite possibilities in the value of the present.

From Geographical Travel to Self-Discovery

Travel is not merely physical movement, but a transformative experience that shifts our perception of reality and of ourselves.

Through diverse territories, encounters, and cultures, we stimulate the overcoming of mental frameworks and openness to new personal and professional possibilities.

Our Experiences

  • Geo-maieutic journeys: emotional itineraries structured around the six stages of The River of Life: Earth, Roots, Emotions, Life, Philosophy, and Freedom — Garfagnana: where dreams meet reality
  • Online metaphysical and philosophical journeys: virtual exploration of ideas, values, emotions, and worldviews
  • Team building and corporate retreats: immersive experiences for leadership, collaboration, and change
  • Educational and experiential travel: programs for companies, universities, schools, and organizations, which can be integrated with Creative Labs and River Games®
ARTS
Four numbers

Ten points

Creativity, Balance, and Harmony as Tools for Transformation

Pythagoras’s Tetractys ([TETRAKTYS_GRECO]) represents ten points arranged in four triangular levels:

1 + 2 + 3 + 4 = 10

For the Pythagoreans, it symbolized completeness, order, and universal harmony, connecting mathematics, proportions, and musical consonances.

For Bertagni Consulting, it becomes a metaphor for art as the ability to unite different emotions, intuitions, and languages into new forms of balance.

Harmony is born from the creative encounter between differences.

CREATING means giving shape to emotions, transforming complexity into expression, and seeking balance and awareness through art.

From Artistic Expression to Self-Discovery

We transform ideas and emotions into visual, narrative, and sonic experiences, conceiving art as a tool for individual and collective knowledge and growth.

Through experiential Creative Labs in emotional cartography, writing, painting, photography, and performing arts, we foster creativity, emotional intelligence, and expressive freedom.

The goal is not aesthetic perfection, but the discovery of one’s inner harmony and new relational possibilities.

Our Experiences and Productions

The Art of Shaping One’s Own Harmony

For Bertagni Consulting, art is a universal language, accessible to all, for exploring oneself and the world.

Through Creative Labs, cultural projects, emotional cartography, and River Games®, we integrate creativity, knowledge, and transformation.

We do not merely teach how to create: we help discover what artistic expression allows us to understand and transform.

Because harmony is born from the balance between differences.

And creating a new form can mean discovering a new way of being.

MISSION

RIVER GAMES® – When play paves the way for consulting, lobbying, and training

Over 20 exclusive experiential games
Four areas of application
Infinite possibilities for customization

Our mission is to unlock the potential of individuals, businesses, and organizations through bespoke consulting that integrates international vision, strategy, emotional intelligence, and creativity.

We promote a human-centric Corporate Humanism, an Engineering of Thought that unites logic and intuition, and Prefiguration as the ability to anticipate change—generating connections and sustainable value.

At the heart of our method are the River Games®—over 20 geo-emotional and experiential games inspired by The River of Life, created by Marco Bertagni and copyrighted by Bertagni Consulting Srl, applicable across all four business areas.

Through The River of Life cartographic methodology, we identify the client′s needs and design customized interventions that combine play-based experience, thematic training, and practical application.

Our Formula

DIAGNOSIS CUSTOMIZATION RIVER GAMES® or OPERATIONAL MANUAL® + TRAINING = TRANSFORMATION

We transform knowledge into skills and behaviors, making learning deep yet light-hearted, rigorous yet engaging, concrete, and memorable.
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River Games 2022
Movie Working Group
EMOTIONAL GEOGRAPHY UK LTD: The UK branch of Bertagni Consulting srl www.emotional-geography.com
EMMÉs Tests Run
WiDEN ASSEMBLY - 2021
EMMÉs Weekly Networking
FederMosti ASSEMBLY - 2021
53 CORCE - Istituto Commercio Estero - Business Game EXPORTING EMOTIONS - 2021
53 CORCE - Istituto Commercio Estero - Business Game EXPORTING EMOTIONS
53MO CORCE - ICE - CORPORATE EMOTIONAL MAPPING
EMME - "The camera and you" - By Ailsa Tulloch and Marco Bertagni - April 2021
Marco Liorni intervista i Geografi delle Emozioni
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