Born Italian, raised in France, at home in Thailand since 2012. A life spent, in one form or another, in conversation — as a musician, a broadcaster, a producer, and for the past two decades, a coach. Expert Dialogue is where all of it converges.

My training is grounded in the Palo Alto, Solution-Focused tradition — which works from a person's strengths and resources toward present and future goals, rather than dwelling on the past.

I am Silvano Stabile

Where it began

For the record

My professional life started as a singer-songwriter and musician. As far back as I can remember I've hosted radio shows — it began as a teenager on local radios in Italy — and in 1985 I received the Antenne d'Or, the award for the most played song on France's independent radios.

In the early 2000s I spent six years helping build Taovillage, a Paris-based music and book publisher and training centre. It became known in France as an innovative experience — in private circles for personal development, and as an effective corporate team-building tool. That is where my coaching practice, and my in-depth experience of people, truly began.

Media producer

For the past thirty years I've produced media and collaborated with broadcast companies across several countries. Since 2009 I've been part of the early wave of podcasting, hosting and producing more than 500 episodes — over 150,000 plays, and still climbing.

My editorial focus has stayed close to culture, people, transformation and innovation, with many interviews on psychology, spirituality, and the behavioural and cognitive sciences — the same territory a good dialogue travels through.

I coach private and corporate clients in motivational guidance, goal-oriented practice, the processes of change, and emotional intelligence. In the private field I've worked with people navigating separation and divorce and the wider terrain of relationships; with teenagers facing exams and study choices; and with adults who want to redirect their lives.

I love people, and I love people's life stories. Each of us has a personal legend to unveil — a mirror we hold up to understand ourselves, and to help others understand themselves in turn.

With what feels like insatiable curiosity, I've learned how to ask questions and how to listen well. I believe those two simple, endlessly complex abilities are how we build meaningful relationships — and through them, our sense of purpose, and the resolve to reach our goals. I want to share what I've learned and long practised, to help people make the changes they wish for, and live and relate more fully.

These approaches reinforce self-knowledge, emotional intelligence, and the capacity to adapt and change. They also treat our communication — and the way we perform it — as the raw material from which we explore and act on our own limitations and potential. That conviction is the seed of Expert Dialogue.

The work itself

Why I do it

Family

Father of two daughters

Languages

English, Italian, French and Portuguese — fluently

education

Degrees in Communication and in English — Faculty of Nancy, 1983

Certification

Certified coach & consultant in Human Relations and Communication Development (Taovillage, 1999)

Speaking

Corporate seminars in the UK, France & Portugal; recent talk at Thammasat University, Bangkok

Based in

Thailand since 2012; seventeen years in Paris before that

Begin a Dialogue

A path you can't see clearly

is where we start.

Tell me about the group, the room, or the decision in front of you — and we'll shape the right format together, whether that's a facilitated session or a full connection design.