Creative & Design Leadership

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Story is Strategy

 

A little more.

Currently Executive Director at IDEO, I lead global design teams and communities to create extraordinary products, experiences, brands, and services for the world’s leading organizations. I am responsible for building healthy creative communities, and for enabling the rituals, behaviors, and leadership approaches that drive creative excellence across all facets of our work.

I'm on faculty at IDEO U, where I teach the Impactful Presentations course, and represent IDEO through global speaking and teaching engagements, especially at the intersection of narrative, design thinking, and journalism. I recently delivered a keynote on emerging technologies at Design Korea; led the creative direction for kyu House at COP28; and co-authored an article about the power of strategic futuring.

A former correspondent for US public radio and the BBC World Service, I reported across the world on social justice, conflict, culture, public health, the climate crisis, and more. I was a staff producer/reporter with the BBC in London and a Fellow at the International Reporting Project in Washington, DC (SAIS/Johns Hopkins). I'm also a writer, performer, and composer in theater and improvisation on both sides of the Atlantic.

Drop me a line if you’d like to say hello, or if you’d like to see examples of my work.

 

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gallafent@gmail.com