About Stephanie

Stephanie is a founding partner at Future Work Design with a focus on strategic planning and organizational innovation. She was one of the earliest strategists to use the power of Human Centered Design to solve organizational design challenges. Prior to co-founding Future Work Design, she built her design consulting reputation at IDEO and XPLANE and continues to draw upon her roots on the front lines of organizational change management in the financial services, energy, and NGO sectors.

Stephanie leads The Either/Org Project, a grassroots research project whose dream is to equip everyone with inspiring alternatives so they can be deliberate and brave in designing workplaces that align with their values. She writes and speaks on the importance of diverse inspiration in organizational design, including on the Designing Work for Humans podcast and the Design Thinking 101 podcast.

Stephanie loves to teach, building students' design skills through immersive experiences. She has taught Human Centered Design for Organizational Innovation at the University of Oregon's Executive MBA program, and courses at Stanford's d.school, University of Michigan, and Pacific Northwest College of Art. She is the founder of Deckaholic, the world's largest library of card decks for problem solving and creativity.

Stephanie holds an MBA from the University of Michigan in Strategy and Organizational Sensemaking and earned her B.A. in History and Government from Georgetown University. She is a Certified Organizational Design Professional through the European Organization Design Forum and Organizational Design Forum (USA).

While usually based in the Pacific Northwest USA, Stephanie is currently working from Modena, Italy during a year of family adventure. She is looking forward to working with more European clients during this period! When she's not working, you can find Stephanie painting watercolors, singing, and cooking for her wonderful husband Dave and two fantastic kids.