... is a thought leader on tomorrow's innovation. Educator, author, speaker, coach, consultant, eBusiness builder, and entrepreneur, I’ve led, advised, and mentored companies and leaders across the globe.

Awarded as one of the Top 10 Women in IT - Asia, I hold a Doctorate in Business Administration from Harvard Business School. I co-founded and am leading i2e - The Innovation & Entrepreneurship Center at S P Jain School of Global Management, a Forbes Top-20 International Business School. It includes an Advanced-Technology Think Tank & Tinker Lab on the Future of Work (FoW) and Education (FoE), and builds on the work of an earlier innovation center I co-founded. My current research, teaching, and coaching focus on Design Thinking, Leadership, Creativity, Entrepreneurship, Sustainability, and the Future of Work (FoW) and Education (FoE). I was a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) and a Certified Management Accountant (CMA) and have over 20 years’ experience in Asia, Europe, and North America in all of the above roles and as an Accenture IT & business strategy consultant.

I've published and spoken extensively on innovation, design thinking, entrepreneurship, globalization, business strategy, international management, and more, for Forbes, The Asian Manager, Accenture, Academy of Management, Idea Group Publishing, De Gruyter, major newspapers, etc. I wrote and produced a multimedia article series based on my global research study of world-class innovators (Fusion) that garnered over 600,000 views. It has now been collected into a book and eBook by De Gruyter, as well as video/audio books/courses by Gnowbe for their innovative mobile/micro-learning platform. I've been a featured speaker for CNBC, Bloomberg, TEDx, Channel News Asia, EmTech/MIT Technology Review, YPO/WPO, INK, TiE, corporate events, & conferences. My conservation-promoting wildlife photography books are available on Amazon.

I'm leading & growing a Centre of Excellence focused on Innovation & Entrepreneurship (www.i2espjain.org). We help clients grow their busineses with Design Thinking (see slideshare), Disruptive Innovation, startup skills, and industry-academe co-creation. We've served and partnered with leading global corporations, educational institutions, accelerators, selected startups, mentors, and more.

I generally mix consulting and executive education so clients achieve real results and raise their capabilities for ongoing impact. Current and former clients include Citibank, Dao Heng Bank, DBS, Dun & Bradstreet, EY, Government of Denmark, Hang Seng Bank, HP, Johnson & Johnson, Keppel Corp., Matsushita-Panasonic, MetLife, Oberoi Hotels & Resorts, Reuters, Singapore government (Prime Minister’s Office, GIC, Ministry of Manpower, Attorney General’s Chambers, Law Academy), Singapore Technologies, Societe Generale, Standard Chartered Bank, United Nations (UNIDO), and Visa.

I favor simulation games for learning (e.g. ExperienceInnovation from IDEO + ExperiencePoint) and immersion experiences. I've taught at Harvard University, INSEAD, NUS, AIM, and SMU.