the team

Paradox Strategies brings together five leaders whose careers have been spent studying, practicing, and scaling innovation. We work alongside a network of subject matter experts in cocreation, leadership, industries, and geographic regions.

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senior team

This is the team that puts twenty-five years of research into practice — working alongside senior leaders, engagement by engagement, to turn breakthrough ideas into scale.

Dr. Linda A. Hill

Co-founder and Partner

Wallace Brett Donham Professor at Harvard School. Ranked #4 worldwide by Thinkers50.

Greg Brandeau

Co-founder and Partner

Former Pixar CTO and co-author of Collective Genius, expert on scaling innovation.

Taran Swan

Partner

General Management executive and expert on scaling creative ventures across industries.

Jason Wild

Partner

Led award-winning Ignite and innovation initiatives across 40 countries.

Emily Truelove

Partner

Co-author of Collective Genius and expert on leading innovation at scale.

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Engagement Team

Together this team leads Paradox Strategies to help leaders and organizations gain a competitive advantage in sustainable innovation and growth.

John Parikhal

Senior Consultant

Practical Futurist and global strategist translating AI, consumer, and market trends into actionable growth strategies.

Emily Tedards

Senior Consultant

Doctoral researcher and Consultant specializing in cross-sector collaboration, innovation ecosystems, and complex problem-solving at scale.

David Lee Kang

Senior Consultant

Digital media strategist and educator with 20+ years scaling content, technology, and innovation businesses.

Lily Kelly-Radford

Senior Consultant

Executive coach and leadership development expert with two decades guiding global CEOs through complex challenges.

Annelise Gates

Project Manager

Project Manager bringing international experience across brand strategy, marketing, impact finance, and multi-country operations.

Scott Conser

Senior Advisor, Assessment & Analytics

Organizational assessment expert specializing in 360-degree feedback, succession planning, and performance management.

What We Know

The best innovation leaders navigate the paradoxes of innovation. They effectively manage the tensions of contradictions and disagreement to power innovation and growth. How do we know? We've studied breakthrough innovation up close in the real world with big winners such as Pixar, Google, Mastercard, Cleveland Clinic, Pfizer, and Delta. It’s the same everywhere. The leaders who master these tensions build organizations that keep innovating, outperforming their competition.

How We Work

We work alongside you and your team, building your innovation capability while you use it. And that capability is yours; it stays when we go. Our clients don't just get advice. They get better.