Helene CahenHelene Cahen, M.S., is an innovation consultant, trainer, facilitator, and speaker with over20 years of experience helping companies navigate innovation challenges. She is the founder and principal consultant at Fire Up Innovation Consulting (previouly Strategic Insights), where she guides Fortune 500 companies, small businesses, and non-profits to understand innovation, create innovative new products/services, build effective teams, and support a user-centered culture.Helene has been a facilitator, coach, and lecturer for the Haas School of Business, and vice president of innovation for a startup. She is in demand as a speaker on the topic of design thinking and creativity, and recently did a TEDx talk on high performance collaboration for teams. Trained in creative problem solving and design thinking, Helene received an M.S. in Creativity and Change Leadership from the Center for Applied Imagination at the State University of New York (SUNY) Buffalo. She also has a business degree from Sciences-PoParis, a top French Business School. Born and raised in Paris, Helene lives in Berkeley, California, with her family. She raised three children and in her spare time is a hiker, an improviser, and a meditator. She recently took up rock climbing to challenge her fear of heights. Read More Read Less