Think Space. Consulting. Facilitation.

About

Anne-Marie Deans, Ph.D.

Founder & Owner

With a strategic consulting background at BCG, experience from senior corporate roles, an MBA in interdisciplinary, systems thinking (ongoing), a PhD in the life sciences, and a certification as a Certified Dare to Lead™ Facilitator, I offer a unique blend of external insights and internal corporate understanding.

I work with organisations and individual leaders. My main interest is to support those operating with systems change and emergent strategy. Individual leaders come to me when they are looking to build the skill sets for courageous, wholehearted leadership.

I am passionate about the necessity of the inner work of leaders as a fractal to hold what is happening around us during the transformations, as well as how we reimagine and rebuild new systems for a future we have fallen in love with.

I’m available for board director roles in Switzerland, bringing my strategic and leadership expertise to the table.

Who I Am

At my core, I’m an idealist, championing wholehearted living and the power of human connection. My leadership journey has taken me through diverse corporate terrains, where I’ve consistently observed one truth: people want to be seen and acknowledged in their roles. It matters that we matter and (re)recognise our inherent worth.

I build heavily on Brené Brown’s research and supplemented by thought-leaders such as Annette Simmons, envisioning a future where we embrace both paradox and ambiguity with curiosity and courage.

I am currently continuing my own learning journey as part of the cohort for a brand new and reimagined interdisciplinary MBA at the LIS: London Interdisciplinary School, where our themes are Complexity, Intelligence, Energy, Ecosystems, Trust, and Longevity.

I am of British and German family roots, I am a family member, I am a parent, I am a volunteer in my local community, I am a member of a dance show team. I am co-creator of a project looking at an inheritance and the role of letter writing at http://www.DieBriefe.ch.

Corporate background snapshot

  • Corporate Strategy Lead and Inhouse Consulting at SBB (Swiss Railways), collaborating with the CEO, board, and executive leadership.
  • Strategy Consultant at BCG, followed by pivotal business management roles at Johnson & Johnson and biotech companies.
  • Engagements with non-profit organizations like the Roll Back Malaria Partnership, WHO, and the Medical Research Council in the UK.
  • Education: Reimagined MBA (ongoing until June 2027). PhD and MSc in Life Sciences from the University of Edinburgh, BSc Molecular Genetics in Biotechnology from Sussex University.

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