“Leadership requires two things: a vision of the world that does not yet exist and the ability to communicate it.”Simon SinekI help people find, shape, and communicate their vision. I synthesis disparate information and connect the dots to show: where things are, where things are going, and what this means to you. Accelerated change from advancing technological capabilities to rapid adoption of these new innovations to expedited company formation and scale to faster business and industry disruption cycles to rising automation, all require a new type of talent. Higher education needs to think differently about preparing graduates for jobs that do not yet exist and to find, frame, and solve problems not yet known. I connect these two corporate and academic realms. As an innovation strategist I have assisted diverse teams in large corporations to focus on the opportunity space and user experience to place the single product/service features and benefits into a more accurate context where new possibilities become not only evident but also obvious. In higher education, I have advised Presidents, Provosts, and Deans in finding and framing the core capabilities against market realities with a clear articulation of their institutional ethos. I have architected new core curriculum and programs that represent emerging fields in the future of work. My expertise is an emerging field that is somewhere between design strategy and management consulting. It is rooted in the powerful use of single frame visuals with application of business strategy. I use these visuals in blogs, articles, publications, and corporate and academic workshops and talks on innovation and leading transformational change. (Author Photo credit: Infinity Portrait Studio)Fo more information: www.linkedin.com/in/heathermcgowan/ and visit www.disrupttogether.com