Helene Cahen

Helene Cahen, M.S., is an innovation consultant, trainer, facilitator, and speaker with over 20 years of experience helping companies navigate innovation challenges. She is a successful speaker whose recent TEDx talk on high performance collaboration for teams was highly received.

She is the founder and principal consultant at Fire Up Innovation Consulting (previously 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. She is also a coach for the Berkeley Haas School of Business Executive Program.

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-Po Paris, a top French Business School.

On her free time, she does improv and is learning to sing!