Creator: STUART CLARKE Copyright: Stuart Clarke
Purpose Across the Lifespan | Greater Good Science Center
Role:
Creative Direction • Experience Design • Content Strategy
Designed and produced a virtual summit from the ground up in six months, bringing together leading voices including Jane Goodall. Developed a unifying flourishing/languishing framework to align stakeholders and shape the experience. Expanded the initiative into an online course that has since reached 6,000+ participants.
Impact Metrics:
400 live attendees
6,000+ course participants
6-month end-to-end build
Designing Innovation at Scale | Google
Role:
Designer in Residence • Creative Direction • Leadership Programs • Innovation Catalyst
As Google’s first Designer in Residence, Elysa built and led a global portfolio of innovation and leadership programs across seven countries. What began as a pilot within a 300-person division scaled into a multi-year initiative reaching over 2,000 participants.
Impact Metrics:
2,000+ participants
7 countries
6-year engagement
Women’s leadership summit scaled from 50 → 500+
Designing Learning at the Edge of Culture | Stanford d.school
Role:
Faculty • Experience Design Lead • Program Design
Faculty at Stanford’s d.school since 2009, Elysa has taught Design for Play, one of the school’s longest-running and most popular courses. She later conceived and built Stanford’s first course on psychedelic medicine and design, guiding it from idea to a fully accredited offering.
Impact Metrics
600+ students taught
15+ years on faculty
First-of-its-kind course pioneered at Stanford
Designing Innovation Across Cultures | SRI Nomura Innovation Center
Role:
Program Design • Experience Strategy • Innovation Leadership
At the SRI Nomura Innovation Center, Elysa designed and led innovation programs for Japanese executives, bridging startup thinking, emerging technology, and corporate culture. Within one year, the work expanded into four program tracks, engaging leaders from over 60 companies.
Impact Metrics
4 innovation tracks launched
60+ companies represented
Dozens of intrapreneurial projects generated
Scaling Design Thinking for Educators | IDEO
Role:
Design Lead • Education Strategy • Platform Development
At IDEO, Elysa led the evolution of the Design Thinking for Educators toolkit into a global platform, translating design thinking into practical tools for classrooms. The resource has been downloaded over 80,000 times and translated into seven languages.
Impact Metrics
80,000+ downloads
Translated into 7 languages
7+ tools developed for educators
Creating a New Field of Design | The School of Psychedelic Design
Role:
Founder • Platform Design • Experience & Systems Design • Thought Leader
Elysa founded The School of Psychedelic Design, establishing one of the first formal frameworks for designing psychedelic and healing experiences. What began as experimental work at Stanford has grown into a platform bridging design methodology with emerging care systems, with visibility at SXSW.
Impact Metrics
Founded a new design discipline
Platform for practitioners, researchers, and creators
Featured speaker at SXSW
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