Work with Elysa

Elysa spends her time designing for what people actually feel — qualia, from the texture of materials to the relational care between people. She's designed for play, for purpose, for grief, for joy. Whatever the experience asks for.

The work

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The work takes different shapes. A talk that shifts how a room thinks about creativity. A program that builds real capacity over time. A journey designed from intake to integration, where every detail serves what people feel. Or something built from inside, where Elysa leads your team and builds what doesn't exist yet.

Play

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Purpose

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Performance

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Conscious Design

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Belonging

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Creativity

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Leadership

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Wellbeing

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Intention

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Play · Purpose · Performance · Conscious Design · Belonging · Creativity · Leadership · Wellbeing · Intention ·

Ways to work together

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    Keynotes

    Keynotes field-tested across Stanford, corporate programs, and live events. Always participatory. The person in the room who's certain they're not creative is usually the one who surprises themselves most.

    Design for Play · Design Your Life · Innovation & AI · The Creator Code

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    Workshops & Team Programs

    All experiential, all built around what a team actually needs. The programs develop play culture and creative instincts. The sprints go deep on a specific challenge — creative problem solving that produces real concepts and strategy.

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    Healing Program and Experience Design

    A person knows whether they're safe before they ever walk through the door. It's in the story the clinic tells, the way the phone is answered, the words on the intake form.

    Elysa designs the program and patient journey: the space, the sequence, the sensory details, and what happens in the weeks after. She can direct the full picture or go deep on specific pieces.

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    Embedded Design Leadership

    Often the only designer in the room, moving between executive decisions and independent experiments, staying user-centered for the client and the employee at once. She leads design teams and builds the kind of practice that outlasts any single project.

  • “Elysa was a leader within Google across the entire world in bringing design, art and empathy into Google products and services — impacting hearts and minds.”

    —Craig Warner, Director, Google

  • “It is hard to pinpoint just one reason why Elysa is so remarkable, but if I had to choose, I’d say it’s because she is unbound. The space in her brain for ideation, creativity, innovation, playfulness, has no boundaries. I know there is now a part of my brain that is unbound, too, thanks to her influence.”

    —Stephanie McClellan, Senior Director, Chan Zuckerberg Initiative / formerly Google

  • "Elysa's style of facilitation brings a unique level of authenticity, effectiveness, and immediate integration. Her ability to meet people where they're at made the experience especially valuable—they were able to connect with it, without pressure, bringing a greater level of creativity and fun into often heavy problems."

    —Anese Cavanaugh, Author, CEO, Founder IEP Method® and Positive Energy Workplace Initiative®

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