Damien Gauthier
Facilitator and collective intelligence expert, 20 years of experience.
I help organizations and teams transform their ideas into products, services and strategies with real impact, combining design thinking, lean startup and collective intelligence.
My path goes from academic research, a PhD in mathematics at EPFL, through senior UX design, to leading innovation teams and international innovation programs. That range is my edge: I bring a structured, collaborative and results-oriented approach to messy, human, strategic problems.
I work in French and English, mainly in Switzerland and internationally, with large private companies, public organizations and associations alike.
"Transcend complexity and align stakeholders around a shared vision, to deliver an experience that multiplies your organization's impact."My mission
What twenty years builds
Expertise
- Strategic innovation support, 10+ years across many sectors
- Design and facilitation of collaborative processes, strategic and operational mandates
- Strategic framing and value-proposition definition
- Analysis and co-design of services and processes (CX, UX, EX), 20+ years
- User research and concept validation, 20+ years
- Coaching leaders for high-stakes presentations to top management
- Training in design thinking and innovation methods (HES, business schools, companies)
- Innovation program support
Certifications
- Workshopper Master (AJ&Smart)
- Codesign Facilitation (Codesign-it)
- Scrum Product Owner I (scrum.org)
- Leadership and Management (Harvard Business School Online)
- Business Sustainability Management (University of Cambridge)
Languages
- French, native
- English, C2, fluent
- Japanese, A2/B1
From research to facilitation
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2023, today
Innovation Specialist & Facilitator, KoKrea, Lausanne
Facilitation and innovation engagements for public institutions and companies across Suisse romande.
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2021, today
Design Thinking Lecturer, HES-SO, Geneva
Regular trainings in design thinking and innovation methods.
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2017, 2023
Innovation Specialist & Team Lead, SQLI, Lausanne
Leading innovation engagements and teams; strategy, facilitation and experience design for major Swiss and international clients.
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2014, 2017
Senior User Experience Designer, SQLI, Lausanne
UX strategy, research and design for digital products and services.
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2015
Master MALTT, Learning, Teaching & Technologies, UNIGE
Where pedagogy met technology, the foundation of my training practice.
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2006
PhD in Mathematics, EPFL, Lausanne
Structured thinking for complex problems, applied daily ever since, just with more post-its.
Sectors I know well
Also: Impactful Speaking
New Ways of Working is one of the two activities of Cie Alice in W. The other is Impactful Speaking, public speaking training and coaching. The two feed each other: facilitation taught me to read a room; speaking taught me to hold one.
Let's see if we click
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