CREDENTIALS
FOUNDER
Sarah DaVanzo
CURIOUS FUTURES was founded by Sarah DaVanzo, educator (MsEd), Certified Executive Coach (IFC), and mentor to many, with expertise in two realms:
- CURIOSITY -- Sarah is a master of "Applied Curiosity" methods, amplifying curiosity for business growth. She has over a decade of research on "curiosity." Inventor of patent pending curiosity-boosting techniques. She is 2x TEDx speaker on strategic curiosity.
- FORESIGHT & FUTURES -- Sarah is presently the enterprise futurist of the global Pharmaceutical and Dermo Cosmetics company, Pierre Fabre. Prior, she led foresight for the L’Oréal Groupe, Sparks & Honey and Publicis; she has helped future-proof over fifty (50) F500 companies.
Sarah studied, lived and worked in 22 countries over two decades (mostly in emerging markets) which is why she is sensitive to a dearth of cultural and cognitive diversity in the foresight profession.
Sarah is a quantitative data-driven futurist with >70% accuracy (a.k.a. "superforecaster").
Sarah has a BA from Bucknell University, an Executive MBA from Harvard Business School, a MsEd from Pace University. She was awarded three patents and has certifications from:
- MIT (Corporate Innovation Ecosystems)
- Singularity University (Exponential Innovation)
- IDEO (Insights for Innovation)
- World Futures Society (Advanced Foresight Methodologies)
- Institute for the Future (Strategic Foresight, Futures Sciences)
- Blue Ocean Strategy Institute
- Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship (Innovation)
- International Federation of Coaches
Sarah is a member of the World Future Society, Association of Professional Futurists, International Society of Chief Data Officers and the New York Academy of Sciences.