Books by Tamara Christensen

About

Tamara Christensen, PhD, is a dynamic and empathetic facilitator, collaboration designer, trainer, and business owner. She has over twenty years of experience blending design thinking, research, creative problem-solving, and collaboration to help organizations build innovation capabilities and apply them to complex business challenges. Through her consultancy, Idea Farm Co-op, Tamara works with various organizations across diverse industries, from local businesses to higher education institutions and global Fortune 100 companies, including Honeywell and 3M. She is also a partner with CoCreACT(R), delivering project-based leadership development programs that fuel innovation and transformation. Tamara is an international educator with the Thunderbird School of Global Management and an Expert-in-Residence with the University Design Institute at Arizona State University. Her book F-ing Innovation: Why Innovation Is Hard and What to Do About It is available on Amazon. Tamara has been described metaphorically as a glass of prosecco, a whirling dervish, and a sharpie. She is convinced that years of waitressing and single parenting prepared her to face nearly any ambiguous challenge with a smile and compassion.