Welcome to the Studio of

“I don’t fix broken systems. I design new ones.”

For leaders navigating collapse, uncertainty, and the limits of inherited institutions.

Margarita is an invaluable board member for The SCAN Foundation and Alive Ventures. She helps us apply human-centred design principles to our work. Margarita asks us provocative questions and has led us to expand our portfolio’s ESG impact investments. Her expertise in entrepreneurship, technology, and social behaviour has been instrumental to our work and how we aim to reinvent senior care.
Sarita A. Mohanty
President and CEO, The SCAN Foundation

You’re navigating disruption, complexity, and institutional drift.

You’re being asked to lead in a world where the old rules no longer apply—and where too many tools were never built for you in the first place.

I work with mission-driven leaders who know we can’t optimize our way out of crisis. I help them think differently—and act accordingly. My practice blends pattern recognition, historical intelligence, and systems design to build futures that center dignity, resilience, and justice.

I’m not a traditional consultant. I’m the strategist you call when you’re ready to question the frame—not just improve the function.

I’ve advised global banks, tech firms, universities, diplomats, and frontline innovators. Clients include Microsoft, Santander, Stanford, and peacebuilders from the Abraham Accord countries. My work has been described as “firepower for rethinking the future.”

What I Bring to the Room:

“If you’re operating beyond the edge of the current map—and you need a co-designer fluent in uncertainty, emergence, and post-collapse logic—we may be aligned.”

What I’m Working On Now

These projects reflect where I’m focusing my energy—on systems under stress, and the adjacent possibles they could evolve into.

The Solve for X Podcast

As the host of the Solve for X: Solutions That Spark Change podcast, Margarita chats with innovators combating some of the world’s most pressing challenges.

Discover how you can get involved and learn about trends that impact your industry.

Invitation to Collaborate

I work solo, by design—but not alone. I draw on a trusted network of thinkers and practitioners across design, diplomacy, economics, and social impact.

You’re not hiring me for a slide deck. You’re engaging a pattern-recognizing, reality-mapping ally.

“I work best with leaders building the next thing—inside institutions or beyond them—where deep trust, strategic clarity, and big questions are welcome.”

Who I'm for:

Who I'm NOT for:

This isn’t a funnel. It’s a quiet doorway. If something resonates, step through it. If not, I still wish you courage.

Important Boundaries

No unpaid calls. No chemistry chats. No intellectual extraction.

If your intent is real and your work is serious, I’m listening.