For Business & Executives
Install a Core Design DNA across your organization.
Unblock, Unlock, & Level Up — for leaders whose teams are stuck between talking about design thinking and actually running on it.
What We Do
Design-thinking workshops, executive coaching, and organizational advisory work — proven on engagements with Amnesty International and MIT.
How to Book
Book a Hands-on Keynote, a Design Thinking Training, or a Leadership Advisory engagement with Coach Jess on the Business Advising page.
Why Darte
Since 2010, world-renowned results, $6.2B ideas, and priceless relationships — see the proof in the Work.
The Flagship Program
projectBELi3VE is the studio’s flagship — where your team turns an idea you BELi3VE in into a tested prototype, running the full design-thinking process with the Darte studio. You’ll design custom BioHacking systems to achieve peak performance while avoiding burnout — on demand, every time — and operate from your Zone of GeniusTM.
Proof, Not Promises
Every engagement on the Work page started with an overwhelmed team and a problem that wouldn’t sit still — including Amnesty International and MIT’s Office of the President.
Advising, Coaching & Speaking
Lighter-weight than the full intensive: executive coaching, advisory retainers, and keynote speaking. See the Business Advising page, or the details on hiring Jess to speak.
Research-Backed
Design-driven companies outperform the S&P by 228% (Design Management Institute, 2013) and grow twice as fast as their competitors (McKinsey, 2018). Darte’s programs and advising work exist to install that same design-led advantage inside your organization — see the papers behind it on Business Advising.
As Seen With
- The Office of the President of MITLocal partner
- Credit SuisseLocal partner
- EXPLOStudioLocal partner
- Koru StrategyLocal partner
- The MIT Edgerton CenterLocal partner
- Beyond the AgencyLocal partner
- OpenMind::OpenArt GalleryLocal partner
- The MIT Teaching Systems LabLocal partner
- Seven Arrows AcademyLocal partner
- Meadowbrook K-8 School of WestonLocal partner
- Greater Lawrence Technical SchoolLocal partner
- Boston Society of ArchitectsLocal partner
- Moonshot AcademyInternational partner · Beijing
- Catalyst Education LabInternational partner · Hong Kong
- Mingdao High SchoolInternational partner · Taiwan
- Mujeres SolaresInternational partner · Nicaragua
- Estácio de SáInternational partner · Rio de Janeiro
- KLE Technological UniversityInternational partner · India
- Universidad Tecnológica de BolívarInternational partner · Colombia
- TEDx BrasilInternational partner
What people say
“Jess goes beyond design thinking theory — she knows how to put every step into practice. She made our collaborative spaces vibrant and led participants toward paths they hadn't considered.”
Diana Sanchez
Amnesty International