meet your new innovation partner

Hi! I'm DeAnna McIntosh.

I help big thinkers, businesses, and communities shape ideas, solve growth challenges, and move meaningful work forward.

I'm a Business Strategist, Innovation Consultant, and Retail Expert with nearly 20 years of experience turning bold ideas into built reality - from Fortune 500 companies to small business communities across the US.

Whether you're a big thinker with an idea that needs a roadmap, a brand with a store that isn't performing, a community ready to activate its commercial districts, or an entrepreneur who just needs someone to think through the big picture with you - there's a reason our paths crossed.

Reach out anytime at hi@deannamcintosh.com or 575-573-8245.

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Let's Build Together

The idea that won’t leave you alone, the business challenge that needs a fresh set of eyes, the team sitting on ideas worth activating, and the community ready for revitalization: all of it has a home here.

Big Thinkers
The idea is not the impact. What you shape, build, and put into the world is.
build & execute your idea
Businesses & Teams
Uncover what’s possible, fix what’s stuck, and activate your team's ideas.
innovate from the inside out
Communities
Co-create bold, sustainable, innovative solutions from the ground up.
drive citizen-led change

For retail projects and initiatives, click here to head over to our Retail Design & Strategy Studio, Retailing Evolved.

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A Think Tank In Your Ears and In Your Inbox

You're in the right place if you have been curiously questioning the status quo and are ready to develop and execute your groundbreaking ideas that will reshape the way work works, life is lived, and how impact is realized.

On this site, we explore:

How to convert our strongest ideas into powerful assets for change and impact
A new creativity and innovation process to build out your ideas and manage your innovation projects
How the future of work is being redefined by what gets done, not who was hired to do it
Using Intrapreneurship as an employee engagement + retention tool and innovation engine inside your organization

Work Together:

1) From A Dozen Half-formed Ideas To The One You're Ready To Build - In 2 Weeks
define your idea
2) From Bold Idea To Built Reality - In 90 Days
build & execute your idea
3) Your Next Million-dollar Breakthrough Is Sitting In Your Breakroom
the intrapreneurship approach
4) Your Neighborhood's Next Big Solution? The Person Next Door
explore collaborative community problem-solving
5) Designing & Growing Immersive, Experiential Retail Concepts
Explore our other studio, retailing evolved®

Resources:

We're In The Middle Of A Recession. And It's Not A Financial One.
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the podcast
the workshops
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Have An Idea You've Been Sitting On? Get Clear On Your Strongest Next Step
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