Kristen Colella
Managing Director @ Innosight | Growth Strategy, Innovation, Organizational Transformation
- Role
- Managing Director at Innosight
- Location
- Boston, MA, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Kristen Colella
I help leaders and organizations navigate change with clarity, purpose, and confidence, connecting the future back to today’s most important decisions.As a Managing Director at Innosight, I partner with executive teams of Fortune 500 and global enterprises to define growth strategies, reimagine operating models, and lead transformation at the intersection of strategy and digital. My work focuses on how strategy, technology, and human capability come together to create lasting value and resilience – helping organizations turn ambition into measurable impact.I bring a thoughtful, collaborative approach to complex challenges – creating space for diverse perspectives, building alignment, and fostering the conviction to act. Over more than 15 years advising clients across industries, I’ve helped design and guide transformations that have reshaped multi-billion-dollar portfolios, built enterprise innovation systems, and enabled new pathways for sustainable growth.I’ve co-led Innosight’s global Consumer, Media & Technology practice and contributed to award-winning initiatives recognized for innovation and client impact. Through this work, I’ve learned that enduring transformation happens when organizations unite strategic clarity with deeply human capabilities, and when people feel genuinely connected to the change they’re driving.At my core, I’m motivated by helping organizations and leaders unlock their potential, to lead with purpose, navigate uncertainty, and build the future while delivering impact today.
Experience
Managing Director
Jun 2011 — Present · Boston, MA, US
As the leading expert on disruptive innovation, strategy, growth, and organizational transformation, Innosight empowers forward thinking leaders to navigate disruptive change and own the future. As a Managing Director, I lead engagements with some of the largest organizations in the world to define growth strategies, create new business models, and create the capabilities and operating models needed to win and be relevant in an uncertain future. I have 15+ years of experience in consumer, healthcare, technology, and industrials industries, working with clients seeking to transform into consumer-centric organizations. I am an expert on jobs to be done, brand and experience transformation, and a trusted advisor to senior executives on growth strategy, innovation, and organizational transformation.Web:
Education
Babson F.W. Olin Graduate School of Business
MBA, Global Management Concentration
2009 — 2011
Tufts University
BA, International Relations, International Economics of the Environment
2002 — 2005
School for International Training
FIJI
2004 — 2004
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