Teaque Lenahan

About Teaque Lenahan

I turn human insight into products, services, and growth. As an innovation and CX leader, I work with cross-functional teams to create new products, services, and customer experiences—often transforming the organization’s capabilities required to deliver them along the way.Over the past two decades, I’ve partnered with 40+ companies and hundreds of executives to move innovation from idea to market impact. My work has helped generate $100M+ in new business and hundreds of millions in incremental client revenue. I operate in the space where strategy meets execution—connecting human-centered design, brand strategy, and modern delivery methods to turn ambitious ideas into tangible results.Much of my work involves helping organizations navigate the messy reality of transformation: aligning leadership, building cross-functional teams, and creating momentum where complexity and uncertainty exist. I’m known for staying calm under pressure, building strong creative cultures, leading my example and through influence, and mentoring the next generation of leaders.Industry experience: Mobility · Retail · Consumer Goods · Travel and HospitalityCore approaches: Human-Centered Design · Brand Strategy · Digital Transformation · Behavioral Change · Artificial Intelligence · Modern Change ManagementOrganizational scale: Experienced in fast-moving companies of ~25 people to global enterprises of clients include Target, Nike, Microsoft, Amazon, McDonald’s, Samsung, Volkswagen, Honda, T-Mobile, S.C. Johnson, Dolby, Oracle Healthcare, GE Aircraft Engines, 7-Eleven, and the Federal Reserve.I’m always interested in thoughtful conversations with leaders working at the intersection of growth, innovation, and customer experience.Outside of work, I\'m a car nut, sailor, avid reader, creative mixologist, mentor, runner, rower, husband, and father, living on an island off Seattle.

Experience

1. Founder

   Megafauna Group

   Apr 2023 — Present · Seattle, WA, US

   Megafauna is a strategic innovation consultancy that uses human-centered methods to help organizations grow. Clients include leaders of Marketing, Product, Innovation, and HR, as well as Private Equity (PE) firms looking to accelerate value creation.We provide executive leadership on programs related to growth strategy + innovation, organizational transformation, storytelling, immersive workshops, and experience design.

Education

• Middlebury College

  B.A., Literature, History

  1990 — 1994

• University of Oxford

  New College (est. 1379), Literature, European History

  1992 — 1993

• Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management

  MBA, Triple major: Marketing, Strategy, Technology

  1999 — 2001

Skills

• Mobile Applications
• Product Strategy
• Customer Insight
• Innovation Strategy
• Program Management
• Innovation
• Organizational Design
• User-Centered Design
• Design Strategy
• Competitive Analysis
• Consumer Insights
• Management Consulting
• Leadership
• Strategy
• Product Development
• Design Thinking
• Experience Design
• Mobile Devices
• Account Management
• Integrated Marketing
• Ethnography
• User Research
• Design Research
• Service Design
• Qualitative Research
• Business Development
• Digital Strategy
• Cross-Functional Team Leadership
• User Experience
• Contextual Inquiry
• Marketing Strategy
• Business Strategy
• Brand Architecture