
Lida Lewis
Design Strategist | Innovation Catalyst | Storyteller | Workplace & Human Experience Leader | Business Development Partner | Sustainability & Wellbeing Advocate
about
I am endlessly curious about how design, psychology, wellbeing, and human experience shape the way people live, work, connect, and thrive.
Design is my passion, but people are always my focus.
I am a design strategist, workplace strategist, and thought leader fascinated by the intersection of design, culture, wellbeing, and human experience. Whether partnering with tenants, developers, asset managers, brokers, or project teams, I believe great environments do more than look beautiful. They strengthen culture, support performance, build community, and help people thrive.
Throughout my career, I have led design strategy, workplace transformation, business development, and sustainability initiatives across diverse sectors. I enjoy helping organizations navigate complexity, uncover opportunities, and create places aligned with business goals, occupant experience, and long-term value.
I am energized by innovation, future-focused thinking, and design excellence. As a lifelong learner, I explore emerging trends and the future of work, translating research into actionable strategies, compelling stories, stronger pursuits, and design solutions that connect vision with execution.
Storytelling is central to everything I do. Whether shaping pursuits, facilitating workshops, developing thought leadership, speaking at industry conferences, mentoring emerging professionals, or helping teams articulate a vision, I believe better stories lead to better outcomes. Great ideas inspire people to see new possibilities and take action.
I am equally passionate about mentorship, leadership development, and cross-disciplinary collaboration. Some of the most rewarding moments of my career have come from helping others discover strengths they didn't know they possessed, connecting people across silos, and creating opportunities for teams to grow together. Innovation happens when curious people unite around a shared purpose.
We spend most of our lives indoors. If I can help create places that are more meaningful, healthy, resilient, sustainable, and inspiring, I'll consider that a professional life well spent.
I'm always interested in connecting with designers, developers, real estate leaders, innovators, researchers, storytellers, and curious thinkers passionate about design innovation, workplace strategy, sustainability, business development, human experience, and the future of the built environment. Let's connect and explore what's possible together.
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What's it like to work with me?
clients
Below is a list of a few of the clients I've had the pleasure to work with over the years:
Save the Children
The Chicago School of Professional Psychology
Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board
The Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board
National Defense Industry Association
Community Development and Preservation Corporation
National Older Worker Career Association
Art Institute
Endocrine Society
The Avascent Group
Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission
Winrock Group
American Wind Energy Association
UCSD
San Francisco International Airport
America Councils for International Education
American Legacy Foundation
National Committee for Quality Assurance
Oceana
New America Foundation
Open Society Institute
PFLAG
Rapoza Associates
Strayer University
The Clearing
The League of Conservation Voters
Proctor and Gamble
Reynolds & Reynolds
The Weinberg Group
Thomson, Loss, & Judge
US Committee for Refugees and Immigrants
Ministry of Health Holdings, Singapore