Hi, I’m Marissa
and curiosity is my super powerI’m here to amplify our unique, human genius so we can build a better future, together.
Twenty years helping leaders bring their vision to life teaches you
one thing most leadership frameworks miss:
The future doesn't arrive fully formed. You have to design it.
And you can't design what you can't yet imagine.
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Two decades leading transformation inside corporate organizations, earned an MBA, studied human-centered design, VP title, Fortune 500 positions. You name it, I checked all the boxes to climb the ladder. Only to find myself spinning on the hamster wheel. Depleted and lacking the creative flow I needed to influence change and impact in a world shifting faster and faster.
One curious question sparked it all: There has to be a better way.
That simple question started six year journey as an entrepreneur and corporate transformation consultant. Studying great leaders, deepening my work in organizational transformation while also tapping into somatics and neuroscience to unlock my own hidden genius.
During that time, I’ve helped companies like Gap Inc., Sephora, Akamai and American Family Insurance turn purpose into an operational win.
But the real lessons and impact didn’t come on the laptop, or in zoom meetings, or your typical strategy sessions.
I learned to lead without certainty when I started looking outside myself and my tech for better answers. That is where I found the deeper curiosity needed to spark the kind of ah-ha’s that helped a giant retailer reinvent their entire leadership approach (hello Gap, Inc.).
As a consultant and entrepreneur, I learned how to lead before the path was fully visible.
I learned how to sense what's coming next and guide my clients to move toward it without waiting for certainty to arrive first.
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I navigated a complete identity shift from corporate executive to founder and strategic advisor, building a multi-six-figure consulting practice while reinventing myself professionally and personally.
I didn't make those shifts based only on data, research and optimization. I made them by learning how to step out of chaotic distraction and into curiosity, using nature as a compass when the path wasn't clear.
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Growing up on a farm teaches you something about facing the unknown that no corporate environment can replicate.
Farming isn't about having all the answers. It's about reading what's coming, planning for the pivot and trusting a deeper intelligence to guide you through what you can't yet see.
That's exactly what business is demanding of leaders right now.
As a kid, I spent hours walking fields, moving through the woods, staring up at stars. That was my thinking laboratory. I just didn't have language for it yet.
Then I climbed the corporate ladder and traded that laboratory for the inbox, the meeting room, the city life. I stopped asking questions and started executing answers. My curiosity quietly disappeared. And so did my best thinking.
It took hitting that wall to remember what had always worked. A hike in Sedona. A walk through Central Park. Feet in the grass. Space to actually think.
Not because nature is peaceful. Because nature is what turns on our deeply human curiosity. And curiosity is the one thing no AI can replicate, no framework can manufacture, and no meeting room can produce.
So I’m going back to the laboratory to find answers for the future - and I’m taking you with me.
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From Fortune 500 Executives to startup visionaries, the leaders I work with today are all standing at the same edge looking out onto a future they don’t yet fully understand.
They sense the old ways of leading are no longer enough and they are ready to step into something new.
But they need help stepping out of distraction to reignite the spark of curiosity that's been buried under productivity, dashboards, and checklists.
I help them learn how to use nature to bring their human intelligence online so they can see what others are ignoring and find the capacity to go far beyond what they imagine today.
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20+ years of expertise is just the tip of the ice berg. Today’s AI-driven world needs much more than last year’s leadership framework or a promise of “growth mindset”.
With Curiosity Labs, I’m bringing cutting edge science and a brand new perspective on how to unlock yours and your team’s best thinking so you can stop waiting for perfect data and start navigating uncertainty with bold moves.
This isn’t a wellness program, it’s the kind of leadership platform everyone needs, but no one is talking about.
I move you to the place where curiosity replaces chaos, and the path forward starts to feel possible again.
Marissa doesn’t remove uncertainty, she helps you expand your capacity to move through it.
Through in-person workshops, online courses and content, Marissa teaches leaders how to use nature to tap into the human curiosity that modern work has buried so you can stop reacting to the future and start building it.
Marissa has the ability to translate what feels impossible into something moveable.
Expertise
Global in-house leadership
VP-level consulting and agency experience
Fortune 500 clients across retail, tech, insurance, and professional services
MBA + Design Thinking Fellowship
Co-host, Brave Proximity Podcast
Purposeful Growth Consulting with Milwood Strategies and Conspiracy of Love
Creator, Curiosity Over Chaos (Substack + YouTube)
Speaker on the future of leadership, design thinking, and organizational transformation