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Inspired by the radiance of a field of sunflowers at dawn all turned toward the light, we’re here to help our clients turn toward a brighter future.
Our team works closely with leaders to do the bold, courageous work necessary to define a brighter future and chart a path to reach it.
Our job is to help you achieve your future, not tell you what version of the future we think you should create.
We’re true collaborators — listening, sharing, practicing radical kindness, and bringing out the best in you and your team. Our primary goal is to help you realize the brighter future you hope to create.
Our eclectic, passionate community of strategists, experience designers, innovators, makers, writers, artists, facilitators, and producers is committed to helping you create your brighter future.
Alicia has partnered with leaders around the globe to drive large-scale organizational transformation. Prior to founding Tournesol, Alicia was a president at SYPartners; strategy executive at Target; head of business transformation for Sensis, an Australian media company; and principal at Destra Consulting Group, an organizational effectiveness consulting firm. She earned her BA from Rice, MA from Harvard, MBA from The Rotman School of Management at the University of Toronto, and PhD from the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill.
Alicia is the author of The Unfolding Path: A Way to Live and Lead in Our Times.
MY SUPERPOWER IS strategy.
As a coach and consultant, I help leaders solve complex problems so they can bring their strategy and vision to life.
MY PROUDEST ACHIEVEMENT was leading the State of Pennsylvania’s Voter Protection Program for Obama’s 2008 presidential campaign.
TRUE LEADERS have vision, empathy and conviction — and take the time necessary to get their team truly behind them.
MY SUPERPOWER IS transforming strategy and culture through experience.
MY PROUDEST ACHIEVEMENT with Tournesol was supporting a Fortune 100 healthcare company to bring to life a future vision of health for all.
TOURNESOL HAS TAUGHT ME that, with the right amount of patience and persistence, we can create brighter futures.
MY SUPERPOWER IS design.
I bring simplicity, humanity, and delight to complex strategic communications.
MY PROUDEST ACHIEVEMENT was creating the Human Rights Campaign logo. When Beyoncé posts your work, you know it’s something special.
TOURNESOL HAS TAUGHT ME to practice radical kindness. It’s pretty unusual for an organization to put that stake in the ground.
MY SUPERPOWER IS helping people say what they mean (and mean what they say).
MY PROUDEST ACHIEVEMENT was helping The Jane Goodall Institute celebrate 40 years of conservation with a campaign to ensure its endowment.
TOURNESOL HAS TAUGHT ME that we don’t have to wait for a brighter future to happen: we can make it happen.
MY SUPERPOWER IS design.
I bring clarity to strategy and design.
MY CORE BELIEF IS that the strength of a great idea is in its clarity.
TRUE LEADERS have a unique worldview. It’s important to understand why they approach things the way they do.
MY SUPERPOWER IS taming chaos. From complex projects to overstuffed closets, organization and systems make my heart sing.
MY PROUDEST ACHIEVEMENT is creating and scaling a first jobs and career advancement program for underrepresented groups that is now a key talent pipeline strategy for a major fashion retailer.
A TRUE LEADER makes sure her people shine brighter than herself.
MY SUPERPOWER IS leading teams that inspire people to be their best and do their best.
MY PROUDEST ACHIEVEMENT is working with a team to scale an education and empowerment program to one million women across the world.
MY CORE BELIEF IS that true leaders rally people to achieve more than they imagined possible. They’re the bright lights that lead the way.
MY SUPERPOWER IS strategy.
As a strategist, I’m hard-wired to unlock possibilities. I’m always asking, “how could we make this even better?”
MY CORE BELIEF IS I’m not here to tell you what to do. I’m here to create experiences that help you see and act on what’s possible.
TRUE LEADERS with an instinct to do breakthrough work are often told not to rock the boat, or that’s not the way we do things around here. Those are the leaders I love to help shine.
MY SUPERPOWER IS production design and photography.
MY PROUDEST ACHIEVEMENT is earning an MFA degree in photography while also running my own small business and having two kids under two. Phew!
TOURNESOL HAS TAUGHT ME how to Learn & Adjust.
MY SUPERPOWER IS writing.
As a writer, editor, and communicator, I bring my ability to observe, listen, and simplify complex ideas.
TOURNESOL HAS TAUGHT ME to truly see and cultivate each person’s unique contributions. Taking the time to connect and discover who each person is, and what motivates them, leads to deeper relationships and a higher quality of work.
BRIGHTER FUTURES MEANS hope. Embracing the unknown when the ground underneath is shifting. The confidence to keep moving in a direction that aligns with your innermost beliefs. And taking action, even when it’s scary and requires a leap of faith.
Lots of consultants come in with great ideas and no way to execute them. Tournesol had such a range of superpowers, they were able to make magic happen.”
