Jim Cohen

About Jim

Jim is driven by the desire to help people and organizations reveal their authenticity and purpose and use it to define their brand, their success, and their future.

He has the soul of an artist, the mind of a businessperson, and the skill of a master. He’s guided leaders, founders, and teams in corporations and start-ups, using a radically honest, compassionate approach, to reveal what makes them exceptional, unleash their inventiveness, expose them to new perspectives, and develop pathways for enduring success.

He’s led a national design firm, planned human-centered corporate headquarters for global organizations, provided strategic counsel to the worlds leading real estate developers, developed equity strategies, devised new non-profit funding methodologies, lead co-creation teams with prominent innovation and design partners, and positively impacted the life journeys and careers of numerous leaders, creators, musicians, and designers.

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What people say

  • Jim is a great listener, design thinker and has that unique skill of summarizing those unspoken needs that all consumers strive for in world-class retailers ... and translating those insights into break-through design and operational changes.

    Paul Davis

    Former President Starbucks, North America, Former CEO Coinstar

  • Jim is a really remarkable personal coach and innovation guide. He has the rare gift of rapidly and masterfully helping identify the underlying roots of a problem through "looking within," while also giving a personalized framework to address and resolve the problem and move ahead.

    Solon Teal

    Founder, New Ventures

  • The funny thing about Jim is he seems to be constantly in touch with the proverbial "big picture." That is to say that when you or your company is striving to look beyond what is, to —what could be—Jim never ceases to be able to point the way. And that he does so with humor, with wisdom, and the greatest personal integrity, makes working with him a profound pleasure.

    Peter Himmelman

    CEO Big Muse, Grammy, and Emmy nominated singer-songwriter, recording artist