Flavie Schäfer
About Flavie Schäfer
Flavie Schäfer serves as the Director of Strategy & Design at the Intact Lab, where she has worked since 2021. With over a decade of experience in business transformations and a strong background in human-centered design, she has held various roles at notable companies including IBM, Deloitte, and Accenture.
Work at Intact Financial Corporation
Flavie Schäfer serves as the Director of Strategy & Design at the Intact Lab, a position she has held since 2021. In this role, she focuses on leveraging human-centered design to address complex business challenges. Prior to this, she was the Manager of Strategy & Design at the same lab from 2019 to 2021. Her responsibilities include leading prototyping activities, facilitating workshops, and applying design thinking methods to enhance workplace transformations and employee experiences.
Previous Experience in Consulting and Strategy
Flavie Schäfer has a diverse background in consulting and organizational strategy. She worked at IBM as a Consultant in Organization & People Strategy from 2010 to 2012 in London, UK, and later at Deloitte Canada as a Manager in Strategic Transformations from 2015 to 2019 in Montreal. Additionally, she held a brief position at Accenture as a Manager of Organizational Transformations in 2015 and worked as a Consultant at Accenture from 2012 to 2015 in Toronto. Her experience spans over a decade, focusing on delivering large-scale business transformations.
Educational Background in Management
Flavie Schäfer studied at WHU – Otto Beisheim School of Management, where she earned a Diplom in Economics & Management from 2004 to 2008. This educational foundation has equipped her with the necessary skills to navigate complex business environments and contribute effectively to strategic initiatives within organizations.
Research and Design Expertise
Flavie Schäfer has extensive expertise in research, data collection, and analysis, utilizing both in-person and digital techniques. She applies human-centered design principles to help clients identify critical problems and facilitate idea generation through participative workshops. Her work often involves multi-sensory brainstorming activities that engage diverse stakeholders to develop innovative solutions.
Professional Networking and Industry Engagement
Flavie Schäfer actively seeks out like-minded professionals through networks such as OpenIDEO Montreal. She has also shared her insights on workplace strategy and transformation at various industry events, contributing to discussions on best practices and innovative approaches in organizational design and employee engagement.