Akanksha is an innovation leader who specializes in facilitating collaborative planning, design integration, vision alignment and consensus-based decision-making across multiple disciplines. She challenges preset norms & default thinking by encouraging constructive reasoning that results in value addition/creation. She promotes personal accountability and task ownership through transparent skill assessment strategies that highlight her team's strengths, sharpen collective insight and foster shared commitment to promised goals. She individually mentors each member on her team and strongly believes in empowering those closest to the work; so every option may be considered and a broader innovation platform may be employed to incorporate critical stakeholder feedback. Her skilled, proactive approach to problem solving and 21+ yrs of investment in building trusting relationships with OSHPD, City/County officials & IORs greatly benefit her projects. Her technical acumen and appreciation of advanced parametric modelling & coordination tools have helped define the next generation of project delivery processes & team dynamics. She has worked on multiple projects employing LEAN integrated project delivery methods and is very familiar with the advantages and challenges that encompass such concentrated environments. Focus: Lean Integrated Project Delivery (Lean IPD) for Healthcare, Strategic Planning, Design Research Representative Clients: Kaiser Permanente, UCSF Health, Sutter Health in partnership w California Pacific Medical Center, Sutter Health Facility & Property Services, Alameda County Health Services Oakland, California Prison Receivership (CDCR), Satellite Healthcare, CA Department of General Services (DGS) & CA Department of Veteran Affairs (CalVet)