Sharon de Korte is the founder of The Curiosity Compass, an innovation consulting company that does creative leadership coaching, facilitating and training. De Korte has designed and delivered innovation programs across the United States and internationally. She has applied the creative process to coaching, new product development, new business opportunities, and strategic planning. She has more than 25 years of experience in marketing research, responsible for the design and management of qualitative and quantitative research in more than 25 countries. She worked with a wide range of Fortune 500 companies including Sesame Street, American Express, Pepsi, Abbott Laboratories, and IBM among others. De Korte holds master’s in creativity and change leadership from the International Centre for Creative Studies at SUNY-Buffalo State. She has had two chapters published: “Curiosity: May Kill the Cat but It Will Breathe Life into Your Creativity” and “Curiosity Unlocks Innovation.” She is a frequent presenter at innovation conferences.