Coonoor Behal is the author of I Quit! The Life-Affirming Joy of Giving Up. She is the Founder & CEO of Mindhatch, a consultancy that helps companies create the right conditions for innovation and creativity to thrive using: Design Thinking, Organizational Improv™, Innovation Facilitation, and Diversity & Inclusion.

Coonoor has helped Deloitte create, prototype, and launch an in-house design thinking consulting arm; be a part of a “stealth” team of design strategists and researchers guiding numerous teams at Starbucks; trained more than 100 people at Bethpage Federal Credit Union in design thinking; helped the Department of State and the Pentagon use improv to be more creative and collaborative thinkers, and has helped the Inter-American Development Bank’s Gender & Diversity Division generate and come to a consensus on their strategic vision.

Coonoor has been an improv comedy performer for over 10 years, is an avid fan of professional tennis, and dotes on Nikka, her Bernese Mountain Dog.