Brandy Houston, M.Eng, LSSBB

Executive Director, Consulting

Brandy Houston

Brandy leads CannonDesign's consulting platform, which includes Blue Cottage of CannonDesign, Cityfi, The Clarient Group and Yellow Brick, a collective of some of the industry's sharpest strategic minds recognized for guiding the world's most ambitious organizations through transformation and toward what's needed next.

An industrial engineer and certified Lean Six Sigma Black Belt, Brandy melds analytical rigor with a strategic mindset and an insatiable drive to explore what might be possible. She thrives in the messy middle where strategy turns into action and big ideas meet real-world constraints. Her ability to bring clarity to complexity and keep both data and human experience at the center makes her a sought-after guide for organizations navigating change of all kinds. A sought-after speaker and facilitator, she's shared her insights worldwide, from the U.S. to Hamburg to London.

A few clients and collaborators

  • Mayo Clinic
  • Nebraska Medicine
  • Boston Children’s Hospital​
  • Mercy Hospital

Expertise

  • Transformation strategy​
  • Experience design​
  • Lean Six Sigma and operations design​
  • Analytics and data geekery​
  • Change strategy and management​

Pursuits

  • Her son's smile and puzzle-solving skills​
  • Running the New York City Half Marathon