Taking wild ideas to reality.
The consulting practice of AnnMarie Thomas — engineer, designer, educator, and conversation-starter. Bridging the gap between creative imagination and rigorous execution (with joy!).
The Toolkit
How we play
Project Consulting
Bringing an engineering mindset to creative challenges. From ideation to physical prototypes, ensuring your wildest concepts actually work in the real world.
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Designing experiences that teach, inspire, and provoke. Building professional development programs and educational frameworks people actually want to participate in.
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Serving as an advisor for individuals and organizations, AnnMarie can aid in setting goals and directions for projects big and small.
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Planning an in person retreat or a large scale online conference? We’ve led these and many things in between.
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projects
OK Go Sandbox
Using OK Go's award-winning creative music videos to spark curiosity and learning in classrooms around the world.
OceanX Education
Designing and piloting global educational programs that build ocean literacy and empower the next generation of ocean leaders.
LEGO Education Computer Science and AI
Helping LEGO Education shape a playful approach to computer science and AI for global classrooms.
Edina STEAM Strategy
Partnering with Edina Public Schools to design a multi-year, district-wide elementary STEAM framework.
Not your average
consultant.
AnnMarie Thomas holds a PhD from Caltech, won a LEGO award for play, and has been named Professor of the Year. But her real expertise lies in the messy middle where disciplines collide.
She's as comfortable running product user testing as she is designing soft-circuit wearables or moderating a panel of musicians. It's not about choosing a lane; it's about building new roads entirely.
Word on the street
"She was able to hit the ground running at LEGO Education, leveraging our internal team's skills, and come up with both innovative and relevant solutions. I can strongly recommend working with AnnMarie."
Bo Stjerne Thomsen
LEGO Education
"Dr. Thomas is a font of curiosity and creativity whose array of skills is as broad and inspiring as her network of amazing collaborators. So much energy and optimism, paired with the pragmatism it takes to get things done."
Damian Kulash
OK Go
Let's make
something.
Whether it's a wildly ambitious project or a kernel of an idea, the first step is a conversation.