Margarita Quihuis
Education
Stanford University
BS, Petroleum Engineering -
Stanford University
Visiting Scholar, Reuters Digital Vision Fellow 2004-01-01 - 2005-01-01Work Experience
The SCAN Foundation
Current
The SCAN Foundation
Peace Innovation Lab at Stanford (PIL), Stanford Graduate School of Business
Current
Peace Innovation Lab at Stanford (PIL), Stanford Graduate School of Business
Stanford Sports Equity Lab
Current
Stanford Sports Equity Lab
Stanford Alumni in Sustainability
Current
Stanford Alumni in Sustainability
Taiyō.AI
Current
Taiyō.AI
Margarita Quihuis LLC
Current
Margarita Quihuis LLC
Stanford Behavior Design Lab
Current
Stanford Behavior Design Lab
Global Society of Peace Engineers
Current
Global Society of Peace Engineers
Stanford University
Current
Stanford University
Peace Innovation
2018-01-01 - 2023-12-01
Peace Innovation
Skills
Summary
I help executives and institutions respond intelligently to macro risk—climate volatility, AI acceleration, geopolitical fracture, and institutional erosion. Not as distant threats, but as present conditions. I’m a Stanford-trained expert in behavior design and systems innovation. I co-founded the Peace Innovation Lab at Stanford, where we reframed peace as a measurable behavior and designed frameworks for pro-social action in high-risk, high-complexity environments. Today, I apply that same methodology to help leaders navigate systemic disruption. My approach starts with what’s working—because building on strengths generates agency, unlocks hidden assets, and creates positive feedback loops for change. I facilitate teams in developing common operating pictures, opportunity maps, and strategic responses that are grounded in reality and capable of scale. I’ve advised Microsoft, Coca-Cola, Santander, Innogy, SOCCOM, and national-level institutions. I work across sectors where the future is uncertain and the cost of inaction is rising. If you're leading through instability and need frameworks—not platitudes—to move forward with clarity, coherence, and courage, we should talk.
