Candice Crawford-Zakian

Leadership & consulting work

Candice A. Crawford-Zakian, Psy.D. is Senior Leadership Faculty and Coach at KS Insight, a psychoanalytically oriented consulting psychologist and executive coach with expertise in the convergence of leadership development, social identity, and unconscious group dynamics.

Her practice is interdisciplinary and draws from principles of psychology, design thinking, and the creative arts. Candice brings a collaborative approach to her work by developing solutions with clients. She specializes in creating experiential learning programs that equip leaders with the cognitive agility, creativity, socio-cultural awareness, and self-awareness necessary to build and lead healthy, innovative, diverse organizations.

Clients & collaborations

Candice has worked with a wide variety of domestic and international clients. In addition to her work at KS Insight, she is a leadership development coach at INSEAD graduate business school in France. She is also a consultant with Subculture, a firm specializing in design thinking and innovation. It was founded by former senior consultants at IDEO and Innosight.

Academic & professional background

Candice holds a Doctor of Psychology (Psy.D.) in Clinical Psychology from The George Washington University. She is an Adjunct Lecturer on leadership at Harvard Graduate School of Education. Her courses cover the intersections of identity, adaptive leadership, and unconscious group dynamics. Candice also frequently consults at and directs nationally held group relations conferences in the Tavistock tradition.

Beyond consulting

Outside of her consulting leadership development work, Candice is a recording and performing artist. She has performed nationally as a songwriting vocalist with a variety of music outfits and has covered a broad span of genres, including alternative rock, progressive metal, jazz, and hip-hop.