Founder · CEO · Advisor · Keynote Speaker · Reimaginez
Extraordinary founders deserve
to build thriving companies
and remarkable lives.
That is not an aspiration. It is a design choice. And it is the belief that has shaped every conversation, every framework, and every program Therese has built over the past 20+ years.
Therese's mission is to empower High Achieving mission-driven founders and CEOs to build high performance, thriving companies and live a life of significance. Not one or the other. Both. Because the world's most visionary leaders deserve to build something extraordinary and feel extraordinary doing it.
Everything by Therese and at Reimaginez, the keynotes, the workshops, the advisory, the programs, the community, was built to make that possible. For every change-maker who is ready to build the company and the life that matches the full scale of what they are capable of creating.
My Personal Philosophy
I specialize in High Achievers. Specifically, I work with individuals who are carrying the world on their shoulders. People who are deeply driven by making a positive difference in the world. They are empathic givers. They are there for everybody else. But they often lack someone to call at two in the morning when they need to make a decision that can make or break their company.
When these individuals move from surviving to thriving, something remarkable happens. The transformation does not stop with them. The transformation moves through everything around them. Their people. Their customers. Their company. Their community. And the ripple effects reach further than any of them imagined when they first began.
This is why building high performance, thriving company cultures and championing people to live a life of significance is so important to me. The change-makers of our world are remarkable humans who are there for everyone else. And they deserve to have someone in their corner. That is what Reimaginez was built to be. That is why I do this work.
The company is Reimaginez
An award-winning company designed and built to champion the world's most mission-driven founders and CEOs as they design and scale high performance, thriving cultures and live lives of significance. Culturally-driven companies achieve 18% more revenue per employee, according to research. That is not a coincidence. It is what becomes possible when a company is filled with thriving High Achievers, all striving toward greatness, lifting each other to new heights, and scaling a culture where extraordinary becomes the standard.
Over 20+ years and 1,000+ founder and CEO engagements across 14 countries, the results have been consistent. Companies achieving 3x annual revenue growth. Teams moving from fragmented to aligned. Leaders stepping into their full potential while building companies of
lasting significance.
Everything Reimaginez does, from one-on-one advisory and transformational keynotes to proprietary programs and full cultural transformations, is built around one question: what does thriving look like for you? Every engagement is bespoke, proprietary, and designed to create change that lasts.
To explore what Reimaginez can make possible
The work. The impact. The vision that made both possible.
Founded a management consultancy at the age of 17.
20+ years working directly with remarkable founders and CEOs.
1,000+ founders, CEOs, and C-suite leaders advised around the world.
Generating and raising hundreds of millions of dollars for both Built to Last and Built to Exit clients.
Our Innovation Reimagined program has produced $10M+ each in new revenue for multiple clients.
3x ARR growth and 10x deal sizes for clients across industries, including
life sciences, services, climate, and deep tech.
Merged two rival companies into a single thriving culture, one of the most complex transformations in business, and set the foundation for exponential growth.
Audiences of 30,000+ impacted through keynotes and workshops
across the world.
2,500+ keynotes and talks delivered to audiences of 5 to 5,000
across 14 countries.
40 proprietary frameworks invented to unlock high performance in
people and organizations.
Received the Future Innovator Award given in memory of Alfred Nobel.
Named by Nordic 100 as one of the most influential entrepreneurs
from the Nordics.
Organized hundreds of gatherings across Europe and the United States, leading to the creation of the invitation-only Reimagine Salon.
Guest lecturer at NYU, Stockholm School of Economics, Boston College,
and the Royal Institute of Technology.
Featured in CBS, NBC News, Fortune, Forbes, Nasdaq, and VentureBeat.
40 frameworks invented.
Every one built to change what a leader sees as possible.
Over 20+ years, Therese has invented over 40 proprietary frameworks, each one designed to take something invisible inside a company or a founder and make it actionable. These are not theories. They are tools, field-tested across 1,000+ founder and CEO engagements and refined until they produce results every time.
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The foundational framework for designing and scaling cultures where exceptional people thrive and extraordinary companies are built.
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A complete framework for transforming company culture from the inside out, building the foundation that makes every other pillar of the business possible.
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A transformational program and framework for moving from market push to market pull, creating customer-centric innovations that build true fans.
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A framework and program for building strategy that creates alignment from the boardroom to the customer, designed to turn vision into extraordinary results.
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A framework and program for attracting and selecting exceptional talent that a high performance, thriving culture is built on.
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A framework and program for designing a life of significance, helping founders and CEOs build extraordinary companies while living extraordinarily.
These six are examples. The full library spans culture, leadership, innovation, sales, strategy, recruitment, peak performance, and the design a life of significance. Every framework is proprietary, bespoke, and built to create change that lasts.
The right bio for
every context.
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Therese Gedda is an award-winning Founder and CEO of Reimaginez and is a leading expert on designing High Achieving Cultures where exceptional people thrive and extraordinary companies are built. Her entrepreneurial journey began at 17, when she founded her first management consultancy. What started as an early instinct for what makes organizations truly exceptional became a 20+ year body of work that has influenced 30,000+ leaders across 14 countries.
She has worked directly with 1,000+ founders, CEOs, and C-suite leaders as the person they call when the stakes are highest and the decisions are hardest. The founders and CEOs she works with have their own names for her. Yoda. Master Teacher. Founder Therapist. Every one of those names reflects the same truth: that Therese does not just advise. She sees people completely, champions what they are building, and helps them lead at the level they were always capable of.
As a Keynote Speaker, Therese has taken the stage at Apple, LVMH, TEDx, Web Summit, Inbound, and Davos Decompression, among many others, delivering transformational experiences to audiences of 5 to 5,000 spanning continents. She has been recognized by CBS, NBC News, Fortune, Forbes, Nasdaq, and VentureBeat as a leading voice on the future of work, high performance culture, and what it truly means to lead with vision and purpose.
She has been named by the Nordic 100 as one of the most influential and impactful entrepreneurs from the Nordics, and received the Future Innovator Award given in memory of Alfred Nobel, one of the highest innovation honors in the world.
Therese’s vision has never changed. To give every mission-driven founder and CEO the frameworks, the clarity, and the support to build something truly extraordinary. To champion them as they design thriving, high performance companies and cultures that drive positive change in the world.
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Meet Therese Gedda. Award-winning entrepreneur, Founder and CEO of Reimaginez, and one of the world's leading experts on designing high performance, thriving company cultures.
Over 20+ years, a journey that began when she founded her first management consultancy at 17, Therese has worked directly with 1,000+ founders, CEOs, and investors around the world, impacting 30,000+ leaders through keynotes, advisory, and transformational programs. The founders she works with have their own names for her: Yoda. Master Teacher. Founder Therapist.
Featured in CBS, NBC News, Fortune, Forbes, Nasdaq, and VentureBeat. Named by Nordic 100 as one of the most influential entrepreneurs from the Nordics. Received the Future Innovator Award given in memory of Alfred Nobel.
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Where ideas meet the next generation of extraordinary leaders.
From NYU to the Stockholm School of Economics, Therese brings the same depth of expertise that has transformed
1,000+ companies into the lecture halls where the next generation of founders and CEOs are being shaped.
As an invited guest lecturer at leading universities across the United States and Europe, she shares the frameworks,
the stories, and the real-world insights that matter most.
On the World's Most Extraordinary Stages and the World's Most Respected Screens.
This is what it looks like when a room full of leaders shifts
Invitation-only gatherings with founders, CEOs, and investors in New York, Venice, and Switzerland. Global summits in Dublin, London, and Toronto. Guest lecture halls at NYU, Boston College, and the Stockholm School of Economics. The stages of Apple, LVMH, Web Summit, and TEDx. Every room is different. The transformation is consistent.
Reimagining How Companies Are Built. As seen in CBS, NBC News, Fortune, and Forbes
CBS. NBC News. Fortune. Forbes. Nasdaq. VentureBeat. Therese has been featured across broadcast, print, and digital media as a leading voice on the future of work, the limitlessness of what founders can build, and what it truly means to lead with a customer-centric vision. When the ideas change how people lead, the story finds its own audience.
Press Inquiry
Therese is available for media features, expert commentary, and broadcast interviews on the future of leadership, high performance culture, and what extraordinary founders are building next. Therese welcomes press and media inquiries personally.