Maryam Daryabegi
Technology Innovation and AI Strategy Advisor | Business Growth & Digital Transformation Leader Keynote Speaker | Educator | Executive Coach
HBR & Forbes Advisory Council Member
Learn about Maryam
Maryam is an award-winning entrepreneur, educator, and industry leader with over 20 years of experience driving innovation and digital transformation.
After living and working across four continents, she founded Innovation Bazar to help organizations tackle complex challenges and create meaningful impact through collaborative consulting, interactive workshops, and executive coaching.
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Her clients range from Fortune 500 companies and universities to startups, incubators, and nonprofits. Maryam blends human-centered design, data-driven strategies, and systems thinking to deliver solutions that are sustainable, inclusive, and impactful.
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Passionate about empowering the next generation of innovators, Maryam teaches graduate and executive courses at top universities and advises startups at leading incubators and accelerators. She also serves on several advisory boards and shares her insights globally at conferences and workshops.
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As an advocate for the UN's Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), Maryam supports education (SDG 4), volunteers with CityWheels (SDG 2), and partners with businesses to advance global goals (SDG 17).
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Let’s connect and explore how we can achieve success together!
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What sets Maryam apart?
Maryam is unique!
She is multilingual, multicultural and has had the opportunity to live and work across 4 continents and currently calls New York her home.
Her global experiences have given her a unique perspective and ability to think outside the box & creatively solve innovation challenges. She leads with empathy and uses this approach with her clients to connect deeper, build trust & empower them to achieve their goals.
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Maryam's approach helps her clients to save time, shift from working in silos to innovate rapidly with Innovation Bazar best practices. ​
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What is she passionate for?
Maryam is passionate about: empowering her clients and solving their innovation challenges via consulting, training, workshops, coaching and mentoring services.
Member of
Forbes Coaches Council
Forbes Coaches Council empowers successful and diverse business, leadership, and career coaches to connect, collaborate, publish, and grow.
Members of Forbes Coaches Council are respected professional coaches selected for the council based on their depth of experience and success in the field.
ADVISORY COUNCIL
As a new member, I am honored to contribute to such a prestigious community of thought leaders, sharing insights, and shaping the future of HBR content in the areas of innovation, management and leadership.
Forbes
Women 50 > 50 Inaugural Nominee
2021
Awards
The 50 Over 50 is a brand-new Forbes list dedicated to women who exemplify the slow burn. It's a list that will highlight women over the age of 50 who have achieved significant success later in life—often by overcoming formidable odds or barriers—and who are shattering age and gender norms.
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Maryam is grateful and honored to be selected from a pool of more than 10,000 nominees for the inaugural Forbes/Know Your Value 50 Over 50 list in April 2021.