Illuminating the Intersection of Humanity and Code
SixBeacons is a premier consultancy dedicated to the proposition that the most powerful systems are those that understand the people they serve. We don't just implement technology; we architect relationships between algorithms and organizational culture.
Founded on the belief that emotional intelligence is the missing link in digital transformation, our firm helps forward thinking executives navigate the ethical and operational complexities of the AI age. We turn "automation anxiety" into "augmentation advantage."
Human-First
Design philosophy centering empathy
Future-Ready
Scalable, ethical AI frameworks
Service Advisory
SixBeacons helps organizations build human-centric capability, identify human-centered advantage, reinvent how value is created, and mobilize that value at scale — powered by Human-Centric Intelligence™.
Our services are designed to work as a coherent progression. We begin by establishing the human-centered foundations required to operate responsibly in the age of AI, then help leaders identify where future advantage can emerge, reinvent markets and business models around human signals and trust, and mobilize organizations to sustain that value over time.
Strategy – Strategic Value Identification
Create a sustainable competitive advantage by identifying new sources of value grounded in market insight and emerging capabilities. Our strategy services enable leaders to shape the future of their markets rather than react to it.
New Market Creation – Market Making
Create new markets by designing the ecosystems that allow value to form, scale, and sustain itself. We help organizations move from competing within existing categories to architecting markets around shared value.
Business Model Innovation – Agile Market Architecture
Convert strategy into durable growth through adaptive business models built to evolve as markets shift. We help organizations design structures that can pivot, proof, and compete at the speed of the market.
Human-Centered Advantage
Human-Centered Advantage helps leaders identify where durable competitive advantage can emerge by interpreting human, market, and systemic signals ahead of disruption. Powered by Human-Centric Intelligence™, this service reframes strategy around trust, behavior, and adaptability — enabling organizations to shape advantage rather than react to change.
Human-Centered Reinvention
Human-Centered Reinvention reinvents how value is created, experienced, and sustained by redesigning markets, business models, and ecosystems around human signals, trust, and participation. This flagship service integrates market creation, business model innovation, and continuous adaptation into a single discipline for regenerative value creation.
Human-Centered Mobilization
Human-Centered Mobilization translates strategy and reinvention into sustained enterprise momentum by aligning people, decision rights, incentives, and operating rhythms around human-centered value. This service ensures intent becomes action through clarity, accountability, and shared purpose.
Thought Leadership in Print
Essential reading for modern leaders navigating the intersection of technology and humanity.
Glow: The Humanization of Intelligence
Why intelligence systems must elevate people, not just optimize processes. A new way of thinking about ethical, human-centered systems.
Silicon Heart: Through AI
A new architecture for emotionally aware AI—simulating and responding to human emotion responsibly at scale for the next generation.
Creating Customer Amazing Experiences
Foundations of CX design that people value, remember, and return to. An award-winning roadmap for building customer-centric organizations.
Ed Hawkins
Founder & Principal Consultant
Ed Hawkins is a visionary technologist and strategist with over 20 years of experience at the forefront of digital innovation. Having led transformation initiatives for Fortune 500 companies across Silicon Valley and Europe, Ed founded SixBeacons to bridge the critical gap between raw computational power and human organizational needs.
His unique approach combines deep technical expertise with a profound understanding of organizational psychology. Ed is a frequent keynote speaker on "The Soul of Systems" and advises boards on the ethical implications of autonomous technologies.
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Founder & Principal Consultant
Jemmy is a visionary technologist and strategist with over 20 years of experience at the forefront of digital innovation. Having led transformation initiatives for Fortune 500 companies across Silicon Valley and Europe, Jemmy founded SixBeacons to bridge the critical gap between raw computational power and human organizational needs.
His unique approach combines deep technical expertise with a profound understanding of organizational psychology. Jemmy is a frequent keynote speaker on "The Soul of Systems" and advises boards on the ethical implications of autonomous technologies.
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Founder & Principal Consultant
Ed Hawkins is a visionary technologist and strategist with over 20 years of experience at the forefront of digital innovation. Having led transformation initiatives for Fortune 500 companies across Silicon Valley and Europe, Ed founded SixBeacons to bridge the critical gap between raw computational power and human organizational needs.
His unique approach combines deep technical expertise with a profound understanding of organizational psychology. Ed is a frequent keynote speaker on "The Soul of Systems" and advises boards on the ethical implications of autonomous technologies.
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