Suhit Anantula

Strategy Designer | Systems Thinker | Architect of Future-Ready Organisations

Helping leaders design smarter strategies, build sustainable systems, and navigate AI transformation with clarity and confidence.

Who Am I?

I’m Suhit Anantula — a strategy designer and executive leader with over two decades of experience transforming businesses, governments, and non-profits.

What I Do

Today, I run The Helix Lab — a practice helping leaders navigate AI, transformation, and uncertainty with calm clarity. I work with:

  • CEOs and Founders of fast-growing firms

  • Boards, public sector leaders, and mission-driven orgs

  • Innovation and digital teams working across silos

  • Complex, people-heavy systems like NDIS, aged care, and health

I offer:

  • Strategic advisory

  • Executive labs and workshops

  • Pathfinder sprints, keynote speaking, and implementation coaching

My approach is grounded in the Helix Blueprint — a framework for aligning strategy, systems, and execution in a changing world.

Recent Clients + Collaborators

  • Boeing (Startup Accelerator)

  • UTC, CISCO, Microsoft, Medibank, Westpac

  • Department of Premier & Cabinet

  • RSB, Health Partners, Zahra Foundation

  • T Hub, BASF, SA Water, RTWSA

I’ve been honoured with a Good Design Award (Gold) for business model innovation and have led South Australia’s first mission-driven economic strategy.

Why AI + Systems

I believe AI isn’t just about technology. It’s a mirror to your system.

When designed and deployed well, it can:

  • Amplify decision-making

  • Streamline operations

  • Reveal strategic clarity

  • But without systems thinking, it only adds noise.

That’s why every engagement I run — from Pathfinder to Execution Lab — starts with your structure, not just your ambition.

What I Stand For

  • Business-first, tech-enabled strategy

  • Human-centred, systems-informed design

  • Co-creation with clients, not just consulting

  • Clear, board-ready thinking grounded in execution

About The Book

The Helix Blueprint: Strategy Design in the Age of AI

Launching 2025

This book captures the models, insights, and lived practice of helping organisations lead transformation from the inside out.

It offers tools to think systemically, move strategically, and navigate complexity with calm.

Capabilities

  • AI + Systems Thinking

  • Business Model Innovation

  • Strategic Facilitation

  • Leadership and Governance Advisory

  • Cross-Sector Collaboration

What Clients Say

“Suhit helped us design the system behind the strategy. We didn’t just walk away with ideas — we had movement.” – Executive Manager, NFP

“This was the first strategy session that gave us clarity and direction — not just activity.”

– Director, Government Digital Portfolio

100+

20+

Years of experience

Projects

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Building Business, not just tech

I focus on building sustainable businesses, not just implementing tech. My strategies prioritise business models, growth, and value creation—using technology, like AI, as a support, not the star. This ensures long-term impact for leaders facing today’s pressures.

I center strategies on customers, crafting experiences that deliver value through user-centered design. This approach ensures businesses meet client needs, not just tech goals—driving loyalty and impact in a competitive world. Design thinking is my tool for transformation.

Customer focussed design

Co-Creation and Collaboration

I thrive on co-creating with stakeholders—within organizations or across sectors—to unlock innovation. This collaborative approach solves complex challenges, aligning leaders, teams, and partners for shared success. It’s the heart of my strategy design process

Leadership & Governance

With extensive board and executive experience, I’ve guided organisations through transformation and growth. As Chair of Care App, I shaped technology and investment strategies for aged care innovation. On boards like Health Partners and Zahra Foundation, I drove data-led decisions and fundraising success. This leadership perspective ensures my consulting delivers executable, boardroom-ready strategies.

Good Design Award Winner: Gold // for design strategy

The Ideas and Innovation hub
  • Engaged RSB staff over 6 months

  • 100 ideas were taken through the accelerator process

  • 40 ideas were shortlisted

  • 10 were identified as viable

  • 4 business model options were developed with detailed implementation plans

“How do we become more innovative, creative and competitive in a new world?”

– Client // Kathryn Gallina (Executive manager, RSB)

Boeing Internal Startup Accelerator

Designed and led a startup accelerator program for a major aerospace and defence company, driving innovation from within.

Building Business, not just tech

I focus on building sustainable businesses, not just implementing tech. My strategies prioritise business models, growth, and value creation—using technology, like AI, as a support, not the star. This ensures long-term impact for leaders facing today’s pressures.

Increase customer sales cycle time

We used Ai to create an instant quote generator, decreased employee time and increased sales cycle time.

Save Staff Time and Increase Compliance

We used Ai to create an internal chatbot that understands policies and procedures for NDIS and decrease staff time and increase compliance.

Customer Focussed Design

Growth Lab – Collaborative Business Models in Health, Ageing, Disability (2015-2018)

Designed, created and faciliated an innovation lab engaging 120 ecosystem innovators across 100 organisations.

Cross-Sector Collaboration

Energy Action Lab, Australia:

Designed and ran accelerator for energy sector innovation.

AUKUS-Related Initiatives (2022-2024):

Facilitated cross-sector collaborations to enhance Australia's capabilities in critical defence technologies.

Mission-Driven Economic Strategy (2023-2024):

Led cross-agency collaboration to implement Australia’s first Mission-driven economic strategy, transforming South Australia’s economy.

Mission-Driven Transformation for Government

Housing Policy Sprint (2023):

Facilitated design sprint to create innovative housing policy, demonstrating application of design thinking to complex policy challenges.

User-Centred Design Implementation, Federal Department of Employment (2015-16):

Spearheaded practical implementation of UCD principles in Federal Government context.

I led cross-agency collaboration to implement South Australia’s first Mission-driven economic strategy, working with executives to transform the region’s economy through strategic alignment—navigating complex policy and stakeholder dynamics.

Extensive national experience working with Federal, State and Local governments.

10-year Corporate Plan for SA Water : Zero Energy

Developed a strategic roadmap for SA Water, focusing on sustainable long-term growth

Leadership & Governance

Board Strategy for Green Industries SA:

Facilitated board-level strategic development, focusing on environmental sustainability.

Strategic Board Planning, Renew Adelaide:

Facilitated strategic planning for a non-profit, enhancing strategic focus

With extensive board and executive experience, I’ve guided organisations through transformation and growth.

As Chair of Care App, I shaped technology and investment strategies for aged care innovation.

AICD Member and on boards like Health Partners and Zahra Foundation, I drove data-led decisions and fundraising success. This leadership perspective ensures my consulting delivers executable, boardroom-ready strategies for SMEs, NDIS providers, and aged care leaders.