Our Mission
At BubbleThink, we believe the early years of a child’s life are foundational. Curiosity is instinctive, imagination is abundant, and learning happens through play. We work with early learning centers, children’s museums, and early childhood development organizations around the world to strengthen the leadership, strategy, and systems that support this critical stage of childhood development.
We help early childhood development organizations build organizational strategy, navigate organizational transformation, and lead culture change so they can grow, adapt, and scale with intention. Our work blends business strategy, systems thinking, design thinking, and human-centered strategy to bring clarity to complex challenges and align mission with execution.
Through leadership development, executive development, capacity building, and strategic planning, we support organizations serving early learning and childhood education to become more effective, resilient, and future-ready. The result is stronger organizations - equipped to deliver meaningful, lasting impact for children, families, and communities through play-based learning.
Who We Serve
Children's Museums
We serve children’s museums and learning ecosystems, including STEM, arts-based, play-driven, and cultural institutions, that are committed to sparking curiosity, creativity, and meaningful learning experiences for children, families, and communities.
Early Childhood Development Centers
We serve early childhood development centers and networks, including early learning organizations, policy and advocacy groups, social enterprises, and nonprofits, working to strengthen early childhood systems and support children’s healthy development from the start.
What We Do
Strategy & Vision for Child Development Centers
We help organizations clarify their mission, vision, and strategic priorities. Through strategic planning and thoughtful facilitation, we align leadership teams around a shared direction so decisions are grounded, focused, and purposeful.
Organizational Effectiveness & Sustainability
Strong impact requires strong systems. We support organizations in strengthening their people, structures, and operational strategies to build adaptive, resilient organizations that can sustain their mission over time. Our work supports long-term organizational health, financial stability, and the ability to grow with intention.
Leadership, Culture & Governance
Healthy organizations are built through strong leadership. We support leadership development and executive development, cultivate values-aligned organizational cultures, and strengthen board governance so leaders and trustees govern with clarity and confidence. Our approach supports culture change, accountability, and shared purpose across the organization.
Executive Advisory for Leaders of Education Centers
We work one-on-one with CEOs and executive leaders to deepen self-awareness, presence, and conscious leadership capacity. Through reflective coaching and trusted partnership, we support leaders in leading with clarity, emotional intelligence, and resilience. As leaders grow, their impact ripples outward - strengthening leadership teams, shaping healthy organizational cultures, and improving overall organizational effectiveness.
Global Trends & Best Practices
The early learning and childhood development landscape is evolving rapidly. We bring cutting-edge global insights and play-forward best practices from across the space – all informed by whole-child development, wellbeing, and the social contexts shaping young minds. Our work helps organizations innovate with intention, design for the full human experience, and make future-ready decisions that support healthy, resilient children and families.
Sacred Play
Play is not optional — it is instinctive and foundational to the human condition and especially to early childhood development and wellbeing. We craft clear, research-informed messaging that elevates and centralizes the role of play in whole-child development. Our work helps organizations communicate the sacredness of play with credibility, clarity, and heart to families, funders, and the broader community.
What It's Like Working With Us.
Krishna is an exceptional strategist and transformational leader. During her tenure as CEO of the Children's Discovery Museum, where I served on the board, she achieved remarkable results in a short time—turning around a financially struggling organization from dangerously in the red to solidly in the black. Beyond the financial turnaround, she built and developed an outstanding senior leadership team and forged strategic partnerships that positioned the Museum for long-term growth. Krishna has a rare gift for identifying organizational gaps and creating clear paths from struggle to success. She is one of the most impressive leaders I've had the privilege to work with, and I would welcome the opportunity to collaborate with her again.
Alissa Hauser
Former Board Member of Children's Museum of Discovery
Working with Krishna is grounding and energizing at the same time. She combines intelligent strategic thinking with creativity and courage, helping others see what’s possible and how to get there.
Lauren Sundstrom
National Institute for Play
Krishna's prowess in her work emerges from an uncommon source - elegantly weaving together contradictions. She is thoughtful and intuitive. She is fierce and gentle. She is strategic and operational. She is market focused and process focused. She is caring and rational. Too often consultants and experts become myopic in their singular view and approach. Krishna is not myopic, she is integrated. Every time I engage with Krishna I feel energized and satisfied. And I am utterly confident that her guidance and expertise are trustworthy, steadfast, and intended for my success and achievement - like her guidance on our business strategy and go to market approach.
Eric Kaufmann
CEO of Sagatica