How One Bold Career Decision Positioned Me for the Future of Artificial Intelligence, Wellness, and Global Innovation
By Annick Lewis
Founder, MyGreenBalance
There are moments in every career when the next step isn't about changing jobs. It's about recognising that everything you've spent years building has quietly prepared you for an entirely different level of contribution.
For me, that moment did not arrive overnight. It has been fifteen years in the making. Story Time.
Google sits at the centre of how people search, learn, work and make decisions. My value is in helping translate AI into trusted human-centred products that improve health, behaviour, workplace performance and everyday life at global scale.
Microsoft
Microsoft is shaping the future of work through enterprise AI, productivity platforms and digital collaboration. I bring a rare blend of corporate wellness, behavioural science, executive coaching and SaaS experience that can help organizations adopt AI in ways employees actually understand, trust and use.
Tesla
Tesla represents performance, engineering discipline and the future of human-machine systems. My contribution would be helping connect innovation with workforce health, resilience, safety, productivity and sustainable human performance across high-demand environments.
TikTok
TikTok understands attention, culture, behaviour and the speed at which people adopt new ideas. I can bring health, wellness, behavioural science and responsible AI thinking into products and partnerships that improve digital wellbeing while strengthening trust and long-term user value.
Bank of America
Bank of America serves people at moments where trust, financial wellbeing and life decisions matter deeply. My value is in connecting employee wellness, customer behaviour, AI-supported education and human-centred financial health into measurable corporate and client impact.
OpenAI / ChatGPT
OpenAI is building technology that will redefine how people think, work, learn and solve problems. My contribution is helping ensure that AI is not only powerful, but deeply human-centred, trusted and useful in health, workplace wellbeing, executive decision-making and behaviour change.
PayPal
PayPal sits at the intersection of trust, access, digital payments and everyday financial behaviour. I can help strengthen the human side of fintech by connecting behavioural insight, wellness, customer confidence, AI adoption and financial empowerment.
SpaceX
SpaceX is building for environments where performance, resilience and mission discipline are non-negotiable. My value would be in helping support the human-performance layer behind innovation: cognitive readiness, workforce wellness, recovery, safety culture and long-term operational endurance.
Apple Pay
Apple Pay reflects the power of simple, trusted technology embedded into daily life. I can help connect digital trust, behavioural design, wellness, financial wellbeing and AI-supported customer experiences in ways that feel intuitive, premium and human.
Rolex
Rolex represents precision, endurance, excellence and legacy. My value aligns with that standard: building long-term wellness, performance and leadership systems that strengthen people, protect reputation and create measurable impact over time.
Cartier
Cartier understands heritage, emotional value, identity and the psychology of aspiration. I can bring a refined human-centred lens to wellness, leadership, luxury client experience and employee performance in a way that protects excellence while modernizing for the future.
When people imagine relocating internationally for work, they often picture leaving one chapter behind to begin another. I have never viewed my future that way. My vision has always been to expand what I have already built, not replace it. MyGreenBalance was never designed to be a stepping stone to another career. It became the foundation that prepared me for the executive opportunities now emerging at the intersection of artificial intelligence, digital health, corporate wellbeing, and human-centred innovation.
As artificial intelligence reshapes industries around the world, I find myself reflecting on an interesting reality. I did not build my career around artificial intelligence because it became popular. I built my career around people, believing that technology would eventually become one of the most important tools for improving human health, workplace wellbeing, and organisational performance.
Long before executive teams were discussing AI governance, digital copilots, AI safety, responsible AI, and enterprise transformation, I was intentionally developing the capabilities that those conversations would eventually require.
That journey began with health.
My foundation in nutrition, weight management, public health, executive coaching, corporate wellness, and behavioural science taught me something that has remained true throughout my career. Technology does not change lives on its own. People do. The most successful innovations are those designed around human behaviour, trust, communication, and meaningful outcomes.
As my career developed, I deliberately broadened my expertise into entrepreneurship, digital health partnerships, product strategy, publishing, brand development, and commercial leadership. At the time, those choices appeared unconventional. Looking back, I now understand they were preparing me for a profession that had not yet been fully defined.
One of the most intentional decisions I made was entering the Software-as-a-Service industry.
Working with Pivotal Digital, an artificial intelligence software company, was never simply about selling AI agents. I wanted to understand how world-class technology businesses commercialise innovation, build recurring revenue, create long-term customer relationships, and help organisations adopt transformative technology with confidence.
Every executive conversation became a lesson in commercial strategy.
I learned how leaders evaluate technology investments, how organisations manage digital transformation, and why even the most sophisticated technology succeeds only when people understand its purpose. Selling AI solutions was never the destination. Developing commercial intelligence became another capability that strengthened my ability to contribute at executive level.
At the same time, I continued investing in formal AI education, successfully completing professional AI training and examinations because I believed understanding the technology was only one part of the equation. I wanted to understand how intelligent systems could support healthier workplaces, improve healthcare delivery, strengthen product design, and create measurable value for organisations across multiple industries.
Another defining experience came through contributing to application development alongside the founder of Microsoft Teams. That collaboration reinforced one of the principles that continues to guide my thinking today. Great technology is not remembered because it is technically impressive. It becomes indispensable because it feels intuitive, removes unnecessary friction, and allows people to focus on what matters most.
Every experience strengthened the next.
Looking back, I no longer see my career as a collection of different professions. I see one integrated discipline.
Nutrition taught me how people function.
Public health taught me how communities thrive.
Behavioural science explained why people embrace or resist change.
Executive coaching deepened my understanding of leadership.
Entrepreneurship taught me resilience and commercial thinking.
Software-as-a-Service strengthened my understanding of enterprise technology.
Artificial intelligence connected every one of those disciplines into a single strategic perspective.
The roles now emerging across AI product strategy, enterprise transformation, digital health, responsible AI, workplace wellbeing, and human-centred innovation feel remarkably familiar because they draw upon capabilities I have been intentionally developing for years.
That realisation has changed the way I think about the future.
I am no longer searching for another job.
I am seeking the right executive partnership.
The organisations that inspire me are building technology capable of improving millions of lives. They are investing in artificial intelligence, digital health, life sciences, enterprise platforms, workplace transformation, and human-centred innovation. These are the environments where multidisciplinary thinking becomes a competitive advantage.
The opportunity I am seeking is one where I can continue growing MyGreenBalance while contributing to an organisation whose mission aligns with my own: building intelligent products that strengthen health, improve performance, and create better human experiences.
For me, success has never been measured by a job title alone.
It is measured by impact.
It is measured by helping engineers understand behaviour, helping healthcare professionals embrace technology, helping executives see wellness as a strategic investment, and helping organisations create products that people genuinely trust and use.
That is where I believe I create the greatest value.
If the next generation of artificial intelligence is going to shape how we work, learn, heal, and connect, then it deserves leaders who understand both technology and humanity with equal depth.
That has become the purpose behind everything I have spent the last fifteen years building.
Looking back, I realise I was never preparing for the career I had.
I was preparing for the career that was still being invented.
Today, those opportunities are no longer theoretical.
They are becoming some of the most important executive roles in the global economy.
I believe the next chapter of my journey belongs inside an organisation that shares this vision—one that recognises that the future of artificial intelligence is not only about what technology can do, but about what people become when it is designed with wisdom, responsibility, and purpose.
That conversation is the one I have spent fifteen years preparing to have.
— Annick Lewis
Founder, MyGreenBalance
AI Wellness Product Strategist | Executive Health Coach | Public Health Consultant | Digital Health & AI Partnerships | Life Science Entrepreneur