Boyd Cohen (born 1970) is an urban and climate strategist working in the area of sustainable development and smart cities.

After working for three years with Accenture in the U.S., Cohen began his PhD studies in strategy and entrepreneurship at the University of Colorado (Boulder).

Some of Visible Strategies clients including Live Earth;[2] Beaverton, Oregon; Marin County, California and Albuquerque, New Mexico.

He began writing for Triple Pundit,[9] Fast Company,[10] the Huffington Post,[11] and UBM Future Cities.

[10] In 2014, Cohen joined forces with Esteve Almirall from ESADE in Barcelona, and Henry Chesbrough to launch a special issue of the California Management Review focused on cities, open innovation and the collaborative economy.

[13] In 2016, Cohen published The Emergence of the Urban Entrepreneur with a foreword by Richard Florida and support from Pablo Muñoz.