Design Strategy and Social Entrepreneurship with Matthew Manos
Designing Schools
English - January 15, 2020 17:00 - 41 minutes - 56.5 MBEntrepreneurship Business Education Self-Improvement designthinking educationleadership k12education Homepage Download Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
It is with great enthusiasm that I introduce you to Matthew Manos. He doesn’t just practice at the intersection of design, technology, entrepreneurship and innovation, he teaches you how as well.
He is an award winning design strategist, founder and managing director of VeryNice, a design strategy firm that designs and facilitates workshops for creative problem solving.
He’s also the assistant dean and professor at Iovine and Young Academy, a school at the University of Southern California, that brings together design, business, and technology in order to create the next generation of entrepreneurs and innovators.
Forbes calls him a crazy genius and HOW magazine recognized him as one of the top 100 most influential creatives working today and he’s also the author of, “Toward a Preemptive Social Enterprise.”
In this episode Matthew shares:
How he launched a business at 16 years old The role of design strategy How you enhance and nurture a creative mindset The value of being a professor and practitioner The future of social entrepreneurship His plans for the future
There’s a quote by George Bernard Shaw where he says, “You see things; and you say, ‘Why?' But I dream things that never were; and I say, ‘Why not?” Matthew isn’t afraid to dream and he’s created the tools and resources to help make your dreams come true as well. I hope you all enjoy my conversation with Matthew Manos, and as always tag us online and share your thoughts and takeaways.
You can connect with Matthew on Instagram @veryniceinstagram and you can find the resources he mentions at verynice.co and modelsofimpact.co
You can connect with me, Sabba on Instagram and Twitter @AskMsQ or visit my website askmsq.com.