Designing Schools

What is happening? 

Where is it happening?

Why is it happening? 

These are the three questions Dr. Tomi Kauppinen believes everyone should be asking when making sense of the world around them. Today I’m talking with Tomi about how we can all become better storytellers through what he calls information visualization.

Tomi is a professor of information visualization and cognitive systems at Aalto University in Finland and holds a Phd in media technology. Tomi teachers at the intersection of design, technology, innovation and entrepreneurship at Aalto. He is the coordinator for Aalto Online Learning, a strategic development project at Aalto university. He’s the cohost of a podcast called Cloud Reachers and he’s regularly invited to deliver keynotes across the world

In this episode Tomi shares:

• Why Aalto University in Finland wanted to merge their universities into a multidisciplinary environment
• How we can move from competitive to collaborative cultures
• Solving the information literacy challenge
• Using stories to reframe challenges into opportunities

There’s a quote by Michael Margolis where he says, “The stories we tell literally make the world. If you want to change the world, you need to change your story. This truth applies both to individuals and institutions.” In a world where we are overwhelmed and often controlled by the data and information around us, Tomi shares the strategies and skills to be critical consumers and storytellers. I hope you all enjoy my conversation with Dr. Tomi Kauppinen, and as always we’d love if you tag us online and share your thoughts and takeaways. 

You can connect with Tomi on Twitter @LinkedScience, or on LinkedIn. Listen to his podcast Cloud Reachers. You can learn more about Aalto Online Learning here. 

You can connect with me, Sabba on Instagram and Twitter @AskMsQ or visit my website askmsq.com.

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.

Are the skills we need to thrive in a rapidly changing world ones that we have had all along? Is it that we need to learn new skills or do we need to unlearn old ones? In this episode with Duncan Wardle, former VP of Creativity and Innovation at Disney and international speaker on design thinking, shares the four skills he believes you already have that a machine cannot replace - creativity, intuition, curiosity and imagination. We discuss what design thinking is and how it can help you enhance and strengthen these four key skills that you’ll need to thrive in this upcoming decade and beyond.

We’d love to hear your thoughts and questions about the episode, reach out to us or take a screenshot and tag us in a post online.

To connect with Duncan

Website: https://duncanwardle.com

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/duncanwardle/

To connect with Me, Sabba

Website: https://www.askmsq.com 

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/askmsq 

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sabba-quidwai 

To listen on Sabba's website: https://askmsq.com/blog-home/duncan-wardle-we-were-all-born-design-thinkers

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