Superpowers:

• building energy and coalitions at scale

• connecting dots between social good and business impact

• aligning and building clarity for complex stakeholders

• creating clarity in high ambiguity

• principled strategy and operational efficiency at scale

• leading a diverse project portfolio across product, programs, partnerships

• helping large organizations navigate change

Bio

Margaret explores the intersection between culture, philosophy, humanity, education, and, technology.

Margaret's career as a strategist and educator has placed her on the forefront of product innovation and organizational transformation with companies like Target, Pepsico, AT&T, and, Samsung. She synthesizes complex learning into a strategic vision of the direction that a business should pursue AND a plan to make it real.

Her passion for identifying latent human needs, framing opportunities, and fueling experimentation has taken her to over 40 countries. She’s facilitated sessions with NGOs, research institutions, and senior executives on topics ranging from Blockchain for supply chain sustainability in Africa to What makes a marriage last.

Margaret is a founder of Inclusive Design at Microsoft. Her work in embracing human diversity to create equitable experiences with Inclusive Design has won multiple awards, been featured at the UN General Assembly, the World Economic Forum, and was featured in the Smithsonian – Cooper Hewitt Design Museum. It has changed how millions around the world create products and programs. Her courses have been attended by over 50,000 at Microsoft and are taught in 60 universities around the world.

Margaret founded a resilience program that’s been called “life changing” by students around the world. The program was a featured Stanford Social Innovation Review case study.  As a revered industry influencer Margaret speaks globally, pre-COVID at SXSW, the Smithsonian – Cooper Hewitt, and a UN General Assembly event for AI in Education.