AIYEMOBISI “Bisi” WILLIAMS

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Co-Founder and Chief Insights and Analytics Officer of Massive Change Network (MCN), Aiyemobisi “Bisi” Williams is a global thought leader who is deeply curious about the socio-emotional effects of how change is embraced and absorbed. Bisi’s unique design approach holistically bridges the worlds of data, stories and the humanities to probe new ways of thinking and doing. 

Known for her fact-based optimism in the healthcare space, Bisi co-hosts “Health2049,” a groundbreaking research podcast that invites experts to share their visions for the future of health and wellness. Entering its third season, the podcast has been downloaded in over 60 countries. 

Along with MCN co-founder, Bruce Mau, Bisi created Massive Action to inspire and empower 100 million designers who can accelerate positive change through life-centered design. A global multidisciplinary immersive learning initiative to collectively design a better future, Massive Action launched in September 2022. The inaugural project was a collaboration between MCN and University of New South Wales Arts, Design & Architecture (UNSW ADA) to translate MCN’s foundational MC24 Design Principles into action prototypes that address Sydney’s most urgent challenges. 

As a design leader, Bisi was invited by the Design and Crafts Council of Ireland (DCCI) to head Design Week Ireland’s “Conversations In Design: Designing for Diversity & Inclusion.” Additionally, she was pinned as a judge by global architecture, design and planning firm Gensler to adjudicate the 2021 Gensler Research + Innovation Awards (GRIA) program. Bisi has presented on the topic of design innovation at numerous conferences, including What Design Can Do (WDCD) in Amsterdam and The Human Element Communications Consortium hosted by Johnson & Johnson. 

A design visionary, advocate, and educator, Bisi serves as an executive strategist, curricular advisor and design lecturer at multiple higher education institutions. Bisi’s various roles include: Senior Advisor to the Dean and Director of the Herberger Institute for Design at Arizona State University; adjunct senior lecturer and member of the Arts, Design & Architecture Academic and Executive Team at the University of New South Wales; academic advisor at the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University; and featured guest lecturer at the Central Academy of Fine Arts (CAFA) in Beijing.

An active philanthropist, Bisi has provided significant consultation in actualizing resource goals for the Shedd Aquarium, Ravinia Festival, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago’s Fashion Department and the Winnetka Public Schools Foundation. She is a member of the Baycrest Academy for Research and Education in Toronto. Bisi lives in the Chicagoland area with her husband, Bruce Mau, in the home where they raised their three daughters.

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