Superpowers:
building energy and coalitions at scale
ensure a mutual understanding and alignment of objectives, priorities, and resources among large stakeholder groups
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
connecting dots between social good and business impact
creative problem-solving for big opportunities from framing AI innovation to building NGO partnership models
Bio
Margaret explores the intersection between culture, philosophy, humanity, education, and, technology.
Margaret's career as a strategist 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 romantic partner trust can teach us about building AI.
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 80,000 at Microsoft and are taught in 60 universities around the world. Inclusive Design was adopted by 30+ companies globally.
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.
Margaret recently launched Security guidelines and a toolkit for Microsoft employees to practically understand how to create user facing products with security in mind from the beginning.
