Mike Sakowski

IDEO

As a leader in IDEO's climate practice, I'm excited about applying human centered design to climate era challenges because design brings tangibility and clarity that moves us from concepts and frameworks to projects and deployment. I've worked across technology, healthcare, the public sector and financial services, but my biggest focus has been in food. I've worked closely on regenerative farming, food waste, and other topics, thinking about how mobilizing business differently brings about more durable progress. Right now, my energy is focused on popularizing the potential of nature-based solutions in close collaboration with leading conservation organizations and other planet positive NGO's. I am also starting to work more closely with NASA and other like-minded start-up's on the pipeline of tools and technologies that can help climate leaders spot nature-based opportunities and make plans to implement. I'm excited to learn what everyone is working on!