Simon Mhanna
Design Leader & Innovation Consultant, The Moment
Simon’s career has spanned multiple countries (North America, MENA, the Gulf, Europe and Africa), industries from start-ups to multinationals and not-for-profits, and disciplines from creative direction and human-centered design, research and strategy, education and facilitation, to leadership and change. His background is in design, business and communications.
Simon is an Innovation Designer at The Moment where he partners with leaders and teams to set their organizations firmly on the path to real change. In addition, Simon has been leading conversations on the Future of Work in Canada, believing the future can and should be human first. He played a critical role in transitioning The Moment to Teal and Holacracy to become the first self-managing Innovation Design studio in Canada. He is a founding member of Brave Works: a community of leaders pursuing purpose, self-management and wholeness in Canada.
Simon is an Assistant Professor, he taught a range of design and communication courses, published and presented his research at several international conferences. Currently he teaches at The Institute Without Boundaries. Simon is also a Strategic Advisor for DesignTO, Canada’s largest cultural design week.
Courses
DESN 4012 Product, Systems and Service Design
“The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read and write, but those who can’t learn, unlearn, and relearn.”
– Alvin Tofler
“If you want to innovate, you need to be one part humanist, one part technologist, and one part capitalist.”
– Lou Lenzi