Michael Held🇺🇸

Vice President Design at Steelcase

About Michael Held

Vice President Design at Steelcase

Hi, I am an experienced global design leader, thinker and doer and love to build, inspire and work with diverse, multi-disciplinary teams. My experience is broad, cross-functional throughout the whole product development cycle and I have a proven track record of successful design leadership across industries and geographies, including but not limited to people research, trend/market/data analysis, value proposition and business plan creation, product/interaction/communication and user experience design. I believe the key challenge for design today is not to tackle known opportunities for growth but to be curious, remain open and to accept responsibility for our work. Making ourselves uncomfortable and also radical ideas tangible help demonstrate potential for change. Without critical thinking and dialogue on choices there are no preferable futures.

Expertise

DesignProductMarketingIndustrial DesignUsability TestingProduct strategyPrototypingCollaborationCritical-thinkingPresentation skillsLeadershipBrand strategy

Sessions with Michael Held

Mentorship Session (30 min): Mentorship session