Strategy + Creativity + Design + Conversation = Ideas & Engagement & Community & Impact. Add good food = magic.
I am an organizational leader, strategic advisor, storyteller, engagement specialist, community builder, & certified leadership coach with a strong belief in the power of design, ideas, creativity, & conversation as catalysts for positive change and social impact.
Prior to graphic arts & communication design, I studied business administration and fine arts during my undergraduate degree. I founded and managed the strategic design consultancy Industrial Brand for 20 years, using my background in research, strategy, identity, design, and creative process to help organizations realize brand and marketing potential.
More recently, as a director and advisor for architecture and design firms like HCMA, MGA, Human Studio, and others, I played a key leadership role in expanding interdisciplinary design and engagement practice, refining brand messaging and storytelling, and leading community and culture programs that shifted perspectives to explore, experiment, and seek new discoveries, approaches, and opportunities outside of traditional architecture.
As a certified designer and Fellow of Design Professionals of Canada (formerly GDC), my career has put me on the frontier of applying design methods to social and strategic questions in business, community, and the arts. I am an outspoken design industry writer, speaker, activist, as well as an educator, mentor, and advisor.
I am driven by a desire to extract learnings and process innovation from a variety of design practices, and am fascinated by new and emerging technologies and the revolutionary impact they have on humanity and the environments in which they live. As a burgeoning urbanist with a new perspective, my skills as a creativity and process facilitator, educator, and engagement strategist have allowed me to build communities, host conversations, facilitate workshops, and produce events in a variety of sizes and forms.
My personality types are DISC Id (Influencer), 16-Personality Types ENFP, and Enneagram 7/8. So what? Well, that means I am enthusiastic and tend to communicate with casual language, bold statements, and a focus on the big picture, and is energized by leading a group, experiencing new things, and exploration & discovery. Check out my full personality profile here: https://www.crystalknows.com/p/markbusse
