Dare to speak every creative language - Samuel Mensah-Bonsu

About this episode

Samuel Mensah-Bonsu discusses his creative journey and experiences in design and AI.

Sam Mensah Bonsu is a Creative Director and Experience Designer at Microsoft, part of a small team shaping how millions of people interact with AI through Copilot. ~ From tracing Dragon Ball Z printouts borrowed from his brother's college library, to creating a candy typeface that went viral in 2013, to landing at AKQA on the Nike Football account and later advising C-suite executives at McKinsey. Sam's career has been a masterclass in following curiosity with full commitment. He founde...

People in this episode

Host: Radim Malinic

Guest: Samuel Mensah-Bonsu

Topics covered

• creativity
• design
• AI
• experience design
• career development
• curiosity

Keywords

• creative director
• experience designer
• AI interaction
• Nike Football
• curiosity
• c-suite advisory

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Microsoft, AKQA, Nike, McKinsey

Books & works: Dragon Ball Z

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