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Michal Ziso is the founder of ZISO, a studio at the intersection of architecture, innovation, space and human equality based in Tel Aviv; and a Space Architect focused on human experience.
A visionary architect practicing for almost a decade in Israel and NYC, Michal has extensive experience in skyscrapers and large scale urban projects. A graduate of the Technion, she also served in the elite IDF Intelligence Unit 8200.
She is a two time TEDx speaker (TEDxISU + TEDxJaffaWomen) a lecturer at prestigious universities and organizations around the world as well as a mentor, she talks about creative and flexible thinking, with a mission to create an environment fitting to all humans. Michal is actively working for diversity & human equality collaborating with the UN SDG and UNOOSA.
Michal Ziso
Architect, Founder
English, Hebrew
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Tel Aviv, Israel
Can also give an online talk/webinar
Paid only. Contact speaker for pricing!
MY TALKS
FINDING YOUR EDGE: FROM ARCHITECT TO (OUTER) SPACE ARCHITECT
Soft Skills, Professional Development, Design, Entrepreneurship, Diversity and Inclusion, Innovation, Inspirational, Product, General, Women in Tech, Business Development, Community / Networking
As competition in all industries intensifies, it is more important than ever to focus on innovation and
creativity to differentiate yourself from your competitors.
This inspirational talk, based on Michal’s TEDx talk at the International Space University,
is a taste of the unique journey of becoming a space architect, the a-ah moments, points of impact and dreaming big!
The talk discusses 3 main points:
1. Why do you do what you do and how to define your niche / competitive edge?
2. What is the value in understanding the time we are living in?
3. How to shift point of view and to see things on various perspectives to stay ahead of the curve?
FOSTERING INNOVATIVE MINDSETS: CREATIVE THINKING TOOLS (FROM EARTH AND BEYOND)
Professional Development, Product, Design, Diversity and Inclusion, Innovation, Soft Skills, General, Entrepreneurship
The World Economic Forum (WEF) listed ‘Innovation Professionals’ as a rising future job. In this workshop, you will learn techniques that will enable you to make the first steps towards becoming just that!
Through the workshop, you will be encouraged to question everything you know & even your own creative decisions.
You will receive practical tools you can use everyday and get the chance to practice them using unconventional settings like completely different planets.
By the end, you will be able to break your own thought patterns with a practical toolbox to be used when new and innovative ideas are needed to be achieved.
This workshop answers:
1. Why innovation doesn’t come easy?
2. How to overcome personal biases and fixations?
3. How to use creative thinking to come up with innovative solutions?
IMPACT ECONOMY: BECOMING CHANGE AGENTS
Soft Skills, Women in Tech, Inspirational, Innovation, Diversity and Inclusion, Entrepreneurship, Design, Professional Development, Product, Leadership
Cultivating the capability to create, innovate and disrupt is essential not only to your personal success but also to push humanity forward and propell us as global citizens. Can we get more out of the short time we get on this blue planet and can we help others by doing so?
In this talk, based on Michal’s TEDx talk ‘Equality Lessons From Mars’, and ZISO’s experience as UN SDG Action Partners, you will learn how to begin questioning our surroundings in order to promote change in an equality driven, innovative way and become change agents.
By the end of this talk, you will understand the unique opportunities you have to create impact and manifast change.
DIVERSITY & INCLUSION PERSPECTIVES: HOW TO MAKE UNBIASED DECISIONS
Diversity and Inclusion, Women in Tech, Inspirational, Soft Skills, Entrepreneurship, Leadership
As humans who have walked this earth a few decades, we think of ourselves as rational and objective beings, especially when faced with a decision. The truth is, we all have unconscious biases that constantly cloud our judgement.
As professionals, acknowledging our own biases is imperative in creating better workplaces and products that are inclusive and account for all potential users.
In this workshop you will learn & practice:
1. What is implicit bias and what kinds of biases are out there?
2. What are your own biases & where did they come from in your personal life journey?
3. How to make unbiased decisions in work and in life?
SPACE ARCHITECTURE: DESIGNING RESILIENT DESIRABLE FUTURES
Entrepreneurship, Design, Innovation, Inspirational
We live in a fast and ever changinig world - from technology, to social structures, to climate and even our own needs and desires changes constantly, yet our built environment evolves very slowly. In order to bridge this gap we have to understand not only our time, but also our future.
In this talk we will discuss:
1. What is space architecture and how can it help us design resilient desirable futures on Earth?
2. How can we keep up with exponential growth and why thinking from first principles can be the key?
3. What is the importance of hindsight, insight and foresight when we think of our built environment as a systematic tool to prepare us for the futures?
FINDING YOUR EDGE: FROM ARCHITECT TO (OUTER) SPACE ARCHITECT
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IMPACT ECONOMY: BECOMING CHANGE AGENTS
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