About Mike Youngblood
The Youngblood Group is led by Mike Youngblood, an author, educator, and consultant working at the intersection of social science and human-centered design. His recent clients include Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, and the Gates Foundation.
Mike's current work in social justice and sustainability builds on his previous experience envisioning solutions for top-tier clients in a wide ranging industries, including financial services, transportation, telecommunications, consumer technology, food and nutrition, education, and healthcare. In his ethnographic work, Mike has conducted research with people around the globe—including North African camel herders, Arctic fishermen, South Asian subsistence farmers, Japanese motorcycle enthusiasts, South American cancer patients, and North American small business owners.
Mike holds a Ph.D. in cultural anthropology. He has taught at the School for International Training, the masters program in Social Design at the Maryland Institute College of Art, the UC-Berkeley Haas School of Business, and the Hasso Plattner Institute of Design at Stanford University.
