In this episode, I speak with Mica Le John. Mica is a writer, technologist, and educator, and the CEO and co-founder of 2SWIM, a social messaging app with an emphasis on close connections and private communities.&nbsp;2SWIM will be for everybody but is currently invite-only for POC-, LGBTQ+-, and/or womxn-centric communities, creators and brands (and their allies).&nbsp;
How have online communities changed in the light of the COVID-19 crisis?&nbsp;
How can we reimagine these virtual communities to moved them from being spaces for performance to spaces for engagement?&nbsp;
Can social networks generate value for users instead of extracting it?

Season I / Episode 7: It starts with the people

What if we could redesign the systems that don't work? Design Influence is about exploring how we can use business and design to reimagine the world’s constructs. In other words it’s about adventures in entrepreneurship, social innovation and capital.