Hi! I'm your buddy, Meg!
The world trained us to be "normal" and the future deserves better. I'm showing adults how to question everything, be bravely human, play hard, and make what only their brains can.
So we can save the world, together!
The world made us boring on purpose
Look around! Every condo building looks the same. Every company culture preaches the same values. Every tech site uses the same gradient and the same fonts and the same little illustrations. Every teen is wearing the same North Face puffer / baggy jean / UGG boot combo!!! It is suspicious!
The world decided you need to be "normal" and is doing everything it can to keep you there. When we all follow the same rules, follow the same patterns, and suppress our unique selves to fit in, it feels safe. Easy! Companies copy companies, trends copy trends, and everyone gets to keep doing what everyone else is already doing. So we're pushed away from what makes us unique (our humanity, our joy, our curiosity, our ability to love and play) until businesses become forgettable, individuals stop shining, and we forget what our brains can do.
And then! Somewhere along the way, we confused our beige, boring, "normal" selves with who we actually are.
The kid you were before the world got to you is still in there! They're desperate to play, innovate, and change the world. We just have to find your way back to them!
Why I'm the one doing this
I was a kid in the 90s. My dad traveled for work, so I watched a lot of TV. Kids TV in the 90s had themes like "Love your neighbor!" "Share your feelings!" "Stay curious!" But I noticed the actual adults around me weren't doing any of that. They were stressed, obsessed with money, mean to each other in small ways, and complaining about everything.
So I started asking why, but their answers never really held up. Eventually it became obvious: the adults had no idea what they were doing. So kid Meg made a secret decision. Someday it would be my job to fix everything!
As I grew up, I studied how the world quickly taught my fellow kids to shut up, follow the rules, stay in line, and strive to be the best at all costs. And those kids grew into adults that were obsessed with winning, being the best, and hating every part of what makes them most unique.
Eventually, my dad got early-onset dementia. Our last conversations were always apologies. He'd prioritized climbing the ladder, missed everything, and spent his life focused on the wrong things.
While he was dying, by his bedside, I told him my secret and I made him a promise: I'm going to do everything I can to fix everything.
This career of mine is me keeping my promise.
It started with design
My career began as a designer working to bring energy and light to boring brands. Until one day I realized I had something important to say! My greatest impact is my ability to help adults undo, unlearn, and ungrow-up. While I don't take on many design clients these days, I do when the alignment is right. If you feel like your thing is a match, reach out!
See the design archive → boop@meglewis.com
So here's what I actually do!
Four ways to undo, unlearn, and ungrow-up: for you, your team, your event, and your inbox!
Learning
Online courses
IRL workshops
Intensives
Courses and workshops where you unlearn the rules of being a "normal" adult and build a career, style, and life made just for you!
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Team experiences
Workshops
Keynote talks
Consulting
Science-backed innovation training, delivered through play! Keynotes, workshops, and consulting that boost morale and teach teams The Speed of Fun Methodology.
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Talks
Conferences
Events
Corporate
The Grown-Up's Guide to Growing Down is part stand-up comedy, part performance art, part recess. Audiences laugh, cry, and leave excited that the future needs them!
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Essays
Free
First dibs on live dates
My newsletter of big thoughts about unlearning boring normalcy. Essays about who we were before the world told us to be instead, and how to get back there!
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The receipts
Helping the world's biggest brands and millions of individuals be less boring since 2012.
300+
brands transformed
200+
events spoken at
20+
teams taught
1M+
individuals taught
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Identity!
🏳️🌈 I'm a non-binary creative. Mix it up with my pronouns and use any/all interchangeably. Have fun with it! I sure do!
Past adventures!
- I had a comedy mindfulness podcast called Sit There & Do Nothing!
- I hosted Dribbble's Overtime podcast!
- I used to own a creative agency called Ghostly Ferns!
- I used to run a coworking space called Fool Proof!
- I used to run a tech startup called Souted!
- I used to be adjunct faculty at Parsons School of Design!
My favorite things!
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