Michael Mendizza Interview

Michael Mendizza

One entrepreneur’s passion for Play, the state of optimum learning and performance, highlights its role in creativity and innovation.

Michael Mendizza is a documentary filmmaker, author, and educator. He’s the founder of Touch the Future, a nonprofit learning design center, and CEO of Nurturing, Inc., a support resource center for parents and early childcare providers. Mendizza spoke with Andrew Papageorge, GoInnovate’s Founder and Chief Innovator, about the state of optimum learning and performance, what athletes call the zone, researchers call flow and children call play. His book, Magical Parent-Magical Child, the Art of Joyful Parenting, co-authored with Joseph Chilton Pearce, applies research on optimum states to parenting, education and life.

Innovator Interview Michael Mendizza