Named by Fortune Magazine as one of the Top 50 World’s Greatest Leaders, a recipient of the Muhammad Ali Humanitarian of the Year Award, and listed among the world’s most influential creative people by The Creativity 50, Mick Ebeling has sparked a movement of pragmatic, inspirational innovation. A career producer and filmmaker turned founder and CEO of Not Impossible Labs, Ebeling harnesses the power of technology and storytelling to change the world.
Ebeling founded Not Impossible — a multiple award-winning social innovation lab — on the simple premise that nothing is impossible. His mantra of “commit, then figure it out” empowers a diverse team of hackers, doers, makers, and thinkers... Read More
Named by Fortune Magazine as one of the Top 50 World’s Greatest Leaders, a recipient of the Muhammad Ali Humanitarian of the Year Award, and listed among the world’s most influential creative people by The Creativity 50, Mick Ebeling has sparked a movement of pragmatic, inspirational innovation. A career producer and filmmaker turned founder and CEO of Not Impossible Labs, Ebeling harnesses the power of technology and storytelling to change the world.
Ebeling founded Not Impossible — a multiple award-winning social innovation lab — on the simple premise that nothing is impossible. His mantra of “commit, then figure it out” empowers a diverse team of hackers, doers, makers, and thinkers to build devices that advance accessibility for all. This unconventional approach gave rise to acclaimed initiatives like the EyeWriter, Project Daniel, Don’s Voice, and Music: Not Impossible — restoring the ability to draw to a paraplegic street artist, delivering 3D-printed prosthetic arms to Sudanese amputees, giving voice to an ALS patient who hadn’t spoken in 15 years, and creating wearables that let deaf and hearing audiences alike experience music haptically in a “surround body” sensation.
Not Impossible has since grown beyond its roots as a technology incubator, spinning off two independent companies: Bento (gobento.com), a text-based service tackling food insecurity, and Vyb Life, a wearable medical device company focused on alleviating the symptoms of Parkinson’s disease, currently in clinical trials in both the US and EU.
Through partnerships with a wide array of Fortune 500 companies, Ebeling doesn’t just push the boundaries of innovation — he brings those stories to life. His narratives of overcoming seemingly impossible odds to “Help One. Help Many.” have moved people around the world to do the same.
His book, Not Impossible: The Art and Joy of Doing What Couldn’t Be Done, traces the experiences that led to the lab’s founding. Published in multiple languages and hailed by Nicholas Negroponte as “a unique and inspiring tale of brave abandon,” it stands as both memoir and manifesto.
Named one of Wired’s Agents of Change, a two-time SXSW Innovation of the Year winner, a two-time Tribeca Disruptor honoree, a fellow of The Nantucket Project, and a recipient of every major creative and advertising award, Ebeling remains on a mission to deliver “Technology for the Sake of Humanity.” By uniting passionate engineers, makers, idea generators, and storytellers, he is turning the inconceivable, the unbelievable, and the impossible into Not Impossible.
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