Mathew Mytka {m3}

MORAL IMAGINEER

Dreaming up better ethical inclusive preferable responsible wiser futures together and making them real.

About {m3}

An Earthian living on and learning from the Country of the Bidjigal and Kamay clans of the Dharawal Nation, in Sydney, Australia.

I’m a responsible innovation practitioner and moral imagineer. An educator, social entrepreneur, UX designer and systems change practitioner. I’m a father, husband, creative biomimicrist and public policy advocate and imagination activist.

I’m the cofounder of the social venture Tethix and an experienced strategist, technologist, designer and responsible innovation leader with a combined 20 years’ of product, project and program management experience across various sectors. Over the past decade I’ve traversed domains. From working in startups through to leading complex projects with federal governments and Fortune 500 tech companies at the intersection of ethics, trust and digital technologies.

Of the many multitudes, I’m a creative, poet and philosopher. We all contain multitudes. And I see you in me and me in you.

I am, like you, composed of materials born in stars. Energy that has existed since the dawn of time and space. I am life. Change. Learning. Information. Knowledge. Wisdom. It’s encoded in me. In you. In all of us humans on spaceship earth. Us Earthians.

I believe we can collectively design a better world. One where technological change is not driven by competition and conflict but by compassion, care and cooperation. A world where we recognise our shared humanity and develop a more mutualistic relationship with the ecologies we rely upon for life. A world where our creative energy and power is directed towards livingry.

Bring about a world future generations will be proud to inherit.

Interested in the {m3} origin story? Dive in here.

When I first started working with Mat, I had little or no appreciation of topics such as data ethics and human centred design, and how to use frameworks to apply principles of these in a considered and thoughtful way. The first version of Regional Australia Bank's CDR Policy and embedded CDR loan affordability consent processes owe much to Mat's mind, his tenacious focus on outcomes, and his ability to squash flies by embracing ambiguity. If you get the chance to tap into his thinking, you will benefit from it greatly 🙏
Rob Hale
Rob HaleBoard Advisor and Former Bank CIO
I have loved working with Mat in our collaboration on trust and operationalising trustworthiness in tech and beyond. So many in this field get by with some good spiel and a superficial knowledge; scratch the surface and there is nothing beneath. Mat is not one of those. He has a deep operational understanding of what makes organisations work well, which combined with great empathy and mindfulness of the people within these organisations, makes him quite unusual in my experience. He is also just kind and patient and lovely to work with.
Hilary Sutcliffe
Hilary SutcliffeDirector SocietyInside and The Addiction Economy
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Recent Blogs

The Tension of Avoiding the Bad vs Optimising for the Good

Some post event reflections on working towards better in a world of zero-sum game playing.

Moral Imagineering: A New Path for A Diverse, Equitable and Inclusive Future

A brief outline of Moral Imagineering. Highlighting the importance of inclusive, collective action and wiser innovation in addressing our complex societal challenges.
Image with the words "Moral Imagineering is about dreaming up better futures together and making them real."

Moral Imagineering and Navigating the Great Phase Transition

A personal story and outline of Moral Imagineering and its role in helping us navigate the entangled crises of our times.

The C’s in the Consumer Data Right

To future proof the success of the Consumer Data Right we must reinforce the importance of community and the benefits of coopetition.

Interpretation of Hip Hop Track “Ai Inside”

This is an expansion on themes I covered in “Ai Inside”, an introspective hip-hop song exploring the complex relationship between humanity and artificial intelligence.

The Need For Shared Learning and Open Data Innovation Environments

First part in a series exploring the wicked problem of the Consumer Data Right reform in Australia and New Zealand and the need for Open Data Innovation Environments.

In this together

Amidst the confluence of crises within and beyond crises, we are in this together. We need to overcome our challenges. This poem is an expression of active hope towards our metacrisis.

Operationalising data ethics and the forces of change

To operationalise data ethics you need to grasp the forces of change, the behaviours now and what are the ones desired to operate ethically.

Ethics is everyday

Ethics is always present. For most of us humans it's part of everyday decision making. Whether we're conscious of it or not.

Reflections on Occupying Sydney 10 years on

Reflections on the occupy movement ten years on, memes, social movements and persistent non violent civil disobedience.

Consumer Data Right as the catalyst for human and planetary flourishing

CDR can change the game. It can re-energise a stale information sharing market. It can empower people with the tools and protections to decide how they take part. It can foster meaningful innovation and creativity.

Consumer Agency in Modern Data Sharing Ecosystems

Meaningful agency and exercising it in consumer data sharing experiences is a function of control and value appropriation.

Challenges of teaching tech ethics

Tech ethics education is expanding, but lacks real-world, practical focus. While knowledge resources are abundant, what's missing are skills to navigate ethical dilemmas in professional contexts and build ethical muscle memory.

Education vs learning

A brief and unfiltered reflection on education vs learning.

Our social dilemma and what we should be focusing on

I wrote this after watching the docudrama film The Social Dilemma. A deeper critique and reflection on some of the leverage points to intervene in a system.

One point for a story to start from

Reflection on a dream and a conversation that leads to the perennial truth of 'love is the answer'.

Data protection day matters more than you think.

If you’re already working in this space you’ll will recognise the challenges. If you’re not, it isn’t too late. This article will help you get started.

Sociotechnical Hip Hop

“Ai Inside” is a grimey, reflective hip-hop song where I explore the complex relationship between humanity artificial intelligence. I delve into themes of ethics, the impact of technology on society, and the potential for AI to shape our collective future.

The track is a journey and a call to embrace ethical and responsible AI development and use. Emphasising the importance of values like inclusivity, diversity, and the power of collective intelligence in navigating the AI era. A call for unity, sharing of wisdom, and a forward-thinking approach to ensure that AI is leveraged for positive change and mutually assured thriving.

– m3metix

Want to collaborate with m3 to make the world a little better? Send me message.