Tim Brown
Executive Chair at IDEO, Vice Chair at kyu Collective at Simplilearn
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Tim Brown is chair of IDEO. He frequently speaks about the value of design thinking, creative leadership, and innovation to business leaders and designers around the world. He participates in the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, and his talks Serious Play and Change by Design appear on TED.com.
An industrial designer by training, Tim has earned numerous design awards and has exhibited work at the Axis Gallery in Tokyo, the Design Museum in London, and the Museum of Modern Art in New York. He takes special interest in the convergence of technology and the arts, as well as the ways in which design can be used to promote the well-being of people living in emerging economies.
Tim advises senior executives and boards of global Fortune 100 companies. He serves on the Board of Directors of Steelcase Inc. and is member of the board of trustees of IDEO.org. In addition, he is a member of the Board of Advisors for the World Economic Forum Center for the Fourth Industrial Revolution and writes for the Harvard Business Review, The Economist, and other prominent publications. His book on how design thinking transforms organizations, Change by Design, was released by Harper Business in September 2009, and revised and updated in 2019. Tim holds honorary doctorates from The Royal College of Art (London), Keio University (Tokyo), Claremont McKenna Graduate University (Los Angeles), and Art Center College of Art and Design (Los Angeles).
Tim contributes as one of LinkedIn's original top 150 Influencers. He is also an instructor for the IDEO U Leading for Creativity course.
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Tim Brown, CEO and President, IDEO
Interview with IDEO CEO Tim Brown about innovating together (Drucker Forum 2018)
Tea Time with Tim Brown
Tim Brown | Creative Competitiveness
Tim Brown: About the Umeå Institute of Design
Tim Brown: Engage With the Unknown
"What's the future of interaction design?" — Tim Brown
IDEO - Tim Brown talking about Design Thinking
In Conversation with Tim Brown, CEO of IDEO
Blueprint 2017 Keynote: Tim Brown and Zvika Krieger
Virtual Ideas for Tomorrow | Tim Brown, Chair of IDEO
Design Thinking - Tim Brown, CEO and President of IDEO
Tim Brown - "Aesthetics in the Future, as Defined by Innovation"
In Your Shoes Podcast Episode 25: Tim Brown
Tim Brown, CEO and President, IDEO
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