Thought Leader Profile
Tim Brown
CEO and President, IDEO
Tim Brown is CEO and president of IDEO, the world's leading design consultancy, specializing in turnkey product development and innovation strategy. Prior to taking his current position in 2000, Tim led IDEO Europe from 1995 to 2000 and managed IDEO's San Francisco office from 1990 to 1995.
Tim has led strategic client relationships with such companies as Apple, NEC, Steelcase, Sony, Epson, Whirlpool, and Matsushita. He has received numerous design awards, and his designs have been exhibited at the Axis Gallery in Toronto and Design Museum in London.
Tim's special interest has been in cultivating great design and innovative thinking within multidisciplinary teams. He has been active in design education for many years, lecturing at Stanford University, Cranbrook Academy of Art, the Royal College of Art, and the University of Northumberland. Tim earned his master of design degree from the Royal College of Art in London and his BA in Design for industry from the University of Northumberland.
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Posted on Mon Jan 27, 2025, 8:00 am
“Design is a team sport” – an hour with IDEO’s Tim Brown - designweek.co.uk -
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Design thinking was supposed to fix the world. Where did it go wrong? - MIT T... -
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International design expert honoured by Northumbria University - Northumbria ... -
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Embattled Ideo CEO Sandy Speicher is stepping down - Fast Company -
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Why thinking innovatively means paying attention to design - Fast Company -
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Why T-Shaped Teams Are The Future Of Work - Forbes -
Posted on Wed Apr 10, 2019, 7:00 am
A Brief History of IDEO: A Short Documentary Takes You Inside the Design Firm... -
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Ideo CEO Tim Brown, who helped popularize design thinking, steps down - Fast ... -
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IDEO CEO Tim Brown: For Design, ‘Empathy Is Not the End, It’s the Means’ - Fo... -
Posted on Fri Feb 15, 2019, 8:00 am
How Great Design Could Fix the World’s ‘Wicked Problems’ - Fortune -
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Why this design CEO says he doesn’t hire creative geniuses - Fast Company -
Posted on Thu Nov 8, 2018, 8:00 am
Keio University Hold Ceremony to Confer Honorary Doctorate upon Mr. Tim Brown... -
Posted on Thu Nov 1, 2018, 7:00 am
Intervene, don’t overthink – the new mantra of systems design - The World Eco... -
Posted on Thu Feb 8, 2018, 5:02 am
Figure 1: Tim Brown ʼ s IDEO Design Thinking diagram - ResearchGate -
Posted on Tue Oct 17, 2017, 7:00 am
Exclusive: Ideo’s Plan To Stage An AI Revolution - Fast Company -
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How to solve problems like a designer - vox.com -
Posted on Sun Dec 25, 2016, 8:00 am
IDEO CEO Tim Brown joins Steelcase board - MLive.com -
Posted on Fri Sep 23, 2016, 11:30 am
Design Thinking for Social Innovation (SSIR) - Stanford Social Innovation Review