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Are you an aspiring designer? There are a few challenges that might arise between you and your first dream job. The good news is, you can treat your career like any other design problem.

How to go from designer to chief design officer | Lockwood Resource How to go from designer to chief design officer June 13, 2016 / Tom / Innovation Culture As design school grads launch into their chosen professions, it’s a good time to remember that your career is the one design project that you control. And, like design, there is no single right answer, but the...

If you intend to increase innovation by building design thinking at scale, you need to know a lot more about corporate culture than you've ever imagined (which we talk about in our new book, Innovation By Design)!

Innovation by Design: How Any Organization Can Leverage Design Thinking to Produce Change, Drive New Ideas, and Deliver Meaningful Solutions Why are some organizations more innovative than others? How can we tap into, empower, and leverage the natural innovation within our organizations that is so vital to our future success? Now more than ever, companies and institutions of all types and sizes are determined to create more innovative...

Innovation is a differentiator. In fact, innovation just might be the most important component of a successful company.

4 Reasons Why You Need To Focus On Innovation Innovation is a differentiator

Avoiding risk is impossible if you want innovation. But design thinking gives us the tools to manage it.

Bringing design thinking into your business. | Lockwood Resource Bringing design thinking into your business. June 19, 2016 / Tom / Innovation Culture By Jeanne Liedtka. Many of us who have studied (and lived in) organizations see design thinking as just another problem solving approach that can add value to any manager’s tool kit. It may sound mysterious and f...

Playtime in your organization is more important than you might think.

The importance of playing for building a culture of innovation. | Lockwood Resource The importance of playing for building a culture of innovation. June 9, 2016 / Tom / Innovation Culture By Joan Vinyets Rejon. ‘We don’t stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing’. George Bernard Shaw Reflections on play and innovation In human evolution there are m...

Any organization, of any size, can use design thinking as a means to influence culture and achieve greater levels of innovation.

Innovation by Design: How Any Organization Can Leverage Design Thinking to Produce Change, Drive New Ideas, and Deliver Meaningful Solutions Why are some organizations more innovative than others? How can we tap into, empower, and leverage the natural innovation within our organizations that is so vital to our future success? Now more than ever, companies and institutions of all types and sizes are determined to create more innovative...

Curious confrontation means facing different ideas and mindsets with the desire to investigate and learn. Here's why it's such an important part of design thinking.

Innovation by Design: How Any Organization Can Leverage Design Thinking to Produce Change, Drive New Ideas, and Deliver Meaningful Solutions Why are some organizations more innovative than others? How can we tap into, empower, and leverage the natural innovation within our organizations that is so vital to our future success? Now more than ever, companies and institutions of all types and sizes are determined to create more innovative...

Edgar Papke and I explore how open spaces foster creativity in our new book, Innovation by Design.

Innovation by Design: How Any Organization Can Leverage Design Thinking to Produce Change, Drive New Ideas, and Deliver Meaningful Solutions Why are some organizations more innovative than others? How can we tap into, empower, and leverage the natural innovation within our organizations that is so vital to our future success? Now more than ever, companies and institutions of all types and sizes are determined to create more innovative...

The best design leaders put the user first and foremost.

Ten characteristics of great design leaders | Lockwood Resource Ten characteristics of great design leaders June 15, 2016 / Tom / Innovation Culture After interviewing hundreds of design leaders in my recruiting business for the last three and a half years, sitting thru about 350 speeches by design leaders whilst running DMI for six years, reading about 350 arti...

UX is about making new experiences, services and products, and this requires process discipline and methods know how, coupled with creativity. Great UX leaders can make great things happen regardless of process requirements.

What do UX leaders lead? | Lockwood Resource What do UX leaders lead? June 14, 2016 / Tom / Innovation Culture Given the right context and corporate culture, User Experience leaders can do amazing things for any company. Much like Design Leaders, here is a snapshot of what the best UX leaders lead, and it goes far beyond usability. Process UX....

Producing innovation doesn't have to be about taking big risks – in good times or in bad. Even with innovation, you can start small.

Can giving a manager too much money actually interfere with their ability to innovate? | Lockwood Resource Can giving a manager too much money actually interfere with their ability to innovate? June 4, 2016 / Tom / Innovation Culture By Jeanne Liedtka. Crazy as it sounds, there’s such a thing as having too much money to spend – or perhaps just the illusion of money to spend. Managers get tricked into...