Tim Brown - Tim Brown speaks regularly on the value of design thinking and innovation. His leadership in design is widely sought in industry, academia, and the nonprofit community. He participates in the World Economic Forum at Davos, and advises senior executives of Fortune 500 companies on a variety of boards and committees.
Most recently, Brown joined the Advisory Council of Acumen Fund, a not-for-profit global venture fund. He has led strategic client relationships with such companies as Procter & Gamble, DaimlerChrysler, Microsoft, Motorola, Pepsi, and Steelcase.
In 1987, after earning his master's degree in design from the Royal College of Art in London, Brown joined IDEO, a world leader in design and innovation. He managed IDEO's San Francisco office from 1990 to 1995, and headed IDEO Europe from 1995 to 2000.
Richard Dare - Managing Partner of Pacific Rim Partners, Richard Dare is responsible for identifying cross-border opportunities. Dare has consummated significant international deals with Mitsubishi, NTT Communications and Pioneer Corporation.
Dare began his career as an adjunct Professor of Cognitive Field Theories, lecturing widely in the U.S., England and Japan.
One myth of innovation is that brilliant solutions leap fully formed from the minds of geniuses. In reality, we don't simply realize solutions; we design them. Design thinking is now being applied to address a wide range of concerns, from delivering clean drinking water to improving airport security and microfinancing.
IDEO is a leading design firm that has introduced us to "design thinking." Can we use this approach to find creative solutions and to discover new alternatives for business and society as a whole? Tune in to find out.