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Better, Faster Innovation
LEADING THE FLEXIBLE ENTERPRISE
August 11-12, 2004 / Hilton Boston Back Bay

Faculty

Tom Kelley
General Manager, IDEO
and author, The Art of Innovation: Lessons in Creativity from IDEO, America’s Leading Design Firm

Tom Kelley is currently General Manager at IDEO, a firm that helps its clients create innovative products, services and environments. Tom is a frequent speaker on managing innovation for U.S., Asian and European audiences, and has appeared on international news programs for BBC Television and Nikkei Satellite News.

As the author of The Art of Innovation: Lessons in Creativity from IDEO, America’s Leading Design Firm, Tom illuminates the strategies for fostering a culture and process of continuous innovation. His book takes readers behind the scenes of his highly imaginative and energized company to reveal the secrets it uses to turn out hit after hit.

Prior to joining IDEO, Tom was a management consultant for Towers Perrin, advising senior executives on organizational and operational issues in North America, Asia and Australia. Tom holds an MBA in Marketing from the Haas School of Business at UC Berkeley, where he received the Delbert J. Duncan citation as the year’s top marketing scholar.

Read the presentation abstract for Mr. Kelley's talk, The Art of Innovation.