Video: Larry Keeley
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Filmed on: October 16, 2010
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Obese kids. School system breakdowns. Political
stalemates. Economic collapse. Too few jobs and a whole generation with
no clue how to get their careers ignited. Wherever you look we seem to
be facing brutal problems. But, hey! Don't we have nice iPhones?
Larry Keeley sketchs the central role designers should play in
tackling our toughest problems. He takes us through a swift series of
speculations about the issues that matter now, with an emphasis on the
types of design firms and practices that will be up to these challenges.
It's deep conversation about the frontiers of our field, our firms and
the special magic that happens once we stop waiting for enlightened
clients to show up, and instead get to a world of post-client design.
Speaker bio
Larry
Keeley is a strategist who has worked for thirty years to develop more
effective innovation methods. He is president and co-founder of Doblin Inc.,
an innovation strategy firm known for pioneering comprehensive
innovation systems that materially improve innovation success rates.
Doblin is now a member of Monitor Group, where Keeley is a group leader. BusinessWeek
named Keeley one of seven “Innovation Gurus” who are changing the field
and specifically cited Doblin for having many of the most sophisticated
tools for delivering innovation effectiveness. In 2010, BusinessWeek
also selected Keeley as one of the 27 most influential designers in the
world (an honor Keeley found to be a head-scratcher since he is not
actually a designer).
Keeley teaches graduate innovation strategy classes at the Institute
of Design in Chicago, where he is also a board member. He lectures in
executive education programs at Kellogg Graduate School of Management
and is an adjunct faculty member for their core MBA and masters of
manufacturing management programs. He is a senior fellow of the Center
for Business Innovation in Boston and is on the board of Chicago Public
Radio, where he charted a strategy for what has become an innovation
engine for public radio across the United States.