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Tim Brown, who became CEO of the renowned design firm Ideo in 2000, believes in the development of ideas through action--observing customers, prototyping, testing, refining--rather than abstract thought. An industrial designer by training, his work has earned him numerous design awards and has been exhibited at the Museum of Modern Art in New York, Axis Gallery in Tokyo, and the Design Museum in London. Tim advises senior executives and boards of Fortune 100 companies and has led strategic client relationships with such organizations as Mayo Clinic, Microsoft, Pepsi, Procter & Gamble, and Steelcase. Tim has a special interest in the convergence of technology and the arts, as well as the ways in which design can be used to promote the well being of people living in emerging economies. A regular speaker on the value of design thinking, his upcoming book, Change By Design, on how design thinking transforms organizations, will be released by HarperBusiness in September 2009.
