Thomas Lockwood

Thomas Lockwood is founding partner of Lockwood Resource, an international recruiting firm specializing in design and innovation leadership, and past president of DMI, the Design Management Institute. He is one of the few people in the world with a PhD in design management, and is recognized as a thought leader in integrating design and innovation into business and building great design organizations.

Innovation By Design

To Attract Top Talent, Approach Recruiting Like A Design Challenge

Hiring creative leaders is notoriously difficult. To lure them in, you need a game plan.

To Attract Top Talent, Approach Recruiting Like A Design Challenge

The Anatomy Of A Great UX Design Leader

Seven key traits the best UX design leaders share

The Anatomy Of A Great UX Design Leader

The Anatomy Of A Great UX Design Leader

Seven key traits the best UX design leaders share

The Anatomy Of A Great UX Design Leader

6 Key Ways Design Thinkers Approach Problems

How design thinkers think.

6 Key Ways Design Thinkers Approach Problems

6 Traits Of Great Design Leaders

Being a good designer is only a start.

6 Traits Of Great Design Leaders

5 Key Trends In Design Leadership

Design finally has a seat at the table. Here’s what is next.

5 Key Trends In Design Leadership

Design Leadership: What’s Next?

Innovation By Design

Why Are Design Firms Stagnating?

How To Go From Junior Designer To Chief Design Officer

Innovation By Design

5 Trends Spotted At The Olympics Of Product Design

7 Ideas For Improving Carry-On Luggage

Innovation By Design

What Good Does Design Do For Business?

Here Thomas Lockwood proposes the Design Mix, a set of principles that define how design adds value to business.

What Good Does Design Do For Business?

Innovation By Design

As Design Talent Rises, Standing Out Is No Longer Just About Design

Innovation By Design

Other Governments Lend Their Might to Design. Why Can’t America?

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Solving the Design Paradox: Budgets Come From the Top Down, But Design Happens From the Bottom Up

How Do You Make Good Design Happen? Follow the Money

06.15.10 | 12:30 am

How Do You Make Good Design Happen? Follow the Money

Solving the Design Paradox: Budgets Come from the Top Down, But Design Happens from the Bottom Up

Impact

These simple packets fight food waste by miraculously keeping fruit from going bad

How Boulder is creating a path for cities to scale up carbon sequestration

To build cities that survive climate change, we should emulate Earth’s first creatures

Creativity

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Watch NFL alum Matthew Cherry’s sweet animated short about a black father doing his daughter’s hair

The cofounder of Refinery29 has some frank truths about creativity and leadership you need to hear

Co.Design

This $995 jacket is designed to help you sleep on long-haul flights

50 designers reinvent the Christmas tree ornament

Retailers are selling $60 cords for Apple’s wireless Airpods

Work Life

You’ve hit a plateau in your business or career. Now what?

Two simple budget-friendly ways to include remote workers at holiday parties

These are the 7 types of companies that you should stay away from