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?

06.17.10 | 12:40 am

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

The oil and gas industry is in denial about its own demise

How can we better dispose of PPE so it doesn’t keep polluting our oceans?

These maps show how many days a year your coastal city could flood

News

Here’s who wants you to get a fourth stimulus check

Words aren’t enough: Biden must do more than just recognize trans people right now

Chipotle is giving away free bitcoin for National Burrito Day, but you have to be really lucky

Co.Design

Your COVID-19 vaccine could be in the back of a van

These MIT-designed clothes will correct your slouch

Hand dryers can spread ‘a cloud of fecal matter’ around bathrooms. Why are they still everywhere?

Work Life

How to reinvent yourself successfully post-pandemic

I’ve always loathed networking. Here’s why a virtual format makes it bearable

Executive bonuses might work better than you think