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

Tech

The science of fireworks colors, explained

Here’s what the first six months of 2022 have looked like in space innovation

Google has been sharing user data with a sanctioned Russian company, according to ProPublica

News

We’re already in a recession, according to the Fed’s GDP tracker

The Boring Company takes Las Vegas: Elon Musk’s underground tunnels expand beneath Sin City

The U.S. government kicks off its $1 billion plan to remedy racist infrastructure

Co.Design

This massive Richard Serra sculpture has its own specially designed building

40 tangible ways designers can advocate for peace

July 3 is Black Hair Independence Day. Here’s why it matters

Work Life

This is how you jump-start momentum on DEI

7 ways retired execs can find purpose after the C-suite

3 pillars to help your company innovate consistently