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

2021 was a year of labor action—but it didn’t translate into more unionized workers

Why Exxon’s ‘net zero’ pledge is meaningless

We are fast food executives: If our industry is to survive, workers need a greater voice

News

Check out Apple’s newest short film celebrating Chinese New Year, shot brilliantly on an iPhone

Wharton students think the average American makes six figures. Here’s the reality

Starbucks and Carhartt boycott threats show how vaccine mandate decisions are now a tightrope act

Co.Design

Ralph Lauren’s Olympic jackets automatically adapt to athletes’ body temp

This startup is turning nonrecyclable plastic into building blocks fit for construction

The secret to creating new public parks out of thin air? Foam

Work Life

Nominate queer women and nonbinary people transforming business

Burned out and isolated: How to get through to your struggling Gen Z workers

How to talk about upskilling at a performance review or job interview