Ten Types of Innovation: The Discipline of Building Breakthroughs

About the Authors

Larry Keeley is a globally recognized leader in innovation effectiveness, a topic he tackles as a professor in design and business schools, and a speaker, writer, and researcher. Obsessed with understanding why innovation mostly fails, he has worked to grow the field as a science rather than an exercise in applied creativity. Along with his mentor Jay Doblin, he cofounded Doblin back in 1981 and since 2013 he has been a director in Monitor Deloitte, where he serves as thought leader for the firm’s global innovation practice.

Larry has worked on innovation challenges in 55 different industries and with many of the world’s leading firms and philanthropies. He is both a board member and adjunct professor at Chicago’s Institute of Design—the first design school in the United States to offer a PhD in the topic. He lectures at executive education programs at Kellogg Graduate School of Management and is an adjunct faculty member in the core MBA program and in Northwestern University’s McCormick School of Engineering, where he teaches in the Masters of Manufacturing Management program. Larry was a Senior Fellow of the Center for Business Innovation in Boston, serves on the external advisory council for the Mayo Clinic, and is also a board member for Chicago Public Radio, where he helped to develop shows like This American Life and other innovative programs.

Ryan Pikkel is a design strategist at Doblin. He is responsible for guiding clients and teams through innovation ...