JEREMY UTLEY
Co-Founder of Stanford's Masters of Creativity at the Hasso Plattner Institute of Design at Stanford
Co-author of Ideaflow: The Only Business Metric That Matters
Podcast host of Beyond the Prompt, an exploration of the world of AI and its expanding impact on business and daily work
Jeremy's goal is to demystify the art & science of creativity, innovation and entrepreneurship. When it comes to innovation, Jeremy’s blend of on-your-feet thinking and penetrating insight into the burgeoning world of A.I. have earned him a reputation as a go-to advisor for CEO’s and start-up founders alike.
Jeremy Utley is the Co-Founder of Stanford's Masters of Creativity at the Hasso Plattner Institute of Design at Stanford. He was formerly the Director of Executive Education at the Stanford d.school, where his blend of on-your-feet thinking and penetrating insight have earned him a reputation as a go-to advisor for CEO’s and start-up founders alike. The co-author of the book ideaflow (2022), and co-host of the popular Paint & Pipette Podcast, continues to work on invention, discovery and entrepreneurship and demystifies the counter-intuitive techniques that drive productive creativity. Known for his work in Lean Start-Up and Design Thinking methodologies, Jeremy shows their ability to drive product development and consumer engagement at a fraction of typical product development costs. Jeremy is also a General Partner at Freespin Capital, a venture firm that helps legacy companies launch hyper-growth start-ups. He holds a BBA with Honors in Finance from The University of Texas at Austin (2005) and an MBA from the Stanford University Graduate School of Business (2009).
Jeremy's book Ideaflow: The Only Business Metric That Matters unpacks why and how innovation is not an event, a workshop, a sprint, or a hackathon; it’s a result of mastering ideaflow, a practice that elevates everything else you do.
Check out the Ideaflow website at www.ideaflow.design.
Speech topics
Making A.I. More Human
Maximizing Human + AI Collaboration
Based on his WSJ article, Jeremy explores how we can use AI to improve the Human experience. Role-playing with an AI conversationalist can prepare you to handle difficult subjects with family, friends and colleagues.
Many people worry about the outsize role that AI may eventually play in our lives. But what if employing an AI program could actually help us with issues that cause fear and anxiety? In this talk Jeremy outlines how it can be a surprisingly effective tool for figuring out how to approach emotionally charged conversations—despite, or perhaps because of, having no emotions itself.
Building Innovation Capacity
This is Jeremy Utley's great obsession. Jeremy is a world-leading innovation expert -- Stanford adjunct, corporate leadership & exploration advisor, venture capitalist, and the author of Ideaflow: The Only Business Metric That Matters. He has spent the last 3 years facilitating regular gatherings of scores of CEOs, CXO's and start-up founders to help them unleash growth and innovation. Drawing on insights from collaborations with world-leading collaborators from companies like Amazon and Apple, this groundbreaking session addresses questions like: How do leaders drive innovation? How do they inspire their teams to dream bigger and dare more greatly? How do they build a culture of experimentation and innovation? How do they harness the latest tools like generative AI to turbocharge their people's potential? Jeremy has inspired nearly 1,000,000 aspiring innovators worldwide through his 14+ years teaching at Stanford University, and he expects this present passion to amplify the insights and impact he's already made.
Achieving the Potential of Diverse Teams
In today's dynamic world, success hinges on innovation and effective problem-solving. This talk — from Jeremy Utley, Co-Founder of Stanford's Masters of Creativity at the Hasso Plattner Institute of Design at Stanford — address explores the undeniable power of diverse teams. He'll delve into the research that demonstrates how teams with a variety of backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives outperform homogenous groups.
Discover how to unlock the true potential of your diverse teams by fostering an inclusive environment. By harnessing the power of diversity and inclusion, you can create a high-performing team that drives innovation, makes better decisions, and achieves remarkable results.
Ideaflow: The Practice of Innovation
In the tradition of perennial sellers like Creativity, Inc., and Flow, Jeremy Utley of Stanford restores creativity to its position of central importance in business, offering managers, leaders, and entrepreneurs a robust and flexible set of disciplines for generating more and better ideas—and dramatically boosting the creative output of their organizations.
Books
Ideaflow: The Only Business Metric That Matters
Stanford d.school directors Jeremy Utley and Perry Klebahn show leaders how to dramatically boost business results by amplifying the creative output of their organizations, drawing from their popular Stanford courses.
LaunchPad: A Founder's Guide to Starting a Company
From the professors behind Stanford Design School's (aka "the d.school") famous course, the game-changing d.school class at Stanford for innovators and entrepreneurs is now a book for everyone.
Podcasts
Beyond the Prompt dives deep into the world of AI and its expanding impact on business and daily work. Hosted by Jeremy Utley of Stanford's d.school, alongside Henrik Werdelin, an entrepreneur known for starting BarkBox, prehype and other startups, each episode features conversations with innovators and leaders to uncover pragmatic stories of how organizations leverage AI to accelerate success.