Jeremy Utley is one of the world's leading experts in innovation. He's a General Partner at freespin capital and co-author of "Ideaflow: The Only Business Metric That Matters," which Thinkers50 awarded a top honor for innovation. For over 12 years, he served as the Director of Executive Education at Stanford's renowned Hasso Plattner Institute of Design (aka "the d.school"), where his courses were experienced by nearly a million students of innovation worldwide. He advises corporate leaders on how to imbed the methods and mindsets of design thinking into their organizations, and works with professionals to cultivate a robust personal creative practice. As host of "Paint & Pipette: The Art & Science of Innovation" (formerly co-host of "Stanford's Masters of Creativity"), Jeremy shines the spotlight on exemplars of creative practice across disciplinary boundaries, from founders and entrepreneurs like Ed Catmull (Pixar), Uri Levine (Waze), Randy Hetrick (TRX) to authors like Kim Scott (Radical Candor), Seth Godin (Song of Signficance), Daniel Pink (Drive, To Sell Is Human) to corporate innovation leaders like Astro Teller (Google X), Ron Johnson (Apple) to academic gurus like Amy Edmondson and Linda Hill (Harvard Business School).A self-proclaimed “recovering MBA, spreadsheet junkie, and management consultant,” he now studies innovation in large enterprises and startups. He advises CEOs and senior leadership teams in the United States, Europe, and Asia on growth and innovation strategy, and has led scores of capacity-building initiatives worldwide. He's a prolific blogger and podcaster, and is co-author (alongside Perry Klebahn) of “Ideaflow: The Only Business Metric That Matters,” published by Penguin Portfolio Oct 25th, 2022, which was named a Top 10 Innovation Work by Thinkers50 in 2023.