Also at https://ruthkschmidt.com and ruthkschmidt@masto.aiI am an associate professor at the Institute of Design (ID) at Illinois Tech, where my work sits at the intersection of behavioral science, humanity-centered design, and complex systems. My research projects and publications focus on combining these disciplines to inform effective and equitable solutions to applied commercial, academic, and public policy challenges, and to develop new tools and conceptual models to help practitioners solve these challenges more systematically. Prior to joining ID as full-time faculty in 2017, I was a senior leader at the innovation consultancy Doblin | Deloitte, where I developed strategic and behavioral design approaches to inform innovation solutions in healthcare, financial services, and education, and led teams to help clients embed innovation processes more effectively within their organizations.