Tim Brown is the CEO of IDEO, a global innovation and design firm, and a leading voice on the value of design thinking in business and society. He participates in the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting and chairs the WEF Global Agenda Council on the Creative Economy as well as being an active TED attendee and past speaker. Brown advises senior executives of Fortune 500 companies and serves on the Mayo Innovation Advisory Council and the advisory council of Acumen Fund, a not-for-profit global venture fund focused on improving the lives of the poor. He is the author of the book Change By Design.