Jane Fulton Suri
As a Partner and Creative Director at IDEO, Jane plays a global leadership role, evolving content and craft, human insight, and design thinking in support of client projects worldwide. She came to design from psychology and architecture with the ambition to integrate social science-based perspectives into design practice — and to foster a collaborative community of kindred spirits.
Jane is the author of Thoughtless Acts? Observations on Intuitive Design (Chronicle Books, 2005), a book of snapshots that depict the subtle and amusing ways in which people interact with the world. Jane believes that design, like life, is about seeking creative harmonies with elements of our world. This belief not only fuels her creativity, but also her enthusiasm for wilderness sports.
She teaches courses at Stanford University, the University of California at Berkeley’s Haas School of Business, and the California College of the Arts.
Topics Jane speaks on:
- Design Research
- Design Thinking
- Human Factors
- Human-Centered Design
- User Interface Design
Speaking engagements:
April 2007, “Involving People in the Process,” Include 2007 Conference, keynote
October 2006, Collaborative Innovation Summit, Business Innovation Factory
October 2005, Women’s Forum for the Economy and Society
September 2005, World Aging & Generations Congress
July 2002, Third Annual Design and Emotion Conference, keynote
Published works:
Winter 2008, “Informing Our Intuition: Design Research for Radical Innovation,” Rotman magazine
November 2006, Interview, Creative Generalist.com
September 2006, “Going Deeper, Seeing Further: Enhancing Ethnographic Interpretations to Reveal More Meaningful Opportunities for Design,” Journal of Advertising Research
June 2006, “The Science of Desire,” BusinessWeek
2005, Thoughtless Acts? Chronicle Books
August 2005, “Insights from ‘Thoughtless Acts,’” Businessweek.com