Steve Bishop
As Global Lead of sustainability at IDEO, Steve brings design thinking to the challenges and opportunities of sustainability. He helps companies build brands, generate new offerings, and shape innovation processes with positive environmental impact. His experience ranges across industries: He’s helped design award-winning office furniture, instrument panels for hybrid electric vehicles, product packaging, and medical injection devices (for which he holds patents).
In 2007, Steve launched a course at Stanford University about sustainable design, and he’s developing a sustainable design program for the Hasso Plattner Institute of Design at Stanford, a.k.a. the d.school. He also teaches a course on design engineering at Stanford.
Steve speaks at conferences, universities, and other events. His ideas have been published in various journals, including Rotman magazine, Harvard Business Review Online, and Men’s Health. Steve holds a bachelor’s degree in film and media from the University of Texas at Austin and a master’s degree in product design from Stanford.
Topics Steve speaks on:
- Consumer Experience Design
- Design for Environmental Impact
Speaking engagements:
2008, USGBC Greenbuild conference, Boston, speaker
2008, National Trust’s ‘making choices’ conference, New Canaan CT, keynote
2008, Greentech Innovations Conference, New York, keynote
2008, CPG Panel, Stanford's Graduate School of Business, panelist
2008, Sustainable Brands, Monterey, speaker
2008, Net Impact, Nashville, speaker
2007, Sustainable Brands Conference, speaker
2007, Wal-Mart Sustainability Summit, Bentonville, speaker
2007, Net Impact, Chicago, panelist
2007, Sustainable Brands Conference, New Orleans, speaker
Published works:
Spring 2008, “From Plague to Paradigm: Designing Sustainable Retail Environments,” Rotman magazine
2008, Leading Green, Harvard Business Review Online
January 2008, “15 Pursuits of Tech,” Men’s Health 2008 Tech Guide
January 2008, “Don’t Bother with the Green Consumer,” Harvard Business Review Green edition