Larry Keeley

With forty years of work as an innovation scientist, Larry Keeley works to make innovation much more effective.
Co-founder of Doblin, the leading global firm focused on innovation effectiveness—over 750 alumnae in that network.
Professor at IIT Institute of Design for 39-years, first university in the world to grant PhDs in design and innovation; Board member and leading employer of graduates.
Professor at Kellogg Graduate School of Management, MMM Program for 12-years; named Distinguished Professor there, 2015.
Has helped educate more than 5,900 Masters or PhD students as innovators—a huge global network of colleagues.
Author of #2 all-time best-selling book on innovation, Ten Types of Innovation, translated into 15+ languages. Selected by BusinessWeek as one of the top seven global ”gurus” of the innovation field. Then separately selected by them as one of the top 27-designers in the world.
Within the philanthropic field, Keeley built the 100th Anniversary innovation plan for The Rockefeller Foundation, the innovation strategy for The Chicago Community Trust, plus signature methods for Gates Foundation, MacArthur Foundation, and the platform strategy for Just Serve, among others.
Selected in 2021 by Bankinter Foundation in Spain to be the director of their famed Future Trends Forum, conducted bi-annually in Madrid.
In 2021, Keeley retired as a Managing Director from Deloitte, the firm that now owns Doblin, though continues to advance the methods of innovation as a researcher, now through Keeley Innovations LLC.
Keeley is a frequent lecturer on innovation at Berkeley Haas Business School.
Keeley is a Senior McKinsey Advisor, serving to support cases and capabilities that fundamentally reinvent innovation and vertical industries.
Keeley is an EY Luminary, providing advice to clients and developing methods that address complexity and velocity. Currently Keeley runs Keeley Innovations LLC, his own private consultancy, advising individuals and firms that he believes can actively address and effect complex global problems.