CREATIVITY ➜ DESIGN ➜ INNOVATION
Tojin T. Eapen, PhD, is a researcher and educator focused on augmented creativity, bioinspired design, and sustainable innovation. He is the founder of the Center for Creative Foresight and serves as an innovation coach to businesses and executives.
In the past, Tojin taught at the Trulaske College of Business at the University of Missouri and UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School. He has also taught as a guest faculty member at the Global Leadership Program of the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College. He has advised over 40 organizations, including Google, Samsung, ABB, KBR, Robert Bosch, NetApp, Qualcomm, Bureau Veritas, SKF, Tata Group, and Newell Brands.
Tojin has shared his insights on strategic innovation through platforms such as Harvard Business Review, California Management Review, and research outlets. Tojin's work has been cited by numerous institutions and outlets including Microsoft, GE, SAP, Deloitte, Forbes, the United Nations Development Program, the Chamber of Progress, the Society of Actuaries, ASCD, IPSOS, the Freakonomics Blog, Harvard Business Publishing, ITPro, IE Insights, MIT, HKU, NIU, and Smart Company. His book, Bioinspired Strategic Design, published by Taylor and Francis (ranked #1 New Release on Amazon.com for Strategy & Competition, July 2024), examines how human organizations can draw inspiration from living organisms to craft sustainable systems.
Tojin has also been an invited speaker at professional conferences, including the Global Peter Drucker Forum, and at organizations including Elsevier, General Motors, IdeaScale, the Lagos Chamber of Commerce, and several leading global universities. He also has served on US TAG for the ISO 56000 standards on innovation management. Tojin holds a Ph.D. from UNC Chapel Hill, an MBA from ISB, and a degree in Engineering from NIT Calicut.
He can be contacted at tteapen@cforesight.org and on Linkedin.
CENTER FOR CREATIVE FORESIGHT
The Center for Creative Foresight is a research collective dedicated to studying big ideas that can drive sustainable business impact. Our current focus areas include augmented creativity, bioinspired design, and sustainable innovation. Our goal is to bring together thinkers from both academia and practice to work on big-picture challenges. Contact us to partner with us in our work. Contact us at cf@cforesight.org.