Lisa Kay Solomon — SPARQNOW

At-a-Glance

Serves as Designer in Residence at the Hasso Plattner Institute of Design at Stanford (d.school) since 2018, focusing on futures and design thinking.
Bestselling author of "Design a Better Business: New Tools, Skills and Mindset for Strategy and Innovation" (since 2016) and "MOMENTS OF IMPACT" (since 2014).
Serves as a Board Member at The Long Now Foundation since 2024.
Collaborated with LinkedIn Learning to launch their first "Leader as Futurist" class.
Created experiences at the d.school such as "Vote by Design: Presidential Edition" and "The Future’s Happening."
Was the founding Chair of Singularity University’s Transformational Practices effort.

Biography

Lisa Kay Solomon is a Designer in Residence at the Stanford d.school, where she focuses on bridging the disciplines of futures and design thinking. She has dedicated her career to making design a more accessible, learnable, and expansive set of everyday leadership practices, and is a bestselling author.

Solomon has taught leadership and design at the California College of the Art’s MBA in Design strategy and was the founding Chair of Singularity University’s Transformational Practices effort.