Larry Keeley

President and Co-founder of Doblin Inc., Larry Keeley has worked for over thirty years to develop more effective innovation methods to help teams succeed at the toughest innovations they try to pursue. Doblin is now a unit of Deloitte Consulting LLP, where Keeley is a director. BusinessWeek named him one of seven innovation gurus that are changing the field, and specifically cited Doblin for having many of the most sophisticated tools for delivering innovation effectiveness. Recently, they also selected Keely as one of the 27 most influential designers in the world. Keeley has worked with scores of the world’s largest companies to build their signature innovation competences and with startup firms trying to change some smaller part of the world. He has done path-breaking philanthropy work, too, bringing innovation to bear on global poverty, education, food, or healthcare challenges. Along the way he pioneered the use of social science research, deep innovation protocols, critical theories like Ten Types of Innovation, Platforms, Convergences, and deep approaches to business model innovation.

Education

University of Michigan

Books

Keeley, Larry, et al. 2013. Ten Types of Innovation. Hoboken: John Wiley and Sons

Professional Activities

President and co-founder of Doblin Group