Tojin T. Eapen

Tojin T. Eapen, PhD, is the founder of the Center for Creative Foresight and serves as an innovation coach to businesses and executives. He is also a researcher and educator focused on augmented creativity, bioinspired design, and sustainable innovation. He is an advisor at StratRocket and Innomantra and serves as a senior fellow of The Conference Board.

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 published his insights on strategic innovation in Harvard Business Review and various other research and practitioner outlets. His work has been cited by numerous institutions and organizations, including Microsoft, GE, SAP, Deloitte, Forbes, the United Nations Development Program, the Chamber of Progress, the Society of Actuaries, ASCD, IPSOS, the Freakonomics Blog, ITPro, IE Insights, MIT, HKU, NIU, and Smart Company. His book, Bioinspired Strategic Design, published by Taylor & Francis, 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, Forum Media, 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.