Bart Huthwaite, Sr.
Founder, Huthwaite Innovation Institute
Lecturer, University of Michigan College of Engineering
 

 
Bart Huthwaite, Sr. is a world renowned expert in innovation leadership. He is the founder of the Huthwaite Innovation Institute and the thought leader in the emerging business process known as “Systematic Corporate Innovation.” This is a method for giving managers the knowledge to make corporate innovation understandable, repeatable and very importantly, measurable.
The University of Michigan College of Engineering has adopted Huthwaite’s work and is now offering courses in it at the U-M Center for Professional Development.
Huthwaite has mentored managers and teams in corporate innovation worldwide at more than 1000 companies over the past 30 years.
Huthwaite’s corporate innovation tools and techniques are now being used to develop products & processes as well as leaner transactional systems. He is also the founder of two companies, the last of which was purchased by Nitto Seiko of Japan.
His newest book, “Rules of Innovation", released in 2007,  and the “Lean Design Solution: A Practical Guide to Streamlining Product Design and Development,” are available on Amazon.com and our web site. Huthwaite is also the author of "Engineering Change," a "how to" guide for re-inventing your product development process, "Strategic Design," a step-by-step road map for product teams, and "Innovation Leadership User's Guide."
Huthwaite is a powerful, creative speaker who champions Innovation Leadership at management meetings worldwide. He has been a speaker at major conferences such as the Institute for International Research (IIR) “Lean Design & Development Conference,” the Product Development & Management Association (PDMA) “Front End of Innovation Conference,” the WCBF “Global Six Sigma Summit,” the Marcus Evans “Design for Six Sigma” Conference,” the annual “Innovation Leadership Conference,” on Mackinac Island, Michigan as well as many other events
Clients include Motorola, Microsoft, Siemens, GE Global Research, ABB, Masco Corporation, Johnson & Johnson, Air Products & Chemicals, DCO Lighting, Textron, Ford Motor, SKF, John Deere, EDS, Caterpillar, Raytheon, Ericsson, Lockheed Martin, General Dynamics, 3M, Allied Signal, Tinnerman, United Defense, Whirlpool, ITT, Charbroil, US Navy and many more in the healthcare, home products, telecommunications, automotive, aerospace and other fields worldwide.