Chris Cowart has applied the expertise in user-centered design he developed during 14 years at IDEO to innovate across the disciplines of product, partnerships, venture capital and business. His career spans Venture Capital with Montage Ventures, revolutionizing food systems with Treasure8, and designing many “first of their categories” including TiVo and Handspring at IDEO. Now as the Managing Director of the Nomura-SRI Innovation Center (NSIC), he is working to accelerate the adoption of Silicon Valley’s disruptive technology innovation processes into corporate Japan. We talk about the socialization of ideas and seeing the future through design fiction, plus a Google X moonshot project that didn’t quite make it past the stratosphere. To learn more about Chris, follow him on Instagram or LinkedIn and check out the show notes.

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