Teng-Kee Tan, PhD, is the former dean of the Henry W Bloch School of Management, University of Missouri, Kansas City. He has a BComm from Nanyang University, Singapore, an MBA from the Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University, and a PhD from the Judge Institute of Management Studies, University of Cambridge. He has been a visiting scholar at Harvard Business School and a visiting professor at China’s Nanjing University and Xiamen University. Dr Tan has combined decades of international corporate experience, entrepreneurial success, and a passion for transformational education to propel the Bloch School of Management to a top-tier institution in the United States in the field of entrepreneurship and innovation. He has directed and taught in senior executive programs around the globe, including the United States, Europe, Singapore, and throughout China. He has consulted for a diverse range of clients across the different types of industries including the consumer products industry. Dr Tan is the founder of one of the world’s first MSc program in Technology Innovation and Entrepreneurship. He has also received many teaching awards because he combines the innovation pedagogy of world-renowned academic theory with applied, practical lessons for real-world entrepreneurs and innovators. His life’s work is to help illuminate the art and science of innovation to transform individuals and institutions to create a positive, meaningful impact.

 

Hsien Seow, PhD, is a health services researcher and academic at McMaster University, where he teaches palliative care and health system innovation. He is an associate professor in the Department of Oncology, Canada Research Chair in palliative care, cancer, and health system innovation, and Escarpment Cancer Research Institute scientist. He conducts health care research and health care policy reform. He has consulted with health care organizations, regional planners, and ministries of health about health system change across North America. He has taught health system innovation and research methods at McMaster University and the Johns Hopkins School of Public Health. Dr Seow has a BSc in biology from Yale University and a PhD from the Johns Hopkins School of Public Health. He is currently writing a book focused on health care innovation using the Tao of Innovation principles.

Sue Tan Toyofuku is a seasoned design and innovation consultant with executive leadership experience ranging from start-up ventures to Fortune 500 corporations. She began her career as a design strategist and researcher at IDEO, the world’s top design and innovation firm, and pioneers of the human-centered design thinking methodology. She has consulted for clients across a diverse range of industries, from governments to consumer goods, health care to hospitality and services all over the world. After seven years of consulting in the United States and Asia, she joined the start-up world, serving as Chief Marketing Officer of a mobile app and technology company. She holds a BFA in Industrial Design from the University of Washington, and an MSc in Technology Entrepreneurship and Innovation from Singapore’s Nanyang Technological University.

 

The Tao of Innovation was designed by Tania Craan. Her career as an art director and designer spans three decades, during which time she has produced work for a variety of clients. She started her graphic design career working as a designer at Penguin Books Canada and then went on to McClelland & Stewart where she became M&S’s art director. For the past 20 years she has run her freelance graphic design studio in Toronto. In addition she has designed stamps for Canada Post, three Ontario Provincial Government inquiries, and annual reports for corporate clients. Tania blends the disciplines of publication design with an appreciation of how readers actually navigate pages and their content — into visually pleasing, highly readable communication pieces. You can contact Tania regarding her design work at: tcraan@sympatico.ca