Rhys Thom

Senior Design Lead, IDEO

My areas of expertise are:
  • Product / Industrial Design
  • Research and Testing
  • Storytelling and Branding
I'm located in:

San Francisco, California, USA

Mentor Bio

Rhys Thom is an Organizational Designer and Senior Design Lead at IDEO, focused on helping clients and theircompanies harness creativity and the tools of design in order to be future fit. Rhys partners with leaders, organizations, NGOs, cities, and even countries to tackle complex challenges through design, spanning a range of topics from circular economy, to urban development, healthcare, and financial services. Together with his clients, Rhys designs the systems, tools, and behaviors that help organizations adapt and routinely innovate. During his time at IDEO, Rhys has co-led an innovation lab in Peru designing solutions for the country's emerging middleclass, helped to design a scalable disaster response network that connects and mobilizes veterans across continents, co-founded IDEO's Circular Economy CoLab, and guided leaders of global companies on their journeys to build design and purpose-led organizations.