Wired To Care book discussion and lecture

March 12th - March 12th 2009 | 6pm-9pm, 350 North LaSalle Street, Chicago

Overview
Join us for a night of old friends, new books and memorable conversations. Jump Associates founder Dev Patnaik will join ID Dean Patrick Whitney to discuss empathy, design, and the future of business. This is the official Chicago launch of Dev's new book, written with Pete Mortenson, Wired To Care: how companies prosper when they create widespread empathy.

Thursday March 12, 2009
6:00pm to 7:30pm - book discussion, 2nd floor
7:30pm to 9:00pm - reception and signing, 6th floor

Space is limited; please RSVP by March 9th to chicagolaunch AT wiredtocare.com

We hope to see you there!

Faculty | Patrick Whitney Professor Patrick Whitney is the dean of the Institute of Design, Illinois Institute of Technology and is the Steelcase/Robert C. Pew Professor of Design. Professor Whitney has published and lectured throughout the world about how to make technological innovations more humane, the link between design and business strategy, and methods of designing interactive communications and products. His writing has focused on new frameworks of design that respond to two transformations: the shift from mass-production to flexible production and the shift from national markets to markets that are both global and “markets of one.” He has been on the jury of numerous award programs, including the U.S. Presidential Design Awards, was a member of the White House Council on Design, and was chairman of the program of the 1978 U.S. Conference of the International Council on Graphic Design Associations (ICOGRADA), which was the first major meeting addressing the issues of evaluating design from the perspective of users. Professor Whitney was the president of the American Center for Design (ACD) and the editor of Design Journal, its annual publication. He is on several advisory boards in the U.S. and abroad and is a trustee of the Global Heritage Fund. He consults and conducts executive workshops for numerous corporations and organizations. These have included Aetna, BP, Lenovo, McDonald's, Procter & Gamble, Steelcase, Texas Instruments, Zebra Technologies, and departments of the governments of Denmark, Hong Kong, India, Japan, and the UK. In addition to speaking at major design conferences throughout the world, Professor Whitney frequently speaks at conferences beyond the design field, such as China Daily's CEO Summit, the Delhi Sustainable Development Summit, the 50th anniversary of the Aspen Institute, and the TED conference. He is the principal investigator of several research projects at the Institute of Design, including Global Companies in Local Markets, Design for the Base of the Pyramid, and Schools in the Digital Age. His work has received support from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, the Joyce Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts, and numerous corporations. Downloads: hi-res photo files curriculum vitae [pdf, 114k, 10pp]