Tamara Carleton

Tamara Carleton, PhD, is a globally recognized expert in radical innovation. As founder and CEO of Innovation Leadership Group, Tamara works with business and government leadership teams to help them build innovation capability and lay out bold futures. With a penchant for creating new methods and tools, Tamara is also a renowned educator, teaching strategic foresight and innovation at multiple universities worldwide. She holds a doctorate in mechanical engineering from Stanford University,...See more

Tamara Carleton, PhD, is a globally recognized expert in radical innovation. As founder and CEO of Innovation Leadership Group, Tamara works with business and government leadership teams to help them build innovation capability and lay out bold futures. With a penchant for creating new methods and tools, Tamara is also a renowned educator, teaching strategic foresight and innovation at multiple universities worldwide. She holds a doctorate in mechanical engineering from Stanford University, where she explored DARPA's enduring innovation practices. She has co-authored and edited multiple books, including Building Moonshots: 50+ Ways to Turn Radical Ideas into Reality and the Playbook for Strategic Foresight and Innovation. See less