Patrick Whitney

Patrick Whitney is a Professor in Residence at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. He has published and lectured throughout the world about ways of making technological innovations more humane, the link between design and business strategy, and methods of designing interactive communications and products. His writing is focused on new frameworks of design that respond to three transformations: linking insights about user experience to business strategy, 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 was 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.” He is a trustee of the Global Heritage Fund, which supports the restoration of heritage sites and local communities in the developing world.