Celebrate the publishing of Tom KraMer’s book Innovate The Way You Were Designed To at Open Book.
The event is open house, with a presentation at 5 pm where Tom will talk about how this book came into being, and describe some of the most interesting thoughts and ideas behind its content. Bob Paulson of Sonex Health, Frank Jaskulke of Medical Alley, and Brian Mullins from Kablooe Design will also say a few words. Come for refreshments, mingling, a chance to buy the book and have it signed. All are welcome.
Innovate The Way You Were Designed To is an eye-opening look into the world of design and innovation from the perspective of first understanding how our human cognitive powers work when it comes to creative thought.
Tom KraMer has been involved in research and development for many types of consumer, industrial, and medical devices and after of 18 years of product design and development in the field spearheaded the formation of the D3 (Design Driven Development®) process, which Kablooe uses to help direct its customers through the development process in an innovative way. Tom has led Kablooe Design development projects for Medtronic, St. Jude Medical, Boston Scientific, and Kodak health imaging, as well as product design and development projects for small start-up companies. Kablooe has in turn helped develop atrial fibrillation therapies, coronary intervention devices, drug delivery devices, prostate surgery devices, and many other unique and innovative medical devices, but has also developed many non medical devices including guitars, the Stowboard, lipstick containers and farming tractors. Mr. KraMer holds an Executive Certificate in the Master of Product Development at Northwestern University and a bachelor’s degree in Industrial Design at MCAD. He also holds a certificate from Stanford University for the Cardiovascular System in Health and Disease, and spends much of his professional time teaching and lecturing about the human centered D3® development process for corporate teams, universities and schools nationwide.