2026 QLD iAwards Ceremony

Prof Tim Kastelle

Director

Andrew L. Liveris Academy for Innovation and Leadership

The University of Queensland

Tim Kastelle is Professor and Director of the Andrew N. Liveris Academy for Innovation and Leadership.

The Academy’s mission is educating students with proven leadership prowess, a passion for sustainability and the potential to solve problems through large-scale innovation, with the Academy also taking leadership in sustainability and innovation both locally and globally.

Tim’s research, teaching, and engagement work are all based on his study of innovation management. He graduated from Princeton University with a degree in economics, and his MBA and PhD were completed at UQ. He has published widely in the leading innovation journals. He is also a Co-Founder of The Intangible Labs with Nilofer Merchant. In this project we are creating the metrics we need to best enable value creation in the 21st Century.

Tim is deeply committed to translating research into practice to help people and organisations create value from ideas. To this end, he writes a well-regarded innovation blog for managers (http://timkastelle.org/blog/), and he has worked to develop innovation and leadership programs in collaboration with a wide range of organisations, such as the Commonwealth Science & Industrial Research Organisation, CSR, Meat & Livestock Australia, Teys Australia, Logan City Council, and Metro South Health.

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