Ep.18 Return On Experience with Tim Kobe Founder & CEO Eight Inc.

<p><strong>About Tim Kobe :</strong></p><p>Tim’s LinkedIn Profile: <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/timkobe">linkedin.com/in/timkobe</a></p><p>Website: <a href="http://www.eightinc.com/" target="_blank">eightinc.com  </a>(Company Website)</p><p>Phone: 1 415 8501828 (Mobile)</p><p>Email: <a href="mailto:kobe@eightinc.com" target="_blank">kobe@eightinc.com</a></p><p>Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/TimKobe" target="_blank">TimKobe</a></p><p><strong>Bio: </strong></p><p>Sometimes called “Apple’s best kept secret” Eight Inc. is one of the most progressive design firms working today. 8 is helping to transform organizations to be relevant in the worlds most highly competitive environments by looking at the design factors that drive successful human interactions. Tim Kobe is a design leader, Founder and CEO of Eight Inc. Eight Inc. employs leading designers and strategists working across 11 offices including Beijing, Shanghai, Hong Kong, London, New York, San Francisco, Honolulu, Tokyo, Istanbul, Dubai, Hong Kong and Singapore. 8 has received international design awards and has been published in Asia, Europe, and the United States.<br />Tim Kobe has lectured at the Art Center College of Design, Pasadena; California College of Arts and Crafts, San Francisco; San Francisco Academy of Art; and at IDSA Awards Presentation, 1997. He has lectured on behalf of the US State Department focused on sustainability and architecture in Bangkok and Los Angeles. He has lectured at the prestigious Picnic in Amsterdam, an annual design conference merging business and technology and continues speaking internationally on a variety of design subjects. <br />In 2005 Kobe became a trustee at Art Center College of Design and currently serving as Chairman of the Academic Affairs Committee. He also serves on the Board of Directors for the Grabhorn Institute in San Francisco California.<br />In 2006 Kobe received the top award for the professional competition “High Density on the High Ground.” sponsored by McGraw-Hill Companies’ Architec