Draft:Jeremy Utley


Jeremy Utley is a Stanford professor, Artificial Intelligence (AI) researcher, and co-author of Ideaflow: The Only Business Metric That Matters. His research focuses on applications of generative AI, design, and innovation.

Early life and education

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Utley grew up in Tulsa, Oklahoma. His father was a preacher at a small Church of Christ congregation and later founded a non-denominational evangelical church. When Utley was fifteen, his family relocated from Oklahoma to Dallas, Texas. [1]

Utley graduated from the University of Texas at Austin in 2005 with a Bachelor of Business Administration from the McCombs School of Business. In 2009, he earned an MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business.[2]

Career and research

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Utley began his career as a management consultant at Boston Consulting Group.[3]

After a shift in career focus, Utley joined Stanford’s Hasso Plattner Institute of Design (d.school) in January 2023. In addition to teaching, he serves as the Director of Executive Education at the d.school.[4] and hosts the program “Stanford’s Masters of Creativity”.[5] Utley also holds an adjunct faculty position at the Stanford School of Engineering, where he teaches courses on innovation and creativity.

Beyond academia, Utley co-hosts Beyond the Prompt, a podcast focused on exploring the business value of generative AI.[6] His research has been featured in such publications as The Wall Street Journal, [7], the Financial Times, [8] and Harvard Business Review. [9]

Publications

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Books

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Ideaflow: The Only Business Metric That Matters (with Perry Klebahn). Portfolio, 2022.[10]

Selected articles

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“5 Ways to Boost Creativity on Your Team,” Harvard Business Review (2023).[11]

“For Conversations You Dread, Try a Chatbot,” “The Wall Street Journal”' (2024).[12]

  1. ^ "Unexpected Solutions: How to Have the Best Idea Flow for Your Team and Yourself with Jeremy Utley". Inspired Purpose Partners. February 6, 2023. Retrieved September 25, 2025.
  2. ^ "Jeremy Utley". Stanford Online. Retrieved September 25, 2025.
  3. ^ "Jeremy Utley Instructor Profile". Stanford University. Retrieved September 25, 2025.
  4. ^ "Jeremy Utley". Stanford Online. Retrieved September 25, 2025.
  5. ^ Utley, Jeremy; Klebahn, Perry (25 October 2022). Ideaflow: The Only Business Metric That Matters. Penguin Publishing. ISBN 978-0-593-42058-4. Retrieved September 25, 2025.
  6. ^ "About Beyond the Prompt". Beyond the Prompt. Retrieved September 25, 2025.
  7. ^ "For Conversations You Dread, Try a Chatbot". The Wall Street Journal. May 4, 2024. Retrieved September 25, 2025.
  8. ^ "Can AI make brainstorming less mind-numbing?". Financial Times. 2023. Retrieved September 25, 2025.
  9. ^ Utley, Jeremy; Klebahn, Perry (March 28, 2023). "5 Ways to Boost Creativity on Your Team". Harvard Business Review. Retrieved September 25, 2025.
  10. ^ Utley, Jeremy; Klebahn, Perry (25 October 2022). Ideaflow: The Only Business Metric That Matters. Penguin Publishing. ISBN 978-0-593-42058-4. Retrieved September 25, 2025.
  11. ^ Utley, Jeremy; Klebahn, Perry (March 28, 2023). "5 Ways to Boost Creativity on Your Team". Harvard Business Review. Retrieved September 25, 2025.
  12. ^ "For Conversations You Dread, Try a Chatbot". The Wall Street Journal. May 4, 2024. Retrieved September 25, 2025.