Jeremy Utley

Jeremy Utley is a leading expert on creativity, innovation, and entrepreneurship. He’s an AI and management instructor at Stanford Online, co-host of the top 1% AI podcast, Beyond the Prompt: How to Use AI in Your Company, and the co-author of Ideaflow: The Only Business Metric That Matters, which has been translated into 10+ languages and landed him on the Thinkers50 Top Ten Innovation Leaders watch list in 2023. His forthcoming book, The Human Advantage: What AI Can’t Do Without You, will be published by Hay House in fall 2026.

Utley’s work has been featured in The Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, Harvard Business Review, Stanford Social Innovation Review, TIME, and Entrepreneur, as well as by McKinsey & Company. Over the past 16 years, his award-winning teaching has reached more than four million students worldwide. A dynamic and engaging speaker, he translates research on creativity and the history of invention and discovery into transformative learning experiences.

His current research explores how generative AI is reshaping problem-solving and innovation within large organizations. He has helped scores of organizations strengthen generative AI adoption and proficiency, including NVIDIA, Hyatt Hotels, the San Antonio Spurs, EY, Qualtrics, FICO, the National Park Service, and the San Francisco Giants.

Utley describes himself as a “front-row student in the world’s coolest classroom.” Through his teaching and research, he highlights how each of us can use this remarkable technology to accelerate our journey toward creative mastery.

Programs Jeremy Teaches

Product Development with AI: From Idea to Market in Half the Time