As well as his post at RCA, Garrick Jones is Fellow at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) where he teaches on the Open Innovation Programme. His research is focused on decision-making, innovation and the creative economy – specifically enabling regional transformation through enabling the creative economy.

As an expert in ways of working, decision support and learning organisations, Garrick has been instrumental in the development of purpose -built collaborative learning environments (CLEs) for innovation. He has advised on numerous projects for corporations and governments.

Garrick's academic research is focused on large scale support systems for commerce and business, culture, education and community development, in which innovation and the design process is critical. He is particularly focused on the value of design process, visualisation methods and tools for enabling decision-making and constructive problem solving.

He has worked with teams to develop and launch Collaborative Innovation Centres on every continent. He is a member of the UN’s IFIP TaskForce on Decision Making. He was jointly awarded the first “1851 Commission Fellowship” for Design in Management. Through his company, the Ludic Group, Garrick’s teams provide strategic decision-making support for the world’s foremost organisations and government programmes.

As a musician he plays and composes - most recently collaborating with the artist Urs Fischer on a book and performances at the Centre Pompidou, Paris; the Kunsthaus, Zurich and the Camden Arts Centre, London.