Tim Leberecht is the chief marketing officer of global design and architecture firm NBBJ. Before joining NBBJ, Tim was the chief marketing officer of design and innovation consultancy Frog Design from 2006 to 2013. Previously, he had held marketing positions with software company Mindjet, the Athens 2004 Olympic Games, and Deutsche Telekom.
A widely published author and speaker, he has written for publications including Fast Company, Forbes, Fortune, Management Innovation Exchange, PSFK, Rotman Magazine, The European, and Wired, and spoken at venues including TED University, The Economist, DLD, Next, Re:Publica, the Futurist CMO Summit, and the Silicon Valley Bank CEO Summit. His 2012 TED Talk on “3 Ways to (Usefully) Lose Control of Your Brand” has garnered more than 450,000 views to date. He is the author of the upcoming book "The Business Romantic" (HarperCollins, 2014).














