Alan G Robinson
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Dr. Alan G. Robinson specializes in managing high-performing organizations, creativity, ideas, innovation, and lean. He is the co-author of twelve books, many of which have been translated into more than twenty-five languages.

"Corporate Creativity," co-authored with Sam Stern, was named “Book of the Year” by the Academy of Human Resource Management and was a finalist in the Financial Times/Booz Allen & Hamilton Global Best Business Book Awards.

His book "Vos Idées Changent Tout," co-authored with Isaac Getz, has been translated into six languages. In his preface to the German edition of this book, Heinrich von Pierer, President and CEO of Siemens AG, called this “an important book on a topic that is fundamental to every business.”

According to the Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME), "Modern Approaches to Manufacturing Improvement," his 1991 book with Shigeo Shingo, who was one of the developers of the Toyota Production System, “remains a must-read for anyone interested in lean production.”

Robinson’s book, "Ideas Are Free," co-authored with Dean Schroeder, was named Reader’s Choice by Fast Company magazine and one of the 30 best business books of 2004 by Soundview Executive Books and was featured on ABC World News and CNN Headline News.

"The Idea-Driven Organization," also co-authored with Dean Schroeder, came out in 2014 and was named the best book in 2014 on Management and Leadership by USA Book News, and won the 2015 Beverly Hills Book Award in the General Business Category.

His latest book "Practical Innovation in Government: How Front-Line Leaders Are Transforming Public-Sector Organizations" was published in July 2022.

Robinson has advised more than 300 companies in thirty countries on how to improve their performance. Over the years, his research has been written about in almost every major newspaper in the United States, including The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, The Chicago Tribune, and The Washington Post. His work has also been featured in many business publications, including The Economist, Inc., Fortune, BusinessWeek, Forbes, and Entrepreneur, and he has been interviewed on numerous local and national radio and television shows, including National Public Radio, CNN, ABC World News with David Muir, and CNBC’s Powerlunch. He also co-hosted a two-hour show on innovation for PBS/The Business Channel.

Dr. Robinson is on the faculty of the Isenberg School of Management at the University of Massachusetts. He received his Ph.D. in applied mathematics from the Whiting School of Engineering at Johns Hopkins University, and a B.A. and M.A. in mathematics from the University of Cambridge.

He has also taught at St. Petersburg Technical University in Russia, the Athens Laboratory of Business Administration in Greece (affiliated with INSEAD), the Jagiellonian University in Poland, the University of Porto in Portugal, the Hanoi Business School, and Tianjin University in China.
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