Alan G. Robinson, PH.D.

Author, Educator, Speaker, & Consultant

Consulting Expertise

“An engaging speaker and gifted trainer, Alan brings real-world know-how to companies looking to close the gap between where they are and where they strive to be. Through his guidance, our front-line innovation and bottom-up idea generating program has shaped the culture of our organization and improved our performance.”
~ Donald D’Amour, CEO, Big Y World Class Market

“Alan’s book, Ideas Are Free, guided the establishment of our initial idea program at Massachusetts General Hospital. His most recent book, The Idea-Driven Organization, is helping to guide the further development and expansion of our program across all of the Partners Healthcare research network.”

~ Harry Orf, Senior VP of Research at Mass General Brigham

Alan has extensive consulting and training experience. He continues to help organizations around the world through his many services, which include:

  • Help with any organization’s management of innovation, continuous improvement, process improvement, lean, or its front-line idea system.
  • Leadership training and executive education.
  • Training programs for managers and employees at all levels in idea-generation, continuous improvement, lean, creativity, and innovation.
  • A detailed diagnosis/assessment of any organization’s management of innovation, continuous improvement, lean or process improvement with recommendations on how to increase effectiveness.
  • Guidance for organizations wishing to set up and launch high-performance idea systems (i.e. one implementing 24 or more ideas per person per year).
  • Executive coaching. A big reason that organizations cannot effectively manage bottom-up ideas and improvement, or really gain traction with their lean efforts, is that these changes require a different kind of leadership. Effective personal coaching from a knowledgeable expert can greatly help leaders and managers with the transition.
  • Facilitation of targeted executive reading groups.

To inquire about the possibility of having Alan work with your organization, send an email to alan@alanrobinson.com.

Selected Client List

  • Abbvie
  • AIG
  • Alcan
  • Allianz
  • All States Materials Group
  • Altana Pharmaceutical
  • American Nursery and Landscape Association
  • Aon Hewitt
  • ASML
  • Aspen Square Management
  • Baptist Memorial Healthcare
  • Bemis
  • Beth-Israel Hospital
  • Big Y World Class Market
  • Blue Shield of California
  • Bose
  • Brookhaven National Laboratory
  • Cadence
  • Catamount
  • City University of New York (CUNY)
  • Cleveland Clinic
  • Coor Service Management
  • Conair
  • Cornell Cookson
  • Croscill
  • Daneher
  • Defense Finance and Accounting Service
  • Delta Dental
  • Fanuc (DFAS)