Alan G. Robinson
Business author and academic
Alan G. Robinson is a business author and University of Massachusetts faculty member who writes about innovation, creativity and lean. He co-wrote The Idea-Driven Organization.
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About Alan G. Robinson
Dr. Alan G. Robinson holds a faculty position at the Isenberg School of Management, part of the University of Massachusetts. He earned a Ph.D. in applied mathematics at Johns Hopkins University and a B.A. and M.A. in mathematics at the University of Cambridge. His work centers on creativity, ideas, innovation and lean methods. The Idea-Driven Organization, written with Dean Schroeder, came out in 2014. USA Book News named it the year's best book on Management and Leadership, and it won the 2015 Beverly Hills Book Award in General Business. With Schroeder he also wrote Ideas Are Free, which Fast Company magazine named a Reader's Choice. His 1991 book with Shigeo Shingo, Modern Approaches to Manufacturing Improvement, was called a must-read on lean production by the Society of Manufacturing Engineers. His later book Practical Innovation in Government was published in July 2022.