Robert Wolcott
Robert Wolcott is an Adjunct Professor of Innovation at Booth School of Business, University of Chicago, & the Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University. 2009 – 2019. He served as Clinical Professor of Innovation & Entrepreneurship at Kellogg winning Teacher of the Year from Kellogg’s EMBA program in 2013, 2014, 2015 & 2017. He is co-founder & chair of TWIN Global (www.twinglobal.org), a community of over 3,000 innovation leaders from across countries & sectors. Author of numerous books & articles, most recently PROXIMITY, from Columbia University Press (May, 2024). Wolcott’s work has appeared in publications such as MIT Sloan Management Review, The Harvard Business Review (online), The Wall Street Journal. Contributor for Forbes on the impact of technology on business, society & humanity. Board member of strategy consultancy Clareo; human transformation platform Abroad.io; global non-profit HCP Cure Blindness (Himalayan Cataract Project); Open Innovation Lab of Norway. Active venture investor in over 30 companies & venture funds. BA, European & Chinese History; MS & Ph.D., Industrial Engineering & Management Science, Northwestern University.
