About Robert D. Shelton
 Robert
Shelton is a co-author of the book, Making Innovation
Work (2006). This book challenges the prevalent misconceptions
about innovation and lays out the tools and processes necessary
for an organization to harness and execute innovation. Mr.
Shelton has spent his entire professional life working on
innovation. Presently Mr. Shelton is a Director and a leader
of the global innovation practice at PRTM Management Consultants.
With over thirty years experience Mr. Shelton has assisted
leading government organizations and companies around the
world. He specializes in developing and integrating innovative
business models and new technologies to create valuable new
business opportunities for his clients. Recently, he co-edited
The Creative Enterprise (Praeger, 2007), a three-volume
compilation that integrates insights from the fields of management,
economics, technology, psychology, and sociology to cover
the spectrum across individual and organizational innovation.
Mr. Shelton has been a speaker on innovation in Asia, the
US, and Europe. Mr. Shelton has been a keynote speaker on
innovation and business strategy to a range of senior executive
audiences at leading corporations around the world and at
the House of Commons, European Communities, Fudan University
(Shanghai), Innovation and Technology Research Institute (Taipei),
The Conference Board (New York), FT Innovation Forum (London),
ENG Innovation Conference (Amsterdam), Front End of Innovation
Conference (Vienna), and the Ireland Innovation Forum 2008.
Mr. Shelton’s work has received media attention from
The Wall Street Journal, Financial Times,
CNN Financial News, and Tech Nation (National
Public Radio). Mr. Shelton is the co-founder and a board member
of a leading technology incubator in Silicon Valley recognized
for its unique contributions and selected as the best US business
incubator in 2008.
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