Building Global Prosperity: Innovation and Action - KIN Global

Robert C. Wolcott
Founder & Executive Director
Kellogg Innovation Network
Center for Research in Technology & Innovation (CRTI)
Kellogg School of Management
PHOTO BY NATHAN MANDELL
In 2003, Professor Wolcott co-founded (with Mohan Sawhney) and
directs the Kellogg Innovation Network (KIN), a network of senior
executives dedicated to driving sustainable innovation. Members
include Cargill, Cisco, PepsiCo, IBM, DuPont, FedEx, Chamberlain Group, Microsoft, Motorola
and SC Johnson, among others.
Professor Wolcott is Lecturer of Entrepreneurship & Innovation at the Kellogg School of
Management. He teaches corporate innovation and entrepreneurship in Evanston and for
Kellogg’s Executive MBA Programs in Hong Kong (with HKUST) and Miami. In 2002 and
2005, he served as Visiting Professor at the Keio Business School (Tokyo).
Professor Wolcott’s article, Four Models of Corporate Entrepreneurship, with collaborator Dr.
Mike Lippitz, appeared in the Fall 2007, issue of the MIT Sloan Management Review. His article
with Mohan Sawhney and Inigo Arroniz, Twelve Different Ways for Companies to Innovate,
was the most downloaded article of 2006 from the MIT Sloan Management Review.
He also co-founded and serves as Managing Partner of Clareo Partners LLC, a corporate
strategy and innovation management consultancy. Clients include ABN Amro, Kraft,
Microsoft, ADT, Herman Miller, HP, Chamberlain, Ricoh, TKH Group (Netherlands), Rio Tinto
Iron Ore, SAP and Motorola. Professor Wolcott also consults to the Pentagon as an adjunct
of the Institute for Defense Analyses (IDA), Alexandria, VA.
Through 2001, Professor Wolcott served as Director of Innovation Process at XL Tech Group
(xltg.com), a publicly traded firm (UK) located in Melbourne, Florida, building new technologybased
businesses. XLTG owns a $1 billion+ portfolio of firms traded on the public markets in
addition to its private holdings.
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