Alan Gregerman

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About

Dr. Alan S. Gregerman is Founder, President, and Chief Innovation Officer of VENTURE WORKS Inc., a consulting, training, and learning firm based in the Washington, DC area that helps leading companies and organizations to develop winning strategies and create successful new products, services, business ventures, customer experiences, and ways of doing business.

His customers are a wide range of Fortune 500 corporations, growing firms, nonprofits, international organizations, and entrepreneurial start-ups including Marriott International, ICFI, Kaiser Permanente, Mercedes Benz, Google, CSC, CGI, GlaxoSmithKline, Citibank, L3Harris, Volvo, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Omnicom, Pakka, Noblis, Raytheon, the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund, Ritz-Carlton, the University of Maryland Medical System, Unisys, the Children’s National Medical Center, and the National Civil Rights Museum.

Alan is an internationally respected expert on business strategy, innovation, customer service, and unlocking the talent in people at all levels of organizations. Over the past 25 years he has helped over 400 teams and organizations to create winning strategies and important innovations—with a 90% success rate. He is also an award-winning teacher, author, and keynote speaker who has been called “one of the most original thinkers in business today” and “the Robin Williams of business consulting.” His four award-winning and bestselling books challenge our thinking about innovation, where remarkable ideas come from, and how to have a compelling impact in whatever we choose to do. His first book, Lessons from the Sandbox, provided a powerful formula for business success based on the magic of childhood. His second book, Surrounded by Geniuses showed companies and organizations how to unlock compelling value by finding powerful insight in their own people and the world around them. His third book, The Necessity of Strangers is all about the power of connecting with new and different people as the real key to innovation, collaboration, and greater business and personal success. And his new book, The Wisdom of Ignorance, turns innovation on its head by explaining why “not knowing” stuff as opposed to expertise, is the real key to creating breakthroughs in a fast-changing world.

Before starting VENTURE WORKS, Alan was Director of Entrepreneurial Services for a national consulting firm, Special Assistant for Operations at the U.S. Department of Commerce, and the first Visiting Scholar in Innovation at the Library of Congress. He has also worked as a subway mechanic, mapmaker, hotel housekeeper, and as an Adjunct Professor of Innovation at Georgetown University and the University of Maryland in College Park. Alan earned his B.A. in geography  summa cum laude, from Northwestern University, and his M.A. in economic geography and Ph.D. in urban and technological planning, with highest honors, from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. He also founded Passion for Learning, Inc., an award-winning nonprofit that has empowered 3,500 young women to learn technology skills as a key to career success. He and his wife Lisa have three children, Sara, Carly, and Noah and three adorable, rescued dogs.

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Topics

The Wisdom of Ignorance: Why Not Knowing Can be the Real Key to Innovation in an Uncertain World

The Necessity Of Strangers: Why People You Don’t Know Yet Are Essential To Innovation, Growth, And Success

Innovation, AI, And The Importance Of Being Human

Surrounded By Geniuses: How To Cast A Wider Net In The Search For Innovation And Value

Innovation Is The Real Key To Sales And Marketing Success

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Testimonials

“A permission slip to stop pretending you have all the answers before you start. Alan Gregerman flips the script and shows you why not knowing can be your biggest asset in a fast-changing world.”

Mel Robbins, New York Times Bestselling Author and Host
The Mel Robbins Podcast

“Captivating!”

American Society of Association Executives

“The most thoughtful, authentic, fun, and energizing speaker we have ever had!”

Marriott International

“Brilliant!”

International Monetary Fund

“One of the most original thinkers in business today!”

Business Week

“Alan Gregerman shows us that the real keys to creative genius are an open mind and a strong sense of imagination.”

Rory Sutherland, Chairman Emeritus, Ogilvy, and author of Alchemy: The Surprising Power of Ideas That Don’t Make Sense

“Alan Gregerman is a genius!”

Revolution Cooking

“If being more compelling and innovative in your career or business matters to you, Alan Gregerman will reset your thinking.”

USA Today

“To say you were inspiring would be a complete understatement.”

Women in Technology

“Alan opened our eyes and challenged all of us to reimagine the value of expertise in innovation! It is essential (from our perspective as a technology company), but it is not the only skill we need. We are all so much better as a result of his ideas and wisdom.”

Lockheed Martin