Robyn Bolton
Founder & Chief Navigator at MileZero
Robyn Bolton is the Founder & Chief Navigator at MileZero, a consultancy that helps leaders use innovation to confidently and repeatedly grow business revenue. She is also the author of Unlocking Innovation: A Leader’s Guide for Turning Bold Ideas Into Tangible Results (2025, Page Two) and an Assistant Professor at The Massachusetts College of Art and Design where she teaches courses in strategy and product innovation in the college’s Master of Design Innovation program.
Prior to founding MileZero, she was a Partner at Innosight, the innovation and growth strategy consulting firm founded by Harvard Professor Clayton Christensen, and a Manager at the Boston Consulting Group’s offices in Boston and Copenhagen.
She began her career at Procter & Gamble as an Assistant Brand Manager on the development and launch of Swiffer and Swiffer WetJet and Brand Manager on the WalMart Sales Team. She earned her MBA at Harvard Business School and graduated from Miami University (OH) with a Bachelor of Science in Marketing, cum laude with University Honors.
Her articles on innovation have appeared in multiple publications, including Fast Company, Bloomberg BusinessWeek, and Harvard Business Review Online. Her perspective has been featured in The New York Times and NPR’s Marketplace. She was voted the #1 blogger of 2022 and 2023 on Human-Centered Design and Innovation