Toronto, Ontario, Canada
"Enabler of Stellar Performance" A recognized leader in Learning, Performance, Social Engagement and Development with proven ability to lead enterprise-wide, multi-disciplinary, multi-cultural, diverse, and award winning projects aligned to strategic goals. Robin received the 2024 Educator of the Year award by SAS Global. He is one of 5 awardee across the globe and the only Canadian professor. Key Strengths: Strategic Visioning, Innovative and Integrated Learning Solutions. Coach Executive teams on decision-making, effectively facilitate change leadership approaches. Collaborative Partnership. Create an engaged (dare I say, fun) but purposeful work environment. I excel when handed a significant mandate and given the flexibility to do it well. Specialties: Social Experiments as Pedagogical Modality, Change Strategy, Leadership Capability, Stakeholder Analysis including strong Needs Assessment and Development Strategies especially in Virtual Work Environments; Program Design, Workforce Planning, Project and Change Management; Social Media Technologies, Comprehensive Competency and Learning Professional's Certification Modeling. I'm a federal research grant recipient studying various ways to enable Canadian workforces to be ready for the changing workforce landscape of the 2030s. I've been published in professional and peer-reviewed journals as well as spoken at conferences internationally on topics like Big Data Measurement Models, Social Collaboration Tools, Leadership, Kind Corporate Citizen Development, and Social Media. I've been a featured guest on tv (e.g. CNN-Asia, CBC Nightly News), radio/podcast (e.g. CBC Metro Morning in Toronto and Kitchener/Waterloo), national publications (e.g. Canadian Press, Reuters, Globe and Mail). Published Textbooks: - Organizational Behaviour, Pearson Publication. 2026, 2022 - Design, Development and Delivery: Insider's Guide to Enhancing Performance through Strategic Learning Design, Development and Delivery, Kendall Hunt Publications, 2026, 2023 - Building Your Dream: A Canadian Guide to Starting Your Own Business. McGraw Hill. 2024, 2021 - Introduction to Human Resources, Pearson Flextext, 2020 Published Compendia: - Training Design and Delivery. Pearson Collections. 2022, 2020 - Business Channel Strategies. Pearson Collections. 2020 - Omnichannel. Pearson Collections. 2019 Trade Books: - Always have, always will. Simon & Schuster. 2026 Let's discuss how I can enhance your programs as you build stellar performing teams. Do subscribe to my YouTube channel "Yap with Dr. Yap"
Organizational Transformation Consulting Practice specializing in a future-focused Global Strategic re-positioning. Client list includes Global Fortune 500 companies. 2026 Award: University of Phoenix Luminary
Transformation, Corporate Culture, Augmented Intelligence Strategic Consulting, Leadership Development, Social Collaboration Tools, Change Management, Gamification/AR/VR/360, Learning Journeys Strategies, Master Class Design and Facilitation, Executive and Master's Coach. Training and Performance Management. Client list includes Global Fortune 500 companies.
Intersection between Artificial Intelligence, Transformative Leadership, and Organizational Behaviour
2024 Educator of the Year Award (SAS) 2023-2024 eCampus Ontario Digital Fluency Ambassador 2023 Research Grant: Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC) 2019-2024 Research Grants: Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council/College and Community Social Innovation Fund: Impact of Disruptions and Convergences of Advanced Technologies to (1) Acculturation of Newcomer, Immigrant and LGBTQ+ Employees, (2) International Organizational Leadership strategies and approaches, (3) Data, (4) Entrepreneurship, and (5) Learning, and Performance. 2019 Research Mentor of the Year Award Full-Time Professor, Total Grants received 2018-2024 (CAD$1.7M) Donor - Dr. Robin Yap Bursary for leading LGBTQ+ students Faculty Lead, Humology Lab. Coordinator, Honours Bachelor in Business Administration (Major in Business Analytics) and Data Analytics certificate and post-grad programs. Professor Dossier includes 5 book authorships (Learning Experiences, Human Resources, Org Behavior, Entrepreneurship), 2 compendia (Training, Omnichannel/Business Channel Strategies), 19 courses, 5 course leads, 8 course development, 2 Open Education Resources and over 3 dozen peer-reviewed publications, Member, Ontario Expert Panel, 2021-present. Chair, Research Ethics Board. 2017-2021. Member 2015-2021. Visiting Professor: Chitkara University, India; University of Navarra, Spain; Oxford Brooks, UK; New York University and Columbia University Teacher's College, USA
Canadian Head of International Standards Organization (ISO) 29993 Education and Learning Services International Standards based in Geneva, Switzerland. Our Canadian delegation provides policy implementation, education, and auditing of organizations interested in being ISO 29993 certified.
Focus on enterprise-wide Social Learning Engagement, Mobile Learning Strategies, Virtual Leadership Techniques, Gamification Models, among others.