Professor Carlson lectures, consults, and directs programs throughout the world in the areas of the management of new product development, manufacturing strategy, scheduling, facilities planning, and cost analysis. At Stanford, he founded and directs a one-week summer executive program entitled "Excellence in Developing and Manufacturing Products". He also has lectured in the programs "Effective Management of Production Operations" and the "AEA/Stanford Executive Institute". He has created and conducted numerous executive seminars in the United States and in England, Germany, Switzerland, Japan, Spain, and Canada. He was the founding Co-Director of the International Manufacturing Policy Seminar offered at the International Management Institute in Geneva and the founding Co-Director of the Stanford Faculty Program in the Management of Technology offered at the Kyoto Research Park in Japan.