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The Innovation Game: Can You Make Innovation a Lasting Capability?

If corporate innovation can sometimes feel like a game, it’s one set to hard mode. Success requires relationship-building, resource-gathering, and constant learning to make it past the traps and pitfalls you’ll inevitably encounter. Download the large-format discussion document…

Scott Kirsner · Feb 6, 2025
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Sustainability Advice from Tory Burch

Ten key pieces of advice from a December 2024 InnoLead members’ meeting on “Sustainability, Social Impact + Innovation: Delivering Results,” with Jennifer Gootman, Global Head of Sustainability and ESG Strategy at the luxury lifestyle brand Tory Burch.

Dec 6, 2024
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The Future of Consulting

Highlights and audio from a May 2024 InnoLead members’ meeting on the future of consulting in the innovation arena, featuring veterans Dan Ostrower, John Edson, and Abby Godee.

Jun 3, 2024
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Emerging Technology Trends in 2024 and Beyond

Notes from a January 2024 InnoLead Executive Group meeting, featuring guest speaker Richard Entrup, a KPMG Managing Director. The meeting covered four topics: Generative AI, quantum computing, blockchain, and the metaverse.

Jan 31, 2024
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Pharmaceutical Industry Innovation

Notes from a January 2024 InnoLead members’ meeting on innovation in pharma. Includes data from surveys conducted during the meeting.

Jan 30, 2024
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Customer Interview Guide

Discovery interview script and probing questions for validating problems.
InnoLead · Jan 16, 2024
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Plugging in to the Startup Ecosystem: An Illustrated Guide

No one would deny there’s a lot happening in the world of startups. But how can large companies tap into it, in a way that aligns with their objectives and creates real value? In this large-format illustration, we’ve laid out seven of the most common approaches to plugging in to the startup ecosystem — along with the key questions to ask about each.

Scott Kirsner · Nov 14, 2022
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List of Small Innovation Consulting Firms, Workshop Leaders, and Speakers

Here’s our list of 65+ small innovation consulting practices that do everything from facilitate design sprints to train innovation catalysts to assess innovation maturity. They have experience working at firms like UnitedHealthCare, Clorox, Nike, the Gap, Transmerica, Starbucks, Merck, Pepsico, Lululemon, and Pfizer. And they’re based in the US, Australia, Canada, Germany, Singapore, the Netherlands, […]

May 27, 2022
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Scenario Planning for the Impact of Coronavirus

This PowerPoint deck, created by a former Director of Innovation in the aerospace industry, argues that scenario planning is crucial right now, and presents a simple approach to it.

Apr 20, 2020
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Strengthen Your Case for Continued Investment

This downloadable Word document assumes that your senior executive team’s innovation priorities may be shifting. It lays out two pathways for addressing that: Capitalize & Grow, or Protect & Defend.

Apr 2, 2020
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Play the Game of Urgency Bingo

How much urgency is there surrounding innovation in your organization? You may not win fabulous prizes playing the game we call “Urgency Bingo,” but it can help you understand some of the dynamics at play when it comes to getting sufficient resources, allies, and momentum behind an innovation effort. It can be useful when you’re […]

Jul 10, 2019
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Innovation Illustrated: Measuring Innovation

Here’s Innovation Leader’s look at how you can design an effective “Mission Control” for your innovation work, along with questions to discuss with your team and senior leadership.

Mar 1, 2018
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What People Hear When the CEO Says ‘Innovate!’

What do the different groups think when the CEO announces the company will be more innovative? This resource can help different groups understand a definition of innovation which is accessible.

Feb 23, 2018
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Scouting: Key Questions, Participants, Indicators of Success

The goal of this editable worksheet is to help you think through some of the key questions, participants, risks, and indicators of success when you are setting up or seeking to improve a scouting operation. This worksheet is a component of our 2017 research report, “Scouting Trends & Emerging Tech,” available in the Reports area […]

Feb 14, 2018
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Best Practices in Scouting Trends and Emerging Tech

Survey data from 2017 on how large organizations structure their scouting activities, and some of the challenges they encounter. These slides were presented as part of a February 2018 webcast on scouting that is also available on InnoLead.

Feb 5, 2018
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