Diversification Dividend: How to Win in Today’s Market
It’s the early 2000s, and the internet is still finding its footing. Imagine your company, a century-old travel industry leader, receiving a merger proposal from an upstart digital disruptor. Your brand dominates the offline world, but digital competitors are growing fast in a rapidly changing market. You have three choices: merge, compete…
Why Culture Change Never Sticks – And What to Do Instead
Culture change is a persistent challenge for organizations. Companies often invest in leadership development, training programs, and elaborate communication campaigns, expecting these initiatives to embed lasting behavioral shifts. Yet, these efforts frequently fail. The reason? They focus on changing individuals rather than altering the…
Rethinking Innovation Value: Measuring Impact and Securing Executive Buy-in
Corporate innovators face a frustrating paradox. Your work is essential for long-term business success, yet proving its value remains a challenge. Leadership teams expect measurable outcomes, but traditional financial metrics fail to capture the full impact of innovation. Without clear proof of value, even the most promising efforts risk being…
When It’s Time To Scale
You’ve spent months, maybe even years, developing and validating an innovative concept. Pilot results are strong, market potential looks promising, and leadership is excited. Now, it’s time for the handover to the core business for scaling. But this is where things get tricky. As you prepare for the transition, doubts start creeping in. Will the…
Innov8rs and ASU co-hosting Innov8rs Phoenix, 8-9 April 2025
As one of the most dynamic entrepreneurial ecosystems in the U.S., Arizona has emerged as a hub of innovation, often called “Silicon Valley 2.0.” The region has gained prominence in semiconductor manufacturing, robotics, artificial intelligence, defense, drones, autonomous electric vehicles, and medical, financial, and space…
Preparing for the Human & AI Innovator Team
With customer needs evolving rapidly and technologies like generative AI reshaping business processes, banks are under pressure to stay ahead. At ABN AMRO Bank, Anna-Lena Lorenz and her team are navigating this transformation by exploring how humans and AI can collaborate to drive innovation. At Innov8rs Milan, she shares how they are unlocking…
Stuck With Creating Growth Outside of the Core?
To create revenue beyond the existing business, corporate innovators need to design a supportive NOW/NEW interface. There is an 80 percent chance that growth “outside the box” is a top-5 priority in your company. The “box” refers to your company’s current business model, operating model, and mental model. But chances are, your company is…
Key Takeaways From the 2024 Intrapreneurship Barometer
Intrapreneurship: A Driver of Value Creation Aligned With Business Objectives When Yumana launched the first Intrapreneurship Barometer in 2021, many programs focused on developing an entrepreneurial mindset and new ways of working rather than driving direct business value. Fast forward to 2024 and the second edition of their European study, the…
Building the Right Innovation Portfolio
If you’ve been around the innovation world for a while you probably came across the 70-20-10 ‘golden rule’ for portfolio management. This ‘rule’ suggests that 70% of a company’s resources need to go toward core-business innovation, 20% towards adjacent innovation and 10% towards disruptive or radical innovation. Historically…
What Happened in the World of Corporate Innovation in 2024?
ROI, AI, ESG and more. At The Innovator’s Handbook 2024 Launch Event last year December, we invited several thought leaders and experts to share their predictions for what would happen in the world of corporate innovation in 2024, in short 8-min talks. The year did fly by… and much has happened. So with 2024 already in its final quarter, we…
How to Better Align Innovation with Strategy
Don’t look at the size of the opportunity – focus on strategic fit to select the right innovation ideas for your business. Can innovation in an established organization be compared to innovation in a startup? As David Rogers, author and Columbia Business School professor, noted in his recent Innov8rs session, both of these setups are…
Making Innovation Everyone’s Priority
Can you make innovation everyone’s priority? It’s an admirable goal, since if all employees are invested in finding ways to do things better there’s a far higher chance of new ideas and initiatives being successful. This is the belief of Vlora Muslimi, Senior Manager at TD Bank Group, who’s responsible for the organization’s iD8 program- a…
