Online | 18 February 2026, 17:00 CET/11am EST/8am PST
Growth Guide: Innovation Impact in 2026
Today’s business context is asking us as innovation teams to change what we’re doing and how we’re doing that, in order to deliver impact.
In 2026, success in corporate innovation isn’t measured by how many cool ideas are generated or shiny pilots were launched— it’s about how innovation translates into tangible business outcomes.
Budget cuts, executive pressure, and the rise of AI have forced us to get brutally clear about what actually drives results. During our recent Y2026 BoostCamp program we discussed what that means in practice:
- what are low-budget-high-impact innovation instruments/approaches?
- how to gain and keep leadership support and strategic alignment?
- how to leverage AI for innovation throughout the end-to-end process?
- and how to shift the culture/mindset across the org, to be able to act faster?
We captured the many in-depth conversations during the week and publish those, together with insights from other recent sessions within the community on the same topic, in a new “Innovation Impact in 2026” guide. This is the first of six guides we’ll be publishing this year (replacing our yearly handbook series).
We’ll launch the first Growth Guide: Innovation Impact 2026 on Feb 18th.
In this 30-min Backstage Brief, you’ll get a quick download of how innovation teams have refocused and recalibrated their innovation efforts for the realities of 2026.
Join the conversation live to be the first to access the guide (and get a nice bonus, too).
