Thoughts & Insights

What 10 years in corporate innovation taught me

What 10 years in corporate innovation taught me

I consider all of you reading this as part of my team, even if I haven’t “officially” met you. For that, I am grateful. Being in such amazing company for the past 10 years has pushed me to grow in every way; constantly experimenting on myself as a prototype. So I...

Top 5 Missteps of Innovation Labs

Top 5 Missteps of Innovation Labs

A successful corporate innovation lab, incubator, or accelerator depends upon three things: people, people, and people. That’s what I learned by speaking with the heads of innovation labs at 12 Fortune 500 corporations over the course of eight weeks. These market...

The Design Brief: a North Star for Any Project

The Design Brief: a North Star for Any Project

It’s easy to lose track of the big vision when you’re in the weeds of a project. That’s why it is important to have a Design Brief so it can help ground you and your team as the opportunity you’re tackling gets more wicked. Simply put, your Design Brief is a charter, the North Star, for your project.

How to Manage and Reduce Your Innovation Risk

How to Manage and Reduce Your Innovation Risk

In the world of startups and venture investing, understanding and weighing risk is core to assessing any opportunity. For corporate innovation, assessing risk is just as crucial, if not more so, given the attachment to a going concern. Innovation initiatives need to...