Stop Asking Your Team to Innovate Like Entrepreneurs… Until You Make Decisions Like VCs
Corporate innovation teams are taught in their organizations, and in the media and classes, to act like entrepreneurs navigating risk in a new venture or idea. But entrepreneurs usually work in partnership...
The Challenge of Measuring Innovation
Since 1955, the average lifespan of an S&P 500 company has decreased by 44 years. And in the last 15 years alone, 52% of S&P 500 companies have disappeared. Whichever way you slice it, it’s never been...
Are Your Breakthrough Innovations Failing to Break Out?
It is always difficult to develop an early idea, earn revenues, and exit. This struggle is especially true whenever firms fall in love with that new idea and manage (and fund) it like a traditional project. There’s an alternative path, though.
The 8 Hidden Venture-Killers
Large enterprises struggle at launching fast-growing ventures because they fall victim to hidden venture-killers. Many of these obstacles are the corporate attributes you’re most proud of. Here are the 8 venture-killers, and what to do about them.
4 Tactics for Business Risk Mitigation During Innovation
Corporate Innovation Groups (CIGs) are often on “offense” when it comes to new product development and technological innovation, particularly when it comes to engaging the market and mitigating market-facing risks.
