Building Innovation Cultures That Last: Beyond Pizza and Ping Pong
Real innovation culture lives in organizational systems, not office perks—and building it requires confronting uncomfortable truths about how your company actually works.
Technology Push vs Market Pull: Finding the Innovation Sweet Spot
Why choosing between technology-driven and market-driven innovation misses the real strategic question—and how leading organizations integrate both
The Technical Debt Paradox: Why Innovation Requires Strategic Shortcuts
Strategic shortcuts accelerate breakthroughs when you distinguish good debt from bad and manage it like a portfolio
Technology Roadmapping That Actually Works: Beyond Linear Planning
Why your technology roadmap keeps failing and how scenario-based approaches create genuine strategic advantage
The Innovator's Dilemma Isn't About Innovation: It's About Business Models
Why successful companies rationally ignore the threats that will destroy them—and what structural separation can do about it.
Why Most Open Innovation Programs Fail: The Collaboration Trap
The hidden economics and capability gaps that doom corporate innovation partnerships—and the structural fixes that actually work
From Science to Product: Managing Uncertainty in Technology Development
Master the methodologies that transform unpredictable scientific discoveries into successful commercial products through systematic uncertainty management
Skunkworks Secrets: Why Autonomous Innovation Units Succeed or Fail
Master the organizational design principles that separate legendary innovation units from expensive corporate failures
Why First Movers Usually Lose: The Innovation Timing Paradox
Strategic timing beats market sequence—learn why patient followers often capture more value than celebrated pioneers in technology markets
Why Most R&D Projects Fail Before They Start: The Portfolio Trap
Stop spreading R&D resources thin—discover why concentrated conviction beats diversification for breakthrough technology development.
Why Incremental Innovation Beats Radical: The Compound Progress Principle
How systematic small improvements compound to outperform dramatic breakthroughs in cumulative innovation value
From Lab to Market: Why Technology Transfer Fails and How to Fix It
Systematic approaches to bridging the gap between research breakthroughs and commercial reality, turning innovation graveyards into product pipelines.
The Adjacent Possible: Where Breakthrough Innovation Actually Happens
Most breakthroughs aren't invented—they're assembled from mature technologies that finally converged. Learn to spot these windows before competitors do.
The Modular Innovation Strategy: Building Platforms That Win
Master the art of strategic boundary design to capture innovation value and build platforms that dominate markets across technology generations.