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Article Five Steps That Make Change Easier
June 12, 2026
In this excerpt from the new book How Change Really Work, the authors caution that "take up" of change and new ideas among your colleagues is never automatic, but must be earned. Then they present five steps for earning it.
Article Why Mitsubishi Electric is Setting Up a New Innovation Hub
June 4, 2026 | By Nicole Lewis, Contributing Writer
This month, Mitsubishi Electric U.S. is opening a new innovation hub in Boston. What's the goal? We talk to two leaders...
Upcoming Webcast & Live Call June 24th: The Impact Gap: Why Enterprise Innovation Programs Stall — and What the Data Reveals
This live session with Ilona Gochman of Qmarkets will discuss three patterns that explain why so many innovation programs feel busy — but can't show concrete results.
Article Strategic Innovation Demands an Investment Thesis
May 26, 2026 | By Ranjan Dash, Strategic Advisor, Early Charm Ventures and Suresh Chandran, Clinical Professor, LeBow College of Business, Drexel University
To survive in an environment where average business model lifespans have collapsed, corporate innovators must move from unstructured ideation to the rigorous discipline of successful venture capitalists, write Ranjan Dash and Suresh Chandran
Article Here are the Winners (and Finalists) of InnoLead’s 2026 Impact Awards
May 18, 2026
From supersonic aircraft to heavy trucks to robotic surgical assistants, this year’s Impact Awards focus on companies that are moving their industries forward. Here are the 15 finalists...
Article Why Innovation Can’t Happen Without Playfulness
May 13, 2026 | By Scott Kirsner
Innovation can't exist in a culture that doesn't allow for playfulness, says Piera Gelardi, author of the new book The Playful Way. Yet the environment in many workplaces today is shaped by plenty of non-playful dynamics. So what do you do?
Article Innovating With Agents: Two Months (and Counting) with OpenClaw on Our Team
May 12, 2026 | By Curtis Michelson
Corporations are diverting resources from innovation to fund AI initiatives. What does this mean for innovation managers? The co-authors of a new book explain.
Article Is the Latest Wave of AI Leading to an ‘Innovation Winter’?
May 4, 2026
Corporations are diverting resources from innovation to fund AI initiatives. What does this mean for innovation managers? The co-authors of a new book explain.
Article What GenAI Changes for Leaders in Large Organizations
April 13, 2026
GenAI isn't just about creating new efficiencies, writes Itai Green in this excerpt from his new book. It's about shifting the company's DNA toward an innovation mindset.
Upcoming Webcast & Live Call June 4th: Fighting for Your Budget: Using Visual Strategy to Prove Unseen Value
This live session with Parker Lee of Territory will teach you how to use prototypes and visual maps as "evidence" of value during the "messy middle" of a project.
Article How to Survive the ‘Stakeholder Spiral’
March 26, 2026
Every project in a big organization projects attract layers of stakeholders, each with their own interests, fears, and mental models. In this excerpt from his new book, Misha de Sterk offers advice on managing that dynamic.
Article The Death of the Design Process (and the Rise of the Infinity Loop)
March 24, 2026 | By Todd Reily
The design process as we knew it is most certainly dead, writes Todd Reily in his latest piece for InnoLead. What's replacing it?
Article Stop Explaining — and Start Building More Prototypes
March 17, 2026 | By Todd Reily
Because the cost of "making it real" has dropped to near zero, you can stop prototyping just the "best" idea, writes Todd Reily. Instead, you can prototype a whole portfolio of potential solutions.
Article Bridgers Wanted: A Skillset Companies ‘are Desperate For’
March 12, 2026 | By Scott Kirsner
Innovation at scale requires three different leadership roles, says author Linda Hill: architect, bridger, and catalyst. One is in especially high demand...
Article Addressing the Corporate Antibodies That Attack Open Innovation
March 11, 2026
In this excerpt from their new book, Diana Joseph, Dan Toma, and Esther Gons discuss two kinds of antibodies that often emerge to attack open innovation initiatives.
Article How Levi’s is Finding High-Impact Applications for AI
March 4, 2026 | By Nicole Lewis, Contributing Writer
We talk with Jason Gowans, Chief Digital & Technology Officer, about digital strategy and AI case studies at $6 billion Levi Strauss & Co.
Article Why Your Team Picks ‘Compromise’ Ideas (and How to Fix It)
March 2, 2026 | By Todd Reily
Todd Reily explains why awarding badges to ideas can work better than dot voting.
Article How We’re Building New AI-First Businesses and Ecosystems for the Future at LG Nova
February 25, 2026 | By Sokwoo Rhee, Head of LG Nova
"We need a new paradigm for corporate innovation," writes Sokwoo Rhee of LG Nova. "One that actively builds and scales new businesses and ecosystems, creating self-sustaining cycles of innovation." More inside...
Article Why OpenClaw Signals a New Organizational Design Challenge
February 23, 2026 | By Keri Dawson, CEO, Designit
OpenClaw, and its creator Peter Steinberger, have been the stars of the latest AI news cycle. Here's the significance of Steinberger's recent move to OpenAI.
Article AI Gives You B- Ideas. Here’s the Way to Earn an A.
February 16, 2026 | By Todd Reily
"Good enough" ideas are a death sentence, writes Todd Reily. So how do you get truly great ideas? Not by brainstorming...