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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...
Article How to Know if You’re AI Obsessed… or AI Enabled
February 12, 2026 | By Mohan Nair, Contributing Columnist and Founder/CEO of Emerge Inc.
"People react in two ways to Gen AI," writes Mohan Nair in his latest book. "One is what I call AI-afraid, and the second is AI-obsessed." The third way is learning how to be AI-enabled.
Article The Bobblehead Effect: How the Illusion of Agreement Can Kill Innovation
February 9, 2026 | By Todd Reily
We've all been in that meeting: The strategy is presented. The team leader looks around the room and asks if everyone is on board. And then it happens... The Bobblehead Effect. Todd Reily explains how to avoid it.
Article If You Want to Build the Future, Stop Solving Today’s Problems
February 2, 2026 | By Todd Reily
The first part of a six-part series on how the innovation process is evolving in the age of AI, by former Bose director of visioneering Todd Reilly.
Article Software Provider Profile: Qmarkets
January 23, 2026
Qmarkets helps large organizations move beyond fragmented innovation initiatives and deliver measurable business impact at scale. Built for the realities of enterprise innovation, the platform enables organizations to manage innovation end to end, from early exploration to execution and impact tracking.
Article Your Growth, Innovation, and AI Agenda for 2026: 10 Things to Consider
January 8, 2026
From bespoke software development to decentralized innovation, experts lay out 10 things that should be on the agenda of big organizations in 2026.
On Demand Webcast Success Considerations for Type I vs Type II Innovation Programs
December 23, 2025
In this webcast replay, Chris Townsend of Wellspring details the differences between Type I and Type II innovation programs.
Article The Most Useful Custom GPTs for Market Research, Patent Analysis, Corporate Innovation, and More
December 2, 2025
Here's our collection of the 12 best Custom GPTs that allow you to use specific innovation-related datasets or methodologies on top of OpenAI's ChatGPT platform.
Article The 10 Best Anti-Innovation Quotes: Hollywood Edition
November 24, 2025 | By Scott Kirsner
With the holiday movie-going season upon us, we assembled a list of anti-innovation quotes from notable Hollywood executives, inventors, and directors — just to show that no industry is without its nay-sayers who can rationally explain why change will never come.
Article How Google X Works to Systematize Innovation
November 19, 2025 | By Scott Kirsner
Helen Riley of Google X talks about the organization's mission; several current projects; how they deal with failure; and their efforts to systematize innovation.
Upcoming Webcast & Live Call Dec. 10th: Success Considerations for Type I vs Type II Innovation Programs
What is the difference between a Type I and Type II innovation program? Join Chris Townsend of Wellspring to discuss the differing determinants of success, reporting structures, OKRs, and more.
Thought Leadership The 5 Things that Matter Most About Getting Real Business Value from AI
November 13, 2025 | By Stephanie Creech, Ezassi
Stephanie Creech of Ezassi highlights five principles for turning AI into real business value: grounding data, enabling autonomy, orchestrating tools, ensuring transparency, and focusing on measurable impact. She shows how Ezassi’s RAG + Agentic AI systems move organizations from experimentation to scalable results. This article is part of the Pointers...
Thought Leadership The 5 Things that Matter Most About Building an Innovation Engine
November 13, 2025 | By Chris Townsend, Wellspring
Chris Townsend of Wellspring highlights five essentials for a scalable innovation engine: visibility, strategic focus, governance, speed, and rigor. Leading organizations treat innovation as a disciplined growth strategy, turning ideas into measurable results through clear structure and confident execution. This article shows how operational focus transforms creativity into lasting business...
Thought Leadership The 5 Things that Matter Most About Getting Real Business Value from AI
November 13, 2025 | By Parker Lee, Territory, Inc.
Parker Lee of Territory identifies five essentials for turning AI pilots into business value: clear strategy, empowered people, scalable processes, living data, and business-defined success. It is part of the Pointers 2025 edition, The Five Things That Matter Most.
Thought Leadership The 5 Things that Matter Most when Venture Building
November 13, 2025 | By Molly Cross, Alloy Partners
Molly Cross of Alloy Partners outlines five essentials for corporations building startups —governance, talent, incentives, corporate advantage, and metrics. She shows how clear structure, entrepreneurial teams, and flexible funding drive aligned yet independent growth, turning corporate strengths into lasting innovation and measurable impact. This article is part of the Pointers...
Thought Leadership AI in Practice: The 5 Most Effective Ways AI is Accelerating Corporate Innovation
November 13, 2025 | By Vincent Atallah, Aucctus AI
Vincent Atallah of Aucctus outlines five ways AI accelerates corporate innovation —aligning ideas with strategy, validating concepts, identifying risks, testing efficiently, and systematizing workflows. He shows how AI brings speed, structure, and confidence to innovation. This article is part of the Pointers 2025 edition, The Five Things That Matter Most.
Thought Leadership The 5 Things that Matter Most About Modern R&D
November 13, 2025 | By Dr. Tassilo Henike, ITONICS
Dr. Tassilo Henike of ITONICS highlights five ways to modernize R&D for competitive advantage: adopting agile steering, using venture-style funding, embedding AI as a collaborative partner, running parallel experiments, and prioritizing near-term, high-impact initiatives. He shows how leading organizations move from rigid workflows to flexible, data-driven, and innovation-focused research.
Thought Leadership The 5 Things that Matter Most About Working with Your CSM to Unlock Platform Value
November 13, 2025 | By Hanna Zöller, innosabi
Hanna Zöller of innosabi highlights five ways to unlock true value from innovation platforms: building relationships, anticipating needs, aligning tools with processes, fostering community, and maintaining consistent communication. She shows how effective CSM partnerships turn software adoption into measurable innovation outcomes.