If you're serious about building innovation capability, start with an honest assessment of where you stand… The organisations that succeed with innovation aren't the ones with perfect readiness scores. They're the ones honest enough to understand their starting point and smart enough to design an approach that fits.

The teams that succeed aren't necessarily the ones with the biggest budgets or the most talented people. They're the ones designed for their specific context, with clarity about their purpose and realistic support for their mission.

When Corporate Innovators Are Their Own Worst Enemy How impactful is your innovation lab? A number of years ago, when I started as Head...