Strategy
Wednesday Innovation Q&A with Bruno
Can you share an example of innovation team performance dashboard with key indicators?

Three key principles for innovation management
Best practices for managing innovation at scale.

Wednesday Innovation Q&A with Bruno
What metrics should we focus on to measure the performance and potential of our innovations at a program-level and project level?

The focused execution
On high-speed innovation.

Anchor
Innovation does not happen in a vacuum.

Wednesday Innovation Q&A with Bruno
How do we measure the impact of open innovation initiatives?

Wednesday Innovation Q&A with Bruno
How can we establish a (well functioning!) corporate innovation lab?

Value obsessed
Business value must be understood from a multitude of perspectives.

Cross-pollination
How to multiply value in the organisation.

Rapid value generation
Leverage existing resources, capabilities, and brands.

Wednesday Innovation Q&A with Bruno
Any tips on how we can accelerate our innovation process?

Augmented decision-making
Strategic and informed decision-making.

On sizing an innovation portfolio
Alas, size does matter.

Wednesday Innovation Q&A with Bruno
How to lead change so people desire that change?

A Learning Strategy
Always be testing.

Combinatorial innovation
New value, existing assets.

Three business facts
Own your success.

Wednesday Innovation Q&A with Bruno
How to foster collaboration within the company (innovation hub vs. integration in operational units)?

Ambiguity vs uncertainty
Each demands a different approach.

What is the decision?
Clarity first.

Wednesday Innovation Q&A with Bruno
How can we better communicate success of innovation initiatives?

Outside and inside
Have the courage to go there.

A matter of perspective
Sometimes you should go bigger, not smaller.

Wednesday Innovation Q&A with Bruno
How to make a traditional organisation realise that the world is changing fast and translate that into an appetite and urgency to undertake disruptive innovation?

Immutable strategy
The worst type of strategy.

Wednesday Innovation Q&A with Bruno
How can we overcome capital, capacity and culture constraints to reliably execute projects as an ambidextrous company?

Burning innovation questions
You asked, I answered.

When disruption isn't the way
And what to do about it.

Innovation is a joint effort
Forget about individual heroics.

Visualise the abstract
On making ideas tangible.

Gatekeep innovation funding
Funds commensurate to risk.

Manage your portfolio
Actively manage your innovation portfolio!

Dare to ask
On asking the right questions.

Innovating ≠ Managing Innovation
Similar but different.

Three years of Augmented Strategy
Have you got your copy yet?

Three simple rules for evaluating innovation initiatives
Manage innovation more efficiently and effectively.

Quickstart: Critical Thinking
Practical guidance for busy professionals.

One critical thing innovation leaders must do
A direct way to maximise your impact with minimum effort.

Quickstart: Augmented Strategy
Practical guidance for busy professionals.

On assumptions
They are not all made equal.

Quickstart: Profitable innovation
Practical guidance for busy professionals.

Quickstart: Strategic growth
Practical guidance for busy professionals.

Attitude matters
Summaries of The Innovator's Attitude™ 2024 issues.

Quickstart: Innovation boards
Practical guidance for busy professionals.

Quickstart: Innovation strategy
Practical guidance for busy professionals.

On killing ideas
Do it early; do it often; do it with care.

Quickstart: Innovation portfolio management
Practical guidance for busy professionals.

What to do when growth stalls?
Pause and study new ways of seeing.

Multi-million flukes
One club you should most certainly not aspire to join.

Better data, better strategy
Small changes, big differences.

Forty-two puzzle pieces
Our podcast is now one year old! 🥳

Rediscovering what was once known
Is there truly nothing new under the sun?

Today and tomorrow
Seeing through generations.

Bidirectional idea development
Capability to both progress and regress are paramount.

The fertility of dullness
Opportunities hidden in plain sight.

The Puzzle Episode 42
How to improve personal performance?

Puzzle fragments VII
One piece at a time, without stopping.

The Puzzle Episode 41
Is programming the same as software engineering?

The Puzzle Episode 40
How to distinguish differentiation from innovation?

The Puzzle Episode 39
How to find work that energises you?

Wednesday Innovation Q&A with Bruno
How do I ensure the innovation function has critical mass to be sustainable?

Managing innovation at all levels
Senior and middle managers need different innovation tools and methods.

The Puzzle Episode 38
How to design good incentives?

Wednesday Innovation Q&A with Bruno
How to put guardrails around the corporate innovation group, so we are not trying to do everything?

The Puzzle Episode 37
Why are some development projects slow?

Wednesday Innovation Q&A with Bruno
How can I determine what the 3 to 5 key areas of interest are that should be the focus for breakthrough innovation program?

Puzzle fragments VI
One piece at a time, consistently.

The Puzzle Episode 36
How to challenge the status quo?

Wednesday Innovation Q&A with Bruno
How can I find the best areas to look for innovation solutions? How to narrow down the space from all the areas we could try to the areas most likely to be winning solutions?

The Puzzle Episode 35
What is a "Product Manager" anyway?

Wednesday Innovation Q&A with Bruno
How do we best balance detailed customer research with moving quickly like a startup?

The Puzzle Episode 34
How to work together?

Wednesday Innovation Q&A with Bruno
How to run a successful innovation funnel?

The effective innovator
Five key questions.

The Puzzle Episode 33
How much process is just enough process?

Wednesday Innovation Q&A with Bruno
How to better align innovation strategy to business goals?

Innovators' decisions
Three critical levels.

The Puzzle Episode 32
How can a personal hobby impact professional performance?

Wednesday Innovation Q&A with Bruno
What are the best practices in driving innovation?

Set innovation posteriorities
Be clear on what not to explore.

The Puzzle Episode 31
Is innovation just a matter of luck?

Wednesday Innovation Q&A with Bruno
How can we better decouple the idea that innovation leads to new products in our organization when really it is a mindset that should shift everything we do?

Three simple ways to innovate cheaper and faster at scale
Three actionable points for Chief Innovation Officer, Innovation Manager, and any other innovation leader.

The Puzzle Episode 30
Are innovation success stories reliable?

Wednesday Innovation Q&A with Bruno
How might we demonstrate the value of innovation and ROI in the short and long term?

Puzzle fragments V
One piece at a time.

The Puzzle Episode 29
What does your favourite product reveal about you?

Wednesday Innovation Q&A with Bruno
How do we provide the space, tooling and methodologies for innovation to teams?

The Puzzle Episode 28
Should we emulate a successful company?

Wednesday Innovation Q&A with Bruno
How can we balance the right level of governance to increase reliability for corporate innovation without limiting the value of the innovation output?

On learning from success
The other side.

The Puzzle Episode 27
How to anticipate project failure?

Wednesday Innovation Q&A with Bruno
How can we make innovation teams more committed and accountable to process?

12 weeks, 12 questions
12 weeks of "Wednesday Innovation Q&A Bruno" indexed.

The Puzzle Episode 26
Can we get it "right the first time"?

Wednesday Innovation Q&A with Bruno
How can we create a strategy that improves innovation outcomes in a global organization?

The Puzzle Episode 25
How to manage requirements?

Wednesday Innovation Q&A with Bruno
What is the real meaning of Innovation Strategy these days?

Managing innovation at scale
For your reading pleasure.

The Puzzle Episode 24
What determines the culture of the organisation?

Wednesday Innovation Q&A with Bruno
How can knowledge and learnings of innovation processes be captured to improve future activities?

On accessibility
Make expertise known.

The Puzzle Episode 23
How to define KPIs for product development and innovation?

Wednesday Innovation Q&A with Bruno
How can we improve collaboration in R&D and innovation across organizational boundaries?

Understand failure
Please don't fall for the survivor bias.

The Puzzle Episode 22
How to learn faster?

Wednesday Innovation Q&A with Bruno
How to define innovation strategy in line with strategic questions/challenges?

Puzzle fragments IV
One piece at a time.

The Puzzle Episode 21
How do large language models impact development projects?

Wednesday Innovation Q&A with Bruno
Innovation takes time; how to make deciders understand that innovation is not a cost center with no outputs?

Three ways to increase innovation ROI
The art of disciplined investing.

The Puzzle Episode 20
Is change management still a thing?

Wednesday Innovation Q&A with Bruno
How to educate leadership on what is really innovation?

Slow down to go faster
Thinking and acting as one.

The Puzzle Episode 19
Why won’t my team innovate?

The Puzzle Episode 18
How to stress-test a business plan?

Wednesday Innovation Q&A with Bruno
How I can learn to sell innovation at the company?

Go where the action is
First-hand experience is priceless.

The Puzzle Episode 17
Why should anyone buy your product?

Wednesday Innovation Q&A with Bruno
How to increase buy-in from leadership along the innovation journey?

Experimentation matters
It's a great way to reduce uncertainty!

Wednesday Innovation Q&A with Bruno
How do you respond to challenges brought by top managers who dismiss innovation and attack it incessantly but without valid arguments?

Puzzle fragments III
A reflective interlude.

Wednesday Innovation Q&A with Bruno
How can you make innovation easier?

Wednesday Innovation Q&A with Bruno
What is innovation and from where does it arise?

The Innovator's Handbook 2024
Download your copy for free.

The Puzzle Episode 13
How to turn a stagnating project around?

On squiggles
It's all about perspective.

The Puzzle Episode 12
How to make good decisions in product development?

The Puzzle Episode 11
How to integrate customer feedback into your product?

Better innovation strategies
A mix of tactics updated when needed.

Why ISO standards fall short in innovation management
Give them a wide berth.

Systems and superstars II
Putting things into a perspective.

On intelligent innovation
A conversation with Brian Gorman of the Qonversations podcast.

The power of innovation filters
Four innovation filters you ought to implement right now.

Take the reins
Managing innovation is an activity.

Innovating without limits
Have no fear

Puzzle fragments II
An open invitation.

On entering new markets
A conversation with Marcia Riner of the Profit With A Plan Podcast.

Better attitude, better innovation results
Summaries of The Innovator's Attitude™ 2023 issues.

Whole-being strategising
A rich, textured experience.

On strategic growth, curiosity, and martial arts
A conversation with Sean Sullivan of the Converge Coffee podcast.

Puzzle fragments
An open invitation.

Infinite advantage
Incredible eruditeness.

All data is data
Tap into the allness.

Cookbook fallacy
Recipes are for the kitchen.

Deeper, to the depths of understanding
Ten questions to get you started.

How to grow during challenging times
Drink a lot of milk.

Isaak Tsalicoglou and Bruno Pešec pull the curtain on innovation
Tales from the trenches.

Data-driven decisions vs decision-driven data
Subtle, yet vital differences.

Ignorance isn't bliss
Three key ingredients for destitution pie.

Planning during chaos
Plans aren't sacred.

On strategic clarity
Shared understanding for shared success.

The three Cs of growth
For people and business.

On using data to take your company to the next level
Start with an end in mind.

On specific practices for profitable innovation
A conversation with Michael C. Markiewicz of Lubar School of Business.

Habits that accelerate product development
Clarity reigns supreme.

On decisions and data
Don't be a hoarder.

On managing innovation, generative AI, and pharma industry
A conversation with Dr. Andree Bates of the AI For Pharma Growth podcast.

Positioning for reinvention
Three tips for organisations looking to reinvent themselves.

Innovation carnival
On avoiding innovation theater.

On sacral product roadmaps
Denounce dogmas.

Innovation & strategy resources updated
Popular resources made even better.

Rapid assumption scan
Two questions to ask early and frequently.

Remarkably forgettable
It doesn't matter how good you are if no one remembers you.

Misleading labels
A label does not make a...

The art of cumulative growth
Can you spot the opportunities hidden in plain sight?

Leading and innovating during crisis
How to lead and innovate in challenging and uncertain times.

Embrace reality
Innovation doesn't happen in a vacuum.

Two types of competition
One of them might ruin you. The other will ruin you.

On innovating for profit
A conversation with Clinton Henry of the Innovators Unleashed podcast.

Theatre of the Absurd
Stretching towards the impossible.

11 mistakes innovation boards must avoid
A slippery slope.

On effective learning and teaching
Learning new things is wonderful.

How to get the most out of the data you have right now
An eye-opening exercise.

The power of inversion
From solving to inquiring.

Pressure
Opportunities everywhere.

What is your business?
A foundational question.

Better basics, better innovation
Maintain the foundation.

Strategic feedback loops
Constantly evolving.

Six elements of innovation performance
A novel look on the relationships...

Impermanence
On transient growth.

Awareness
Questions to ponder.

Three surprising differentiation tactics
What lies therein is barely within human comprehension.

Slow, then fast
Have the courage to do so.

Right
Four rights to innovation success.

Why do you want to innovate?
Innovation isn't a cure-all.

Speaking is acting
The power of speech should not be ignored lightly.

Exploiting the strategy gap
Infinite opportunities.

On setting objectives
New year, new ambition.

How to manage core business and innovation projects in the same portfolio?
Showing isn’t the same as managing.

A year of advice on innovation attitudes and behaviours
Summaries of The Innovator's Attitude™ 2022 issues.

The tangible value of stopping early
Evidence-driven innovation investments.

What will you do?
Innovation portfolios aren't colourful toys.

Create your own innovation portfolio in three simple steps
Disciplined innovation management at scale.

Getting started with an Innovation Board
Venture Board; Growth Board; Innovation Board—oh my!

Introducing the Corporate Innovation FAQ
Another free resource for corporate innovators.

How to select the right innovation framework for you?
A deep answer to a seemingly simple question.

On innovating strategically
A conversation with David Hatch of the Leading With Integrity podcast.

The cycle of doom
Demolish the silos!

Learn how to learn
Benefits? Faster innovation and higher financial performance.

One simple trick for reducing the cost of innovation
No innovation without customer data.

How to overcome reluctance to invest in corporate innovation
Three practical measures any executive can implement.

What makes a good strategy?
Nine points to improve any strategy.

40 000 words on corporate innovation
Read, listen, or watch—up to you!

Critical thinking beats crystal balls
Experimentation-driven corporate innovation.

Five steps to augmented strategy
Small steps, great results.

On accounting as innovation enabler
A conversation with Adam Larson of the Count Me In® podcast.

On avoiding expensive innovation mistakes
A conversation with Ula Ojiaku of the Agile Innovation Leaders podcast.

Clarity before commitment
Four questions to laser-focus on the vital few.

On innovation to profits
A conversation with Mac Attram of The Business Success Show.

Thirteen corporate innovation questions answered
Oh yes! Even more practical answers to practical matters.

On how corporate innovators can manage innovation
A conversation with Étienne Garbugli of The Lean B2B Podcast.

Five corporate innovation questions answered
Yes, even more practical answers to practical matters.

Ten more corporate innovation questions answered
Even more practical answers to practical matters.

On making better decisions
A conversation with Steve Pappas of the Science of CX podcast

Eight more corporate innovation questions answered
More practical answers to practical matters.

Eight corporate innovation questions answered
Practical answers to practical matters.

On the secret sauce for profitable innovation
A conversation with Wade Thomas of the Aim to Win Podcast.

How do executives and managers benefit from data
Spoiler: it has very little to do with technology.

On innovation-driven growth
A conversation with Diane Helbig of the Accelerate Your Business Growth podcast.

On learning from mistakes
A conversation with Thomas Green of the Ethical Marketing Service.

Finding enterprise influencers to unlock growth of innovations
Guest article by Shyaam Ramkumar.

On data driven decisions, profitable innovation, and augmented strategy
A conversation with Michael Grace of Tech Pro Unicorn Podcast.

B2B Innovation
Advice from the trenches.

Alignment reigns supreme
Psst, come closer so I can tell you a little secret...

It's a matter of priority
Reframe your thinking.

Quick 'n' dirty idea assessment
Five steps to ensure you are working on the right thing.

How to run effective corporate venture boards
The most important function for maximising your returns on innovation investments.

The Four Growth Arenas
On how to grow fearlessly.

On one-page innovation strategy
A conversation with Sannah Vinding of the Mind the Innovation podcast.

Traits of great corporate innovation champions
Make sure to pick the right one.

4 decision-critical data sources
Better data, better decisions, better business.

On measuring open innovation
Best practices for different types of open innovation.

On traditional banks, digital challengers, and disruption
When the worlds collide.

On entrepreneurship, martial arts, and continuous improvement
A conversation with Deirdre Morrison of The Ambition Incubator podcast.

Disrupting the disruptors
A conversation with Jens Heitland of Innovation Culture Coding show.

Strategy for the 21st century
From yearly planning and roadmaps to fast and continuous decisions.

Book launch: Augmented Strategy
Strategy and decision making guide, now available at Amazon.

Blog review 2021
Best posts on innovation, strategy, and leadership.

On lean innovation and identifying opportunities in plain sight
A conversation with Tracy Wilson of UNLOCKED podcast.

Measuring the performance of innovation strategy
A conversation with Dave Bookbinder of Behind the Numbers show.

Augmented Strategy live stream with Bruno Pešec and Dominik Dellermann
A better way to make decisions in the 21st century.

Innovating profitably in all areas of your organization
On innovation, strategy, and leadership at the Lubar Executive Education Podcast

Augmented Strategy live stream with Bruno Pešec and Dominik Dellermann
Join us live to learn more about modern strategy and preorder bonuses for our upcoming book.

The consequences of a bad strategy
When value destruction runs rampant.

The secrets to growth
Five time-tested lessons.

Mapping is the key
On creating valuable insight.

On innovation, profitability, and fear
A conversation with Genesis Amaris Kemp of GEMS podcast.

How to leverage your existing data to improve your decisions
You don't need big data to make better decisions.

Innovate with what you have
Spend ideas, not money.

On innovation, learning, and competitive advantage
Disciplined learning = sustained competitiveness.

27 innovation metrics you must measure
Systemic challenges require systemic measures.

4 critical layers of the innovation accounting system
Systemic challenges require systemic approaches.

20 Common Misconceptions About Corporate Innovation
Seeing differently, acting differently.

Webinar archive update
Transcripts galore.

Innovation vanguard
Onwards!

Is your strategy a slave to your business model?
Pick the right tools for the right job

White Paper: How can organisations innovate profitably?
Aligning execution, governance, and change.

How are you considering the whole system?
On understanding wholeness.

Driving strategic growth
Own your success!

Three keys for profitable innovation
From gambling to taking control.

The simplest way to check your innovation strategy
Does it make sense?

11 questions to drive your business model innovation efforts
Better questions, better results.

Pivoting in a nutshell
A change in strategy without a change of vision.

Are you in control of your decisions?
Own your success.

One simple way to improve your decision making muscles
Better thinking, better decisions, better results.

How to measure corporate innovation in a large enterprise
Practical innovation accounting.

Go slow to go fast
Speed isn't always the fastest way.

Why do executives fear innovation?
And specific actions they can take to become fearless innovators.

Knowledge as the source of competitive advantage
The long-term view of continuous learning.

What will you do when Amazon comes for you?
Always think three steps ahead.

How to introduce an innovation strategy into your company
What are some of the best practices for introducing an innovation strategy into your company?

A case for innovation funnels and portfolios
The right tools for the right tasks.

Demystifying strategic growth
Learn how to identify growth possibilities and strategic choices to exploit them.

How to argue for your innovation project
Explain the strategic rationale, visualise the opportunity cost, and use emotional language.

Mistakes worth avoiding
On innovation, business, and an ebook I've recently published, with Patrick Daly on his Interlinks podcast.

Making sense of innovation pipelines, funnels, and portfolios
What is the difference between innovation pipeline, innovation funnel, and innovation portfolio? And more importantly, does it even matter?

Ebook launch: 9 Big Don'ts of Corporate Innovation
Actionable insight for less wasteful innovation.

Innovation manager's secrets to success
Experience from the trenches.

How to find growth opportunities in your organisation
Countless opportunities, endless possibilities.

How to develop an innovation strategy
Practical advice for tangible results.

Our goals, our results
Better thinking, better decisions.

The fallacy of centralised innovation
Beguiling promises; misplaced expectations.

Corporate innovation roles
Three roles for any innovation system.

The strategy cascade
Ask how when going down; ask why when going up.

On uncovering customer problems and needs worth solving
Outcome-focused mutuality.

On identifying your options
Two modes, limitless options.

On selecting the winning innovation project
Invert your thinking.

Don't waste money on innovation
Confusion of the highest order.

Rapid change
Transformations are overrated.

How did you do?
Time to review your innovation performance for 2020.

On full sentences
A secret sauce for creating reusable knowledge.

Structuring innovation projects
Innovation Project = Idea + Team + Objective.

A proven system for measuring innovation
Innovation accounting book is now available for pre-order.

Dynamic Strategy
Strategic feedback loops are the key.

Fearless quintet
Five short videos on fearless innovation.

Constraint-driven innovation
How to use boundaries to your advantage.

Granular view of the biggest innovation risk
A practical model to help you avoid wasting money on innovation.

Five best practices for corporate innovation in turbulent times
Focus creativity on revenue generating innovations; cost reduction is a side effect of pursuing value creation.

Seven innovation strategy caveats
Take heed of each caveat and you will be ahead of the majority of your competitors.

A thought or an idea?
Know which is which, or risk losing your shirt.

How to innovate during COVID-19?
Interview on how should organisations approach innovation, especially in turbulent times.

How to uncover growth opportunities hidden in plain sight
At any given moment there are at least hundred growth opportunities in your organisation.

How to lead in turbulent times
On the the critical role of a leader during challenging times.

Buying bodies
Execution is the true equalizer.

Unhappy with your innovation strategy? Ask these nine questions
Do you understand your internal situation, external environment, boundaries, and how you envision success?

DNB awarded "Norway’s most innovative company"
When sincere effort is rewarded.
How to design a powerful innovation portfolio
A practical framework you can immediately use to design your innovation portfolio.

Applying a systems approach to innovation
On innovation, strategy, systems thinking, martial arts, and more with Patrick Daly on his Interlinks podcast.

Bank executive on the benefits of innovation system
Bruno Pešec was one of the three principal architects of the DNB Way of Innovation. Read what one executive has to say about it.

How to formulate a winning innovation strategy
A practical framework you can immediately use to formulate your innovation strategy.

The price of gluttony
Overcommitting is an insidious waste that opens the floodgates to other wasteful activities.

Are we on the same page?
Strategy can be a powerful filter, but won't be of much help if it is poorly thought through, unintelligible, and inaccessible to the intended users.

Strike first, throw second
Right sequence + thoughtful action = fearless innovation.

Create the future
The old adage offence is best defence might be true to some extent, but is too black and white for my taste.

The price of ambiguity
Embrace uncertainty, purge ambiguity.

A slice at a time
Breakthrough innovation happens more often within a culture that fosters everyday innovation.

Divide and conquer
Is dividing yourself in order to innovate a prudent strategy?

The elusive innovation strategy
Who would've thought that combining two vague terms would result in an even vaguer phrase?

Doing and managing innovation
What is the difference between doing and managing innovation, and why should you care?

The Business Model Canvas Explained
Don't use it as a wallpaper, and accept that almost everything you put into the canvas has some degree of uncertainty.

Bruno’s favourite canvases for strategy, experimentation, and customer experience
Five canvases worth trying.

Strategies for Growth and Innovation at Ashridge
What have I learnt at the five day Strategies for Growth and Innovation course at Ashridge Executive Education?

Translating Strategy into Action at Ashridge
What have I learnt at the three day Translating Strategy into Action course at Ashridge Executive Education?

Designing Operating Models at Ashridge
What have I learnt at the three day Designing Operating Models course at Ashridge Executive Education?

Strategic Decisions at Ashridge
What have I learnt at the five day Strategic Decisions course at Ashridge Executive Education?
