Innovation Leadership Insights

Innovation LeadershipMike Ghasemi2026-06-22T13:28:34+00:00

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Innovation Thinking

JUN 11 · 6 min read

The Innovation Valley of Death

Why your MVP's green lights are the signal you should fear most. The gap between proof of concept and commercial scale kills more initiatives than failure ever does.

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Why Depth Beats Breadth in Innovation

Strategy

MAY 28 · 5 min read

Innovation Insights

The innovation leader's most dangerous habit is spreading attention across too many initiatives. Why focused bets outperform diversified innovation portfolios every time.

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AI-Driven Innovation

AI + Leadership

MAY 16 · 5 min read

AI-Driven Innovation

How AI is collapsing the speed of discovery, testing, and scaling. What this means for how innovation teams are structured, resourced, and led in 2025 and beyond.

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1. My ideas or perspectives frequently diverge radically from others’ perspectives.

2. I am very careful to avoid making any mistakes in my work.

3. I regularly ask questions that challenge the status quo.

4. I am extremely well organized at work.

5. New ideas often come to me when I observe how people interact with products and services.

6. I must finish everything “just right” when completing a work assignment.

7. I often find solutions to problems by drawing on solutions or ideas developed in other industries, fields, or disciplines.

8. I never jump into new projects and ventures and act quickly without carefully thinking through all of the issues.

9. I frequently experiment to create new ways of doing things.

10. I always follow through to complete a task, no matter what the obstacles.

11. I regularly talk with a diverse set of people (e.g., from different business functions, organizations, industries, geographies, etc.) to find and refine new ideas.

12. I excel at breaking down a goal or plan into the micro tasks required to achieve it.

13. I attend conferences (on my areas of expertise as well as unrelated areas) to meet new people and understand what issues are facing them.

14. I pay careful attention to details at work to ensure that nothing is overlooked.

15. I actively seek to identify emerging trends by reading books, articles, magazines, blogs, and so on.

16. I hold myself and others strictly accountable for getting results.

17. I frequently ask “what if” questions that provoke explo- ration of new possibilities and frontiers.

18. I consistently follow through on all commitments and finish what I’ve started.

19. I regularly observe the activities of customers, suppliers, or other organizations to get new ideas.

20. I consistently create detailed plans to get work done.

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