Innovation

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AI ROI Does Not Come From Cutting Headcount

Gartner surveyed 350 executives at $1B+ companies and found workforce-reduction rates were nearly equal between high-ROI and low-ROI groups. Why the cut-and-book business case fails, and what the higher-return companies measure instead.

2026-07-28

#AI ROI #enterprise AI business case #throughput

Innovation8 min

AI Does Not Respect Your Org Chart

Processes run sideways through a company, org charts run downwards, and people have been absorbing the difference for decades. Automate the process and the absorbing stops. Why AI projects stall at the seams between functions, and what resolves it short of a reorganisation.

2026-07-28

#cross-functional process #AI operating model #process ownership

Innovation8 min

Why Innovation Programmes Stall: You Funded Strategy, Not Operators

Stalled innovation programmes are rarely short of ideas or budget. They are short of someone who owns shipping. Why the last mile has no owner, what AWS concluded when it spent $1B embedding engineers in customer teams, and how to tell which kind of programme you are running.

2026-07-28

#corporate innovation #innovation programme #AI pilot to production

Innovation9 min

Embedded Operators: How to Buy AI Delivery That Actually Ships

AWS is spending $1 billion embedding engineers inside customer teams. Here is what the forward deployed engineer model actually is, how it differs from consultants and systems integrators, how to buy it at mid-market scale, and the three cases where you should not.

2026-07-28

#embedded operators #forward deployed engineer #FDE

Innovation8 min

AI-Native Isn't a Strategy Deck: What It Actually Changes in Your Operating Model

AI-native is losing its meaning. The testable version: if you switch the system off for a day and the team reverts to the old manual process, you added AI rather than redesigned around it. What actually has to change, and how companies get there one workflow at a time.

2026-07-28

#AI-native enterprise #AI operating model #process redesign

Innovation7 min

Why Corporate Innovation Matters: The Cost of Standing Still

Incumbency is no longer protection: S&P 500 tenure has fallen from ~33 years to ~15. Why corporate innovation matters, why incumbents fail, and where to start.

2026-07-27

#corporate innovation #business model innovation #innovator's dilemma

Innovation10 min

Pre-Mortem Workshop: Turn Risks Into Opportunities (2026)

A pre-mortem surfaces ~30% more failure causes than "what could go wrong?" Here is a two-workshop playbook that turns those failures into opportunity areas.

2026-07-26

#pre-mortem workshop #premortem technique #prospective hindsight

Innovation

AI ROI Does Not Come From Cutting Headcount

AI Does Not Respect Your Org Chart

Why Innovation Programmes Stall: You Funded Strategy, Not Operators

Embedded Operators: How to Buy AI Delivery That Actually Ships

AI-Native Isn't a Strategy Deck: What It Actually Changes in Your Operating Model

Why Corporate Innovation Matters: The Cost of Standing Still

Pre-Mortem Workshop: Turn Risks Into Opportunities (2026)

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