The Art of Corporate Spin-Outs: When to spin-out? How to spin-out?

Posted by Dan Toma
On 14/11/2023

In the volatile economic environment of today, if done right, innovation isn’t just a buzzword; it’s the lifeline of the company. Corporations are constantly seeking ingenious ways to breathe life into groundbreaking ideas, and spin-outs are just one of many ways in which companies can make innovation a viable proposition. “Spin outs” typically refer to […]

The Three Things Open Innovation Needs to Work

Posted by Dan Toma
On 04/10/2023

Outcome partnered with TechSauce for the 2023 global summit. Part of this partnership Outcome helped curate the corporate innovation track at this year’s event. Hence about two months ago I had the pleasure to host a panel discussion on the topic of open innovation in Bangkok. Given the prestige of the TechSauce stage, my panelists’ profiles were […]

If You Want To Innovate, Learn To Say “No”

Posted by Dan Toma
On 13/09/2023

Pundits tell us that the world is increasingly volatile, uncertain, complex and ambiguous. It’s the VUCA gospel. Under the banner of “innovate or die,” massive transformation projects are being kicked off constantly. Executives around the world scramble to reorganize and reinvent their organizations, only to reorganize and reinvent them again. It gets worse, consider a […]

Rallying organisations around forward-thinking innovation strategies

Posted by Dan Toma
On 05/09/2023

Outcome talks to Aleksandra Petkov-Georgieva from Raiffeisen Bank International about the challenges of building innovation capability and culture in large complex organisations, why chasing the radical isn’t always the best strategy and why organisational alignment is critical for driving meaningful change through innovation. Outcome: Many companies tend to discount more ‘adjacent’ innovation activity, i.e., activity more […]

Thesis-based Investment or Theme-based Investment

Posted by Dan Toma
On 23/06/2023

One of the worst mistakes companies make when pursuing innovation-led growth is to sink their money into various investments without knowing why, beyond just ‘it’s a cool technology that can disrupt us’ or ‘it’s the board’s pet project’. Yes, this sounds like the world’s most obvious mistake to avoid, but in our experience, we’ve seen […]

The Innovation Thesis and its Structure

Posted by Dan Toma
On 14/06/2023

President Kennedy’s address to the joint session of the US Congress on May 25th 1961 can be viewed as the start of the space race: “… I believe that this nation should commit itself to achieving the goal, before this decade is out, of landing a man on the moon and returning him safely to […]

Setting Goals for Innovation

Posted by Dan Toma
On 24/04/2023

Setting goals for the innovation investment is critical if your company treats innovation as a business imperative activity and not just a nice to have that happens on the sideline. This said, setting goals for innovation becomes even more critical in times when resources are scarce and the company needs to reshuffle its priorities. Experience […]

Moonshots are Nice, but do you Have a Space Program? Building an Innovation System.

Posted by Dan Toma
On 19/04/2023

We believe that any company in the world can launch a moonshot providing that the project is sufficiently supported by the leadership of the company. But few companies have an innovation system able to constantly launch new innovations in the market.

Does Your Company Actually Need Innovation Accounting?

Posted by Dan Toma
On 21/03/2023

Many companies complain about the lack of innovation metrics but in many cases the lack of innovation accounting is not the most important thing the company needs to focus its efforts on.

Three Things Your Company Needs to Have in Place to Implement Innovation Accounting

Posted by Dan Toma
On 07/03/2023

You ability to measure innovation is tightly connected to the maturity of your company's innovation system. There are certain things you have to have in place to be able to implement and benefit from innovation accounting.

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