Challenge: A well-funded corporate innovation unit launched zero successful ventures in three years. 

• The team used big-company logic, requiring business cases before testing ideas. 

• Instead of experimenting, they wrote reports and waited for approval. 

• The wrong people (operators, not pioneers) led the lab. 

Solution: Using our Innovation Readiness Framework, we: 

• Introduced Lean Validation principles to replace slow, risk-averse processes. 

• Rebuilt venture teams, assigning Pioneers for early-stage validation and Execution Specialists for scaling. 

• Aligned expectations with the board, preventing premature demands for KPIs. 

Result: 

• First commercially viable innovation launched within a year. 

• Internal buy-in from leadership, securing continued funding. 

• A repeatable process for future corporate ventures. 

Are you applying the right structure at the right time in innovation? Let’s align your venture lab for success.