Metrics & Accounting

Program Management

What Deloitte Spain's Innovation Team Shows Its Board Instead of ROI

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4 min read

What Deloitte Spain's Innovation Team Shows Its Board Instead of ROI

Twelve years of proving a 3.6x return bought Hismael Doval the right to make four calls — kill, extend, pilot, scale — before anyone's ego gets a vote

Venture Building

Innovation Funding: Why CapEx Beats OpEx

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5 min read

Innovation Funding: Why CapEx Beats OpEx

To unlock transformative growth, you must fundamentally change where the money comes from.

Stakeholder Alignment & Engagement

Expected Value (XV): The Financial Metric Innovation Teams Actually Need

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5 min read

Expected Value (XV): The Financial Metric Innovation Teams Actually Need

The future requires a bilingual innovator, one who speaks the language of design thinking and the language of the P&L — XV is the bridge between the two.

Leadership

The Minimum Viable 12 Metrics: Connecting Strategy, Culture and the CFO

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6 min read

The Minimum Viable 12 Metrics: Connecting Strategy, Culture and the CFO

The ultimate purpose of these metrics is not just reporting, but triggering smarter conversations.

AI for Innovation

Using AI to Govern Innovation: Smarter Forecasting, Better Decisions

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5 min read

Using AI to Govern Innovation: Smarter Forecasting, Better Decisions

Estimates that used to take hours or days can now be generated in as little as five minutes—a significant boost to decision-making speed.

Stakeholder Alignment & Engagement

Balancing Short- and Long-Term Focus: Lead With Evidence

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5 min read

Balancing Short- and Long-Term Focus: Lead With Evidence

Senior leaders intuitively know growth and innovation differ from running the core business, yet they lack the language and systems to manage both simultaneously.

Leadership

Stop Begging for Resources (and Start Building a Movement )

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7 min read

Stop Begging for Resources (and Start Building a Movement )

When people stop viewing innovation as a tax they have to pay, or a compliance box they have to check, and start viewing it as a vehicle for their own success, you have won.

Leadership

Eliminate Ambiguity, Correct Asymmetry and Promote Accountability With An Innovation Mandate

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8 min read

Eliminate Ambiguity, Correct Asymmetry and Promote Accountability With An Innovation Mandate

An Innovation Mandate serves as a contract between the senior management (the organizational level) and the professionals conducting the work (the portfolio and project levels).