Technology Trends

Corporate Venture Capital

Why Bosch’s €200 Million Venture Builder Isn’t About the P&L

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8 min read

Why Bosch’s €200 Million Venture Builder Isn’t About the P&L

Bosch’s venture unit creates startups to explore markets the company has yet to enter. It builds them on unused patents and places them in separate companies outside the corporation, run by outside founders and venture studios.

Stakeholder Alignment & Engagement

Saying No Is More Than OK: How CIBC’s Innovation Team Makes Its Refusals Count

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3 min read

Saying No Is More Than OK: How CIBC’s Innovation Team Makes Its Refusals Count

At CIBC, Camilo Gonzalez Barrero’s enterprise innovation team treats saying no as core work. The team records its refusals and reports them alongside its demos and patents.

Leadership

Answers Are Cheap Now. Is Your Innovation Team Asking the Right Questions?

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8 min read

Answers Are Cheap Now. Is Your Innovation Team Asking the Right Questions?

Paqui Lizana scanned the innovation roadmaps of Europe's 20 most innovative companies. Every roadmap pointed inward. Here are the three questions she says are missing.

Program Management

Building Future Relevance: How Venture Labs Challenge the Companies That Fund Them

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4 min read

Building Future Relevance: How Venture Labs Challenge the Companies That Fund Them

Delivering prototypes isn't enough. To be successful, a venture lab needs the decision power to select which ideas to pursue.

Program Management

Escaping Pilot Purgatory: Why 90% of AI Projects Never Reach Production

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6 min read

Escaping Pilot Purgatory: Why 90% of AI Projects Never Reach Production

Connect AI to core business goals, prioritize based on value and speed, and build a rolling 18-month roadmap that balances long-term vision with agility in a rapidly changing landscape.

Leadership

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6 min read

Playing to Win vs. Playing to Learn

It's the role of the innovation team to generate data about the future that the core business cannot see.