Are you creating or prioritizing opportunities?
Innovation Navigator®
Accelerate the path from risk to upside
Are you working to create or demonstrate new opportunity?
Innovation Navigator® helps you:
- Work on what matters
- Build the business case
- Win over stakeholders
- Manage inflection points

Innovation Navigator provided discipline in the messy space of incubation, and helped drive several projects forward and achieve breakthrough results.
— Nazeer Bhore, Exxon Mobil
Portfolio Navigator®
Align on where and how much to invest
Are you working to get more for less or to increase your ability to meet growth goals?
Portfolio Navigator® helps you:
- Evaluate and compare opportunities
- Cut through clutter
- Find hidden upside
- Make more objective decisions

Portfolio Navigator helped us increase our margins by over $400M over several years.
— Bruce Reese, Corteva
Software powered by 25 years of what works
“Everyone could make their software do whatever I wanted it to. Only SmartOrg understood what we needed to drive real growth decisions.”
Shawn Williams, VP R&D, Rogers Corp
“Our engagement of SmartOrg really helped accelerate the process of alignment and our understanding of the uncertainties.”
Neal Gutterson, VP R&D, Pioneer
“SmartOrg allowed us to have a framework to align the entire business… What we did allowed the portfolio to deliver at 3X what it would have delivered had we not had any change.”
Alexa Dembek, CTO, DuPont
Services to propel progress
- Accelerate your Journey
- Amplify your Capability
- Advance your Opportunities
Come meet us!
Portfolio Navigator Software Demo
Event by SmartOrg
February 4, 2026, 9AM PST | Webinar
With a refreshed, streamlined user interface, Portfolio Navigator makes it easier to see what’s in your portfolio, understand the trade-offs you’re facing, and explore options before committing time and resources.

Innovation Workshop & Tour
Event by Frost & Sullivan
February 9 – 11, 2026 | Plug and Play, Sunnyvale, CA
Hear from industry leaders about what’s actually worked, then jump into open, honest conversations with a thoughtful peer group. On February 10 at 11:05 AM PST, join SmartOrg’s David Matheson and Doug Williams in Zone 2 for a Roundtable on The Innovation Dashboard: Metrics That Matter.

Mastering the Messy Middle
Event by SmartOrg
February 11, 2026, Noon – 5:00 PM| Silicon Valley
Join SmartOrg for lunch and a half-day peer-to-peer workshop focused specifically on the Incubation phase of innovation—when uncertainty abounds and de-risking is critical before a big investment.

2026 SDP Annual Conference & Workshops
Event by Society or Decision Professionals (SDP)
March 23-27, 2026| UMass, Boston
SmartOrg is pleased to be a Silver Sponsor for the 32nd annual conference! This year’s conference — “Decision Leadership in the Age of Intelligent Systems” — explores how decision professionals can lead alongside emerging intelligent systems. SmartOrg’s workshop details will be posted here soon. For Early Bird registration, use SMARTORG (all caps) for a 5% discount at checkout that will apply to conference registration only.

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This workshop brought together innovation leaders from across industries—from energy and insurance to media, manufacturing, and education—to explore the realities of incubation: that crucial “messy middle” between discovery and acceleration where great ideas either gain traction or quietly fade away.
No De-Risk? No Reward! 2025 R&D Innovation Workshop Replay
Watch the replay! View the abridged version of our “No De-Risk? No Reward!” workshop from CParity’s 2025 R&D Innovation Forum.
No De-Risk? No Reward! — Workshop Synopsis
This session engaged innovation and R&D leaders representing companies across consumer goods, energy, and technology in a hands-on exploration of how organizations can better navigate the Incubation phase of innovation.



