by Doug Williams | Feb 18, 2026 | Event, Innovation Management
“Do the metrics you’re using today actually address the challenges you just identified?” Moments earlier, a group of senior innovation leaders had listed reasons why measuring innovation is problematic. But when we asked whether their current metrics and...
by SmartOrg | Nov 6, 2025 | Event, Innovation Management
Upgrading Your Messy Middle: Lessons from a Peer Exchange on Incubation At the 2025 IMPACT conference hosted by InnoLead, SmartOrg’s Doug Williams and David Matheson led an energetic 60-minute session titled “Upgrading Your Messy Middle: A Peer Exchange on Incubation...
by SmartOrg | Nov 5, 2025 | Event, Innovation Management
Watch the Replay View the abridged version of our “No De-Risk? No Reward!” workshop from CParity’s 2025 R&D Innovation Forum. Download slide...
by SmartOrg | Oct 30, 2025 | Event, Innovation Management
At the 2025 R&D Innovation Forum hosted by CParity, David Matheson and Doug Williams led a highly interactive 90-minute workshop titled “No De-Risk? No Reward!” The session engaged innovation and R&D leaders representing companies across consumer goods,...
by Doug Williams | Oct 20, 2025 | Innovation Management
This piece was authored by SmartOrg and first appeared on InnoLead’s Thought Leadership series. We are pleased to republish it here so our readers have direct access. In Star Wars Episode V, “The Empire Strikes Back,” there is a battle scene in which Han Solo...
by Doug Williams | Oct 18, 2025 | Innovation Management
This piece was authored by SmartOrg and first appeared on InnoLead’s Thought Leadership series. We are pleased to republish it here so our readers have direct access. In the incubation phase of innovation, uncertainty is not just a characteristic—it’s the...
