Innovation by Design, Not by Accident – How Governance Becomes an Enabler
summary
Dr. Xenia Schmahl explains how innovation fails at the scaling stage because operating models aren’t designed for impact, and presents practices to bridge strategy and execution. She draws on hundreds of innovation assessments to show how modern innovation accounting, a maturity check of innovation readiness, and clear governance guardrails turn governance into an enabler so proofs-of-concept can scale into operational projects.
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chapters (6)
- 0:00Innovation theater vs pilots
- 3:33Innovation death valley
- 7:56Governance for scaling
- 11:08Measuring innovation readiness
- 13:14Operating model success
- 18:49Innovation as design choice
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