The Corporate Innovation Blog
AI Strategy & Leadership Insights for Chief Innovation Officers, Innovation and Product Leaders
Innovation Mode 2.0: The Chief Innovation Officer's Blueprint for the Agentic AI Era
Book launch announcement: Innovation Mode 2.0 by George Krasadakis (Springer, January 2026) delivers the first comprehensive architecture for corporate innovation in the agentic AI era—where AI can generate ideas, build prototypes, and shape strategies in minutes. The book introduces a diagnostic framework of six innovation deficits, a seven-level Innovation Maturity Index, and 70+ interventions for building AI-powered innovation engines. Backed by 25 years at Microsoft, Accenture, and GSK, 20+ AI patents, and a working autonomous innovation agent (Ainna.ai), this is implementation, not theory.
2026 Technology Innovation: Trends, Opportunities, Risks.
The technologies shaping 2026 — Agentic AI, humanoid robots, quantum computing, brain-computer interfaces, AI for science, and climate tech — are no longer emerging; they're converging. For innovation leaders, this demands a fundamental shift: when AI commoditizes ideation, the scarce capabilities become opportunity discovery, rapid validation, and execution speed. Innovation is no longer a competitive advantage — it's a survival trait.
Why Corporate Innovation (very often) Fails: The Complete Picture.
Discover the six hidden deficits - from leadership to venture building - that cause corporate innovation to fail. Learn how to break through structural, cultural, and capability barriers to drive meaningful innovation.
How to Select a Chief Innovation Officer: A Strategic Hiring Guide
Choosing the right Chief Innovation Officer (CINO) is critical to driving business transformation and staying competitive in today’s fast-paced market. As an HR executive or business leader, it’s essential to identify a CINO who combines visionary leadership, technical fluency, and the ability to align innovation with your company’s strategic goals. This guide provides actionable insights on the key qualities, experience, and interview strategies needed to hire a CINO who will lead impactful innovation initiatives and foster a culture of creativity.
How to Become a Chief Innovation Officer: Career Paths, Skills, and Experiences
The role of the Chief Innovation Officer (CINO) is gaining importance as businesses strive to stay competitive in a fast-changing world. But how do you become a CINO? Whether you're a student, a young professional, or an experienced manager looking to pivot, this guide provides insights into the career paths, skills, and experiences needed to achieve this role. From early education and entry-level innovation jobs to leadership skills and technical expertise, learn how to carve a path toward becoming a successful CINO and lead the future of corporate innovation.
From Unemployment to Entrepreneurship. A Platform for Service Exchange and Team Formation exclusively for unemployed people.
This article presents a proposal for an online platform that will facilitate connections among unemployed individuals, enabling them to exchange skills and services, form collaborative teams, and develop startup ventures. Shaped in collaboration with ainna - the ai innovation advisor
The Chief Innovation Officer Thought Leadership Program
Discover unique perspectives on innovation. Join a growing network of innovation, product and technology professionals. Share your thoughts or answer one of the 22 challenging questions on Innovation
A Startup Ecosystem Driven By Unemployed People
Imagine a platform where unemployed people can safely collaborate and experiment with concepts and ideas: ‘virtual startups’ powered by the workforce of unemployed people.
The Evolving Importance of the Chief Innovation Officer
In a world of Artificial Intelligence, the role of Chief Innovation Officer is becoming even more important. This link (between Artificial Intelligence and the importance of the CINO role) may not be that obvious - this article explains the thinking.
Chief Innovation Officer: Skills and Talents of a successful CINO
In this article, I am presenting the talents and skills that I consider to be essential for a great Chief Innovation Officer. I am discussing the typical background for and presenting strategies on how a company should source for a Chief Innovation Officer.
Chief Innovation Officer: Mission and Responsibilities
The Chief Innovation Officer is a critical role for the modern corporation. Yet, very often, it is not properly defined or utilized. In this article, I am responding to one of the most frequent questions I receive in the context of Corporate Innovation and attempt to define the mission and the responsibilities of the CINO.
Accelerate Innovation with these 25 Digital Tools
Leading Innovation – the essential digital tools to empower your innovators and boost innovation performance
The Challenges of Corporate Innovation
An excerpt from an interview with Jesse Nieminen from Viima – discussing innovation culture, blockers, the Innovation Mode and more.
Why Companies Fail to Foster a Culture of Innovation (And What You Can Do about it)
Why is it tough to develop a culture of innovation in a corporate environment? How shall we start? People ask me these and a lot more about the innovation culture. Read here some of my answers - What it means, why it is hard and how it can be fixed.
MVP FAQs: Feature Selection, Costs, and Best Practices for Startups
MVPs and Startups - Why should a startup follow the MVP approach? How do you prioritize features? Answering these and other frequent questions people ask me about Minimum Viable Products - MVPs
How to transform a company into an AI-Powered organization
Transforming into a data-driven, AI-first organization, will always be an ongoing journey since it is part of the overall Digital Transformation Initiative which calls for continuous improvement and adaptation.
Artificial Intelligence beyond hype
Artificial Intelligence is probably one of the most popular and hyped technology terms of our time. But, beyond the media hype, there is a real revolution happening.
The Ingredients of a Great Innovation Culture
A great culture of innovation can be thought of as a special, collective mindset that values and promotes curiosity (exploration of new ideas) and change (adoption of new ideas) as key success factors for the organization - holistically.
What Makes a Company Innovative?
Being an innovative company is not about using the latest technology or cool project management techniques or even driving the design trends. It's not even about the ability to change quickly or bring new offerings to market quickly.
Software Prototyping - When, Why, and How
A software prototype is an intentionally incomplete instance of a product; it is an early approximation of a product concept or a feature. As such, although in some cases they may look realistic, prototypes come with limited functionality and plenty of shortcuts and conventions behind the scenes.