Paul Campbell and Stefan Bartschat posit that we may have seen the last "AI winter." Instead, they worry we may be entering an “innovation winter.”
Read our exclusive excerpt from their new book, The Corporate Innovator’s Playbook.
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.@SusanLindnerIS joined us yesterday for one of our monthly members meetings to talk about storytelling as a tool for bridging divides and advancing your ideas.
Snippet below... full video available to IL members at:
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If you're planning to be at Impact this June, or you already have a ticket... or you are a sponsor... please book your discounted room at the Royal Sonesta by May 4th. (After that, you'll pay market rates!)
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"Generative AI is likely to result in the restructuring of processes and workflows into two possible patterns: The factory pattern and the artisan pattern," predicts Itai Green, author of the forthcoming book "Innovation or Elimination."
Book excerpt at:
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Join us this June for a few intense days of learning, immersion, and connection in Cambridge, Mass. And bring a colleague — there are too many sessions and site visits for one person to experience alone!
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The deadline is near! If you've got an innovation-related program, new product, new service, or AI deployment that is worthy of recognition, you can nominate it for a 2026 Impact Award:
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Deadline: 5/1
Will you be part of Impact this June? It's the most practical corporates-only summit on innovation, AI, emerging tech, and transformation.
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Upcoming LinkedIn Live: From initial brainstorming through eventual launch, we'll discuss what is changing for innovators in the AI era — and we'll do some show-and-tell. Bring your perspective! Tuesday @ 12 PM ET, featuring Todd Reily.
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Heads up, Great Plains people: The IO2026 Summit happens in Lincoln, NE next week. Connect and collaborate with the builders, makers, movers, shakers, founders, and creators who are making innovation happen.
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The annual Impact Awards honor companies that have achieved extraordinary outcomes related to innovation, AI deployments, product and service design, new business models, and new offerings.
Help us spread the word! The deadline is 5/1.
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We're getting lots of questions about a change related to this year's Impact Awards submissions:
• Anyone can submit
• Submissions are free for current InnoLead members + partners
• Submissions are $350 per entry for everyone else.
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If you're planning out your 2026 event schedule, you'll want to be on our email list —we're dropping some special invites and discounts this Thursday.
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From Misha de Sterke's new book: Practical tips for navigating multi-stakeholder complexity — what he calls the “stakeholder spiral.”
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Imagine the double diamond at 100x the speed. The sharp corners round off. The linear timeline bends into a continuous flow. The new shape of innovation isn’t a diamond. It is an infinity loop.
Todd Reily explains in his latest piece for InnoLead:
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Nominations for the 2026 Impact Awards are now open. Do you have an innovation-related project that deserves recognition?
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Be speedy: the deadline is May 1st.
Below, some of our 2025 winners at the awards reception.
Coming up April 13: Whether you think in color or code, theory or design, join the IO2026 Summit in Lincoln, NE next month to connect and collaborate with the builders, makers, movers, shakers, founders, and creators who are making innovation happen.
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