Through my work with organisations across sectors, I've identified three core orientations for innovation teams. Most successful teams have a primary orientation, even if they do some work in other areas.

If you're serious about building innovation capability, start with an honest assessment of where you stand… The organisations that succeed with innovation aren't the ones with perfect readiness scores. They're the ones honest enough to understand their starting point and smart enough to design an approach that fits.

The teams that succeed aren't necessarily the ones with the biggest budgets or the most talented people. They're the ones designed for their specific context, with clarity about their purpose and realistic support for their mission.

Failing to get traction for new ways of working or cultural changes you want your organisation to adopt? That’ll be corporate inertia....