Innovation Team Toolkit

Build the right innovation team from the start.

A self-guided toolkit for senior leaders tasked with setting up, fixing, or focusing an innovation function.

Price: £197

Includes all six tools, guidance pages, worked examples, and monthly live Q&A access.

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Who It’s For

You've been given a mandate to build or fix an innovation team. The hard part isn't finding ideas — it's knowing where to start.

This toolkit is for you if you're:

A senior innovation leader building or redesigning a function
A CTO or technology leader scoping innovation capability
An HR director or OD professional designing team structures
An executive asked to stand up an innovation capability from scratch

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The Problem

Most innovation teams are designed by gut feel. They copy what worked elsewhere, skip the diagnostic work, and end up misaligned with the organisation around them.

The result: frustrated teams and a mandate that gets quietly withdrawn.

The organisations that get this right have a clear process for the foundational decisions. That's what this toolkit gives you.

What You Get

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1. Innovation Readiness Assessment

Understand your organisation’s actual starting point before you design anything.

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2. Innovation Archaeology Canvas

Learn what past innovation attempts reveal about your culture and constraints.

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3. Team Orientation Matrix

Determine whether you need Architects, Builders, or Enablers - matched to your context.

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4. Innovation Team Model Canvas

Design your operating model: purpose, activities, resources, and stakeholders.

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5. Stakeholder Map

Map your supporters and blockers and build the mandate you need.

6. Radical Focus Template

Keep your team aligned and accountable with a shared OKR structure and weekly rhythm.

Each tool includes a blank template, guidance notes, and a worked example.

ALSO INCLUDED

Monthly live Q&A session Last Friday of every month, 2.30–3pm UK. Bring your real questions and get practical answers. Included with every purchase.

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Why Trust Me

I've spent 10+ years building and leading innovation teams inside complex organisations — not just consulting on them from the outside.

Head of Innovation, Ministry of Defence
Head of Innovation, FCDO
Trained 5,000+ people in innovation practice
Clients include NATO, BP, Scottish Government, Bertelsmann

I've also made the mistakes. The tools in this toolkit are grounded in what actually works — and what doesn't.

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