Innovation Framework
Demystifying how breakthroughs actually happen inside complex organizations.
The Core Belief
Innovation is rarely a lightning strike of inspiration. It is a disciplined, rigorous process of generating ideas and executing them under real-world constraints.
More importantly, it is about acting as a strategic change agent to reduce the entropy in an organization. It requires pushing through the inertia that can come from the well-intentioned desire to avoid mistakes but which has the unintended consequence of paralyzing discussion and endless debate.
The Three-Part Engine
Broad Input, Not Narrow Expertise
Breakthroughs rarely come from hyper-specialization. Early specialization acts as a constraint on creativity. Exposure across different domains, business models, and tech stacks allows for horizontal thinking.
Structured Selection
Innovation should be framed as a portfolio management problem. It requires generating multiple parallel ideas and ruthlessly eliminating the weak options using data-informed signals.
Delivery Inside Organizations
Great ideas die in a vacuum. Innovation must survive corporate incentives, politics, and scale. Success here relies on pristine written communication, stakeholder alignment, and actively reducing entropy.