Most organisations can generate ideas. Few can scale them. Harvard’s Linda Hill explains Genius at Scale and its ABC framework of Architects, Bridgers and Catalysts, with stories from MasterCard, Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, Microsoft and Renault, plus why bridgers so rarely get the credit.
David Bland, lead author of Testing Business Ideas, shares how assumptions mapping helped DuPont and Qnity build an award-winning experimentation culture. Across 35 real opportunities, DuPont saved over $12M by stopping weak projects early and earned about $24M from the ideas that passed.
Bruce Vojak closes our three-part Serial Innovators series with the playbook for finding and protecting breakthrough talent: the five core traits to look for, the four engagement filters that actually identify a serial innovator, why HR and AI hiring screens filter them out, and the manager behaviours — air cover, patience, no “J work” — that keep them from walking out the door.
Bruce Vojak returns for a short bonus episode on the Hourglass Model — the descriptive state diagram he and his co-authors built to explain how serial innovators actually move from a customer problem to a launched product, without the prescriptive rigidity of stage-gate.
What if innovation doesn’t come from alignment—but from constructive conflict? In this episode of The Innovation Show, Aidan McCullen explores The Innovation Code with Jeff and Staney DeGraff, revealing how breakthrough ideas emerge when opposing perspectives collide. Learn the four innovation archetypes—Artist, Engineer, Athlete, and Sage—and how to harness tension to drive creativity, adaptability, and long-term success.
Innovation often fails inside big companies. Chuck House explains managing up, using return maps, and aligning strategy so intrapreneurs can get permission to win
A Thinkers50 special episode with Aidan McCullen, Alex Osterwalder, Howard Yu and Sangeet Paul Choudary exploring how AI reshapes business models, strategy and organisational leadership. A masterclass in reinvention, recorded just hours before each received major Thinkers50 honours.
In this final episode of our Humanocracy series, Aidan McCullen and Gary Hamel explore how Roche transformed its operating model—reducing layers, empowering squads, and embracing experimentation. Discover what it really takes to remove bureaucracy and build an organization fit for human beings.
In Part 2 of our Humanocracy finale, Aidan McCullen welcomes Gary Hamel to spotlight companies that defy traditional hierarchies—like steelmaker Nucor and Chinese giant Haier. Discover how these organizations flatten management, unleash innovation, and build people-first cultures that outperform their peers.
Join Aidan McCullen and Gary Hamel for the launch of the Humanocracy series finale. Hamel unpacks the systemic failures of bureaucracy and makes the case for a management revolution driven by human freedom, initiative, and entrepreneurial spirit.