How portfolio approach sets you up for success.

Leverage these rules of thumb to make confident decisions as an innovation leader and drive real ROI faster.

5 Reasons Project Management Isn’t Enough to Drive Innovation Success

Learn how graduating from project management to outcomes management can help you de-risk your innovation portfolio and knock your objectives out of the park.

Why Invest in Innovation Portfolio Management During a Downturn?

Tyler Steinke

Here's why business leaders should think twice before pausing innovation programs in 2023, plus tips for adopting a portfolio approach to innovation management that minimizes risk and maximizes ROI.

7 Tactics to Take Your Innovation Portfolio from Theory to Practice

In a recent webinar with Innov8rs Learning Labs, Productable's Founder & CEO discussed easy ways to get started with innovation portfolios. Read on to learn more about these tactics and review a simple portfolio canvas to get started.

Yes, Corporations CAN Innovate Like Silicon Valley

The keys to innovation success are rooted in venture capital. Read our take on how corporations can innovate just like Silicon Valley.

This Rule of Innovation May Be Misleading You

The 70:20:10 Rule of Innovation. Most of you have probably heard of it. A few of you may have even built your own resource allocation model around it.

Introducing Innovation Power Law

Imagine you’re a successful entrepreneur with a sizable chunk of extra funds you want to invest - let’s say $1,000,000 - and you’ve decided you want to try your hand at angel investing to help other entrepreneurs build their startup visions. You’re not the gambling type who’s going to go all-in on a single bet. You’re much smarter than that, so you decide to diversify your interests, spreading your million over multiple startups. You make 10 startup investments, each at $100,000. Being a savvy investor as well as an entrepreneur yourself, you know that most of the startups you invest in will fail, but you also know that the ones that succeed generally win big. In venture capital, this risk mitigation strategy is known as Power Law: When a small percentage of startups in a portfolio capture a large percentage of the returns. Venture capitalists live by Power Law, and they do so to diversify their interests and successfully hedge their bets. (Read about what angel investor and expert Jason Calacanis says about the strategy here.)