the Innovation Autopsy: Doesn't Die in Lab — It Dies Gap

Three hands went up.In a room of twelve senior executives reviewing fourteen active innovation projects, the Chief Operating Officer asked a simple question: How many have a confirmed commercial owner?Three hands.The room went quiet.That moment captures the real problem at the heart of innovation: not weak ideas, but the gap between technology visionand business reality.THE INNOVATION AUTOPSY is a diagnostic and practical guide for business and technology leaders who want to understand why innovation programmes fail - and what must change to make them work.This is not a book about creativity slogans or disruption theater. It is a book about the predictable organisational conditions that kill innovation: - unclear ownership- weak governance- misaligned incentives- poor commercial connection- lack of leadership honestyInside, you will discover: - why innovation language often outpaces innovation capability- what real commercial ownership actually means- why innovation leadership looks different across industries, geographies, and organisational sizes- what open innovation really requires- how leaders can carry the personal burden of innovation in complex organisationsThe book also includes four practical tools: The Innovation Reality Check Canvas The 30-Day Innovation Diagnostic The Commercial Ownership Checklist The Stop / Continue / Double Down Decision TableThese are not consultant frameworks. They are field tools for leaders who need to act on Monday.Who this book is for: Innovation managers, R&D leaders, technology directors, business unit leaders, and senior executives in industrial and technology organisations who have seen innovation struggle - and want a clearer diagnosis and a more effective response.Innovation doesn't fail. It dies in the gap between technology vision and business reality. This book is the autopsy - and the survival guide.

Pages: 279, Paperback, Independently published