seeding innovation
      for sustainable growth

Our Partners

We have an extensive network of contacts committed to building the field of strategic innovation and the development of a sustainable innovation capability for established companies. We continue to evolve our informal and formal relationships to ensure we can offer leading-edge programs for companies looking to establish and mature their innovation competency. Most notably, we are partnering with world renowned institutions for academic research, executive education in corporate entrepreneurship and new business development.


  1. Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) - Academic Research and Executive
    Education Innovation and Corporate Entrepreneurship (ICE) program.


    RPI leads the academic research program. Phases I and II culminated in the release of two books, one for each phase – Radical Innovation and Grabbing Lightning.

    For more information, please see our Academic Research section and visit www.lallyschool.rpi.edu/public/faculty-research/research/radical-innovation-research-program.

    For our ICE program, please visit www.lallyschool.rpi.edu/public/executive-education/ice for more information.


  2. Danish Technical University Certificate in Entrepreneurial Leadership ( CEL) Program

    CEL™, Certificate in Entrepreneurial Leadership, is a 5-month executive program for corporate managers and specialists engaged in or to be engaged in business building.

    The program requires a participation of minimum 2 and maximum 4 people from each company, that are to work on a company team.

    The program integrates the creation of new business, innovation, and growth leadership, rooted in business opportunities brought into the program by the participants. The program blends teaching, coaching and execution in a unique format producing business opportunities ready for corporate funding and people ready to develop and build them. The majority of the sessions will be undertaken by leading international experts in corporate entrepreneurship. For more information, please visit www.business.dtu.dk.


  3. Product Genesis for Strategic Innovation

    Product Genesis, headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts, specializes in Strategic Innovation consulting services that help our clients create new business opportunities, a sustainable competitive advantage, and increased shareholder value. Spun out of the MIT Innovation Center in 1986, Product Genesis has worked with diverse organizations from Global 1000 corporations, to venture capital and private equity-backed firms, accelerating their success in the medical, industrial, commercial, consumer and technology markets. For more information about Product Genesis, visit: www.productgenesis.com.


  4. Innovation Development Institute for Access to SBIR-Funded Companies

    The Innovation Development Institute, as part of the small group which developed the original SBIR concept, long-time advocate for this important technology development resource and keeper of the SBIR record, has invested significantly in the development of its proprietary, database-grounded, analytical system called SBIR ASSETs - Access SBIR-STTR Scientific Engineering Talent system. Tapping into the considerable wealth of technical talent among participants in the federal Small Business Innovation Research program (SBIR) has proven to be a useful, value-adding resource. However, while those with technology seeking responsibilities in larger firms have become aware of SBIR as a collaborative resource, being able to determine on a timely and cost effective basis which SBIR Awardees are doing what work that is of potential interest to the larger firm is a significant challenge. Through the Innovation Development Institute’s proprietary databases, larger firms can access the most relevant SBIR Awardees to meet their business requirements. For more information, please visit www.inknowvation.com.


  5. Babson College – Innovation Summits and Corporate Entrepreneurship Program



    Babson's flagship Corporate Entrepreneurship program is offered twice a year under the theme "Entrepreneurial Strategies for Innovation and Growth".

    This program is designed for those who are:

    1. Leading entrepreneurial change;
    2. Acting more entrepreneurially in a corporate environment;
    3. Assessing a company's readiness for innovation and change;
    4. Revitalizing a company through entrepreneurial ideas; and
    5. Looking to network with companies who have been there before to explore challenges and solutions.
  6. For more information about this program and other events at Babson College, please visit http://www.babsoninsight.com.


  7. Industrial Research Institute (IRI) - Radical Innovation Industry Practices

    The IRI sponsored the Radical Innovation Sub-Committee. Members of the Radical Innovation Group and other industry practitioners served as co-chairs/ subject matter experts and delivered introductory tutorials for IRI member companies. For more information about Radical Innovation activities at the IRI, please visit http://www.iriinc.org.