The Identity Trap: Why Transformation Fails — and How to Break Free open.substack.com/pub/yetvart/...

🅸🅽🅽🅾🆅🅰🆃🅸🅾🅽 🆄🅿🅳🅰🆃🅴 Board: Progress feels slow. Innovator: We’re validating assumptions. Board: We need outcomes. Innovator: Outcomes need evidence. Board: Evidence takes time. A short-form book with 30 chapters dark innovation humor. Download here: yetiart.gumroad.com/l/CorporateI...

🅸🅽🅽🅾🆅🅰🆃🅸🅾🅽 🆂🆃🆁🅰🆃🅴🅶🆈 Board: We need a decision. Innovator: Define the commitment. Board: The direction. Innovator: Direction needs scope. Board: Later. Innovator: Then it’s not a decision. A short-form book with 30 chapters dark innovation humor. Download here: yetiart.gumroad.com/l/CorporateI...

A causality analysis on the most typical startup failures #5: Weak Go-to-Market Execution More details in the article: innovationand.org/p/why-startu... #startup #innovation #failure #causality #businessmodelinnovation #founders

A causality analysis on the most typical startup failures #4: Poor Product/Market Fit More details in the article: innovationand.org/p/why-startu... #startup #innovation #failure #causality #businessmodelinnovation #founders

A causality analysis on the most typical startup failures #3: Wrong Team / missing Skills More details in the article: substack.com/home/post/p-... #startup #innovation #founder

From Ghettoblaster to Spotify: Why Innovation Fails When You Confuse Products with Jobs innovationand.org/p/from-ghett...

A causality analysis on the most typical startup failures #2: Running Out of Cash More details in the article: substack.com/home/post/p-... #founder #startup #innovation #failure

A causality analysis on the most typical startup failures #1: No Market Need More details in the article: substack.com/home/post/p-... #startup #failure #innovation #businessmodelinnovation

A Thought Experiment: Outcome-Based Pricing for Your Offering innovationand.org/p/a-thought-...

What if you priced for the outcome, not the product? 👀 New thought experiment live now. Read: innovationand.org/p/a-thought-... #innovation #jtbd #strategy #pricing

If you lead teams, build products, or chase real opportunities, you’ll want the next piece. I break down how to judge what truly matters, where progress and strategy line up. If that’s your thing, join INNOVATION& and hit subscribe. innovationand.org #innovation #strategy #product #leadership

Analyzing startup failures reveals 3 patterns: 1. Fail to Learn – Love your idea, ignore reality. Test assumptions. 2. Fail to Focus – Chase too much. Guard attention & capital. 3. Fail to Adapt – Culture freezes. Make learning collective. Read more: innovationand.org/p/why-startu...

AI doesn’t make leaders better—it amplifies who you are. It handles routine work and exposes outdated leadership styles. Leadership is about designing decisions, teams, and experiment in a world where data is missing, human judgment and courage matter most. AI is just a car; leadership the journey.

You don’t use AI to master AI. You use it to get better at being human. Like driving your kid somewhere — the car is a tool, not your identity. AI is the same. You don’t need to know the mechanics, only what it unlocks: time, clarity, better choices.

Most startup failure studies list symptoms—not root causes. The real reason? 👉 Free read, Why Startups really Fail: innovationand.org/p/why-startu...

Most startup failure studies list symptoms—not root causes. The real reason? Read: Why Startups Really Fail innovationand.org/p/why-startu...

Startup post-mortems list symptoms — not causes. “No Product Market Fit.” “Bad timing.” “Ran out of cash.” We went deeper. A fishbone analysis of why startups really fail. Subscribe now for the coming cause breakdown article next week: innovationand.org #Innovation #Startups #RootCause #Leadership

The graveyard of tech-first fantasies is full of shiny solutions that never found a real job. When technology becomes the hero, customers become spectators. 👉 Explore: innovationand.org/p/the-gravey... ⚡ The first 5 free subscribers on Substack get my tool "Value Proposition Tester" first.

Not every unmet need is worth solving. The real art is knowing which jobs are both important and underserved. That’s where the Underserved Outcome Matrix helps: yetiart.gumroad.com/l/Underserve... If you want to prioritize innovation that truly matters, start here. #business #innovation #jtbd

Looking for book recommendations on business innovation and transformation. Which ones truly shifted your perspective — not just on how to run a business, but how to rethink it? What are your favorite books that inspired you to lead/drive real innovation and transformation? Drop your top picks 👇

Big launches aren’t the same as big jobs. “Blockbuster innovation” often means: big budgets, bold features — and little fit. The job matters more than the hype. 👉 Read: innovationand.org/p/innovation... What product impressed you but didn’t last?

The biggest gap in innovation isn’t creativity. It’s absorption. We keep inventing faster than we can integrate. Read the full piece: 👉 innovationand.org/p/were-great-at-inventing-terrible #innovation #jtbd #productinnovation #businessmodel #founders #strategy #startups

Many innovation teams fall into problemism and solutionism — defining what they want to fix, or doing endless user research without outcome and traction. 👉 Full reflection: innovationand.org/p/problemism...

“You scroll. They profit. Life slips by.”

Most founders start with “Can we build it?” — feasibility. The most expensive risk. The wrong order. Learn desirability and viability first, or you’re running the costliest, dumbest experiment in innovation. Check out my innovators toolkit: yetiart.gumroad.com?section=MZLx...

If I had to explain why many innovations fail to an 8-year-old: teams try to “make the best toy ever,” adding wheels, lights, buttons. But what are kids really trying to do? Have fun, play with friends, show off, learn, feel brave. Watch them play and solve that job, not just the toy.

As a founder, CEO, and corporate innovator, I wish I’d had them when projects got stuck between slides, strategy, and ego. €19 each, €349 for all 21 — not to get rich, but to help teams validate ideas before they die in meetings. Start now → yetiart.gumroad.com?section=MZLx...

Innovation ideas are cheap. Execution isn’t. Many teams stumble before they even start — because readiness hides in culture, leadership, and habits. Use this tool to see if your organization is truly ready: yetiart.gumroad.com/l/Innovation... PS: What quietly blocks your team’s best ideas?

💡 I never planned a book series — just wanted to know why “perfect” innovations fail. Those notes became an 8-part playbook — no fluff, just lessons from real work. 📘 Book 1 – “Rethinking Innovation” is free. 👉 yetiart.gumroad.com/l/Rethinking...

I’m now publishing a free weekly Substack on innovation and business transformation. 🚀 No fluff, no PR talk — just real insights from working with teams, leaders, and startups. Your weekly dose of what actually works, delivered straight to your inbox. innovationand.org

Every business model starts as a brilliant answer to a real job. It becomes a trap when you forget to ask if the job still matters. Optimization is progress in the wrong direction when the customer has moved on. 👉 The full reflection: innovationand.org/p/when-runni...

💡 People hire products for progress. Investors hire traction for leverage. Too many founders chase funding before demand. Smarter move: prove the job first, scale later. 👉 Why European startups fail early innovationand.org/p/why-europe...

📘 Volume 2 – The Twilight Zone: Where New Business Ideas Emerge Learn how to turn trends and tech hype into real opportunities — with tools, not gut feeling. Master the twilight between buzz and reality, or risk building what nobody needs. 👉 Download now: yetiart.gumroad.com/l/Rethinking...

When Production Changes Its Job Car plants were built for scale, not agility. But stable demand is gone. Now, giants like Volkswagen face silent factories—not from failure, but because the old job is done. A new one is waiting. Read: When the Factories Go Silent innovationand.org/p/when-the-f...

“Innovation flops are mis-hired solutions” Most blockbuster failures didn’t miss the technology. They missed the job. When companies chase novelty over progress, they solve problems nobody truly has. 👉 Innovation blockbusters that flopped innovationand.org/p/innovation...

“Education’s forgotten job” The job of education isn’t only to teach facts. It’s to help people make progress in their lives. When that progress changes, so must the way we teach. 👉 How Jobs to Be Done evolve in education innovationand.org/p/how-jobs-t...