246. 5 Types of Innovation Leaders: From Nonsense to C-Suite

Some "Heads of Innovation" are glorified event planners while others transform entire businesses.

In this episode, you'll learn how to identify which type of innovation leader you're dealing with and what that means for your career or business.

This episode is for you if you:

• Want to pursue a career in corporate innovation
• Are a founder pitching to corporate innovation departments
• Are an executive designing innovation roles for your company
• Need to collaborate with innovation teams but aren't sure of their actual authority
• Are an investor evaluating a company's innovation claims

You'll learn which innovation roles are career dead-ends, which ones lead to the C-suite, and how to quickly identify who has real decision-making power versus who's just organising hackathons with no implementation authority.

Resources mentioned in this episode:

• Podcast: 96. How to innovate at a corporate: lessons from Apple and Intel
• FREE GUIDE: Innovate, but how? The Pragmatist's guide to growth

For the transcript, go to: https://www.techfornontechies.co/blog/246-5-types-of-innovation-leaders-from-nonsense-to-c-suite

Timestamps

00:50 Innovation Roles

02:58 Five Types of Innovation Leaders

05:45 Innovation Theater Director

09:05 Innovation Community Manager

11:57 Corporate Entrepreneur

14:52 R&D Leader

17:50 Transforming Businesses

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