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��vlog�� Names Chris Fanning Chief Executive Officer

��vlog�� — Mon, 19 Oct 2026 12:00:04 GMT

Proven technology CEO with a track record of scaling businesses and accelerating organic growth to lead ��vlog��’s next chapter

How to Get the R&D Resources You Need With Growth Innovation

��vlog�� — Fri, 16 Oct 2026 21:31:13 GMT

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Enterprise R&D teams struggle to win resources for three reasons: leaders set targets without historical project data, decisions are made without portfolio-level visibility, and R&D reports in process metrics while leadership thinks in ROI and growth. A Forrester Consulting study found that enterprises using growth innovation, an innovation management approach built on growth, visibility, and orchestration, close these gaps. Over five years, these enterprises cut project management costs by an average of 10% while reducing time to market by 15%. One organization increased its R&D investment by 40%.

In German, “Ich verstehe nur Bahnhof”means“I have no idea what you’re talking about.”But translated literally, it’s“I only understand train station.”That about sums up a lot of R&D budget requests. R&D speaks fluent pipeline. Leadership’s ear is tuned for growth and ROI. Everyone nods politely, and the request never leaves the station.

How to Set Launch Schedules You Can Actually Trust

��vlog�� — Wed, 14 Oct 2026 19:43:57 GMT

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Launch lag is the pattern of innovation projects routinely missing their target launch dates. It delays ROI, disrupts portfolio strategy, upends capacity planning, and normalizes bad estimates. Enterprises can set launch schedules they can trust by adopting growth innovation, an innovation management methodology built on three principles: growth, visibility, and orchestration. In practice, that means planning launch schedules based on historical project data, prioritizing projects by their growth potential, and calibrating the launch pipeline through recurring, cross-functional portfolio reviews. Forrester research commissioned by ��vlog�� found that growth innovation accelerates time to market by an average of 15%.

“T-minus, uhhh, whenever until launch …”

Not the awe-inspiring countdown you’d expect from NASA before propelling a ship through mankind’s heavenly limits. Nor is it the countdown you should tolerate from your enterprise before propelling its latest innovation onto the market. Launch uncertainty is no way to meet your business aspirations.

Choosing an Enterprise Innovation Management System: Outcomes & Capabilities to Look For

��vlog�� — Mon, 05 Oct 2026 18:01:16 GMT

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An enterprise innovation management (EIM) system connects a global company’s innovation pipeline to its growth goals. It covers strategy, resources, budgets, governance, project execution, and new ideas in one platform. ��vlog��, the maker of Accolade, scored six leading EIM vendors in spring 2026. The rubric used 70 vectors, grouped into 16 solution capabilities and seven business competencies.

Overall scores (out of 5):

Accolade: 4.3
Planisware: 3.2
Planview: 3.0
Itonics: 2.7
Hype: 2.5
Qmarkets: 2.2

Key takeaways:

Accolade scored highest in strategic planning, portfolio orchestration, innovation governance, project management, financial planning and analysis, and front-end innovation.
Planisware and Planview lead in resource planning, with top marks in resource requisitioning and utilization tracking.
Hype earned a perfect 5 in idea management. Itonics earned a perfect 5 in opportunity identification.
Enterprise configurability is the one capability that affects every business competency, so it deserves the most weight in any evaluation.
Evaluation approach: Judge EIM software as a growth enabler, not a cost center. Build your RFP around outcomes, not feature lists.

What’s the greatest all-time NFL team? Who is your basketball G.O.A.T.? How about the best movie ever? We could break out Madden Football and NBA 2K and run all the simulations, or cross-reference the AFI 100 against the IMDb Top 250, but what would any of it prove? Championships aren’t won on paper. Oscars aren’t awarded on star power and box office draw. The best (the 1989 49ers, Michael Jeffrey Jordan, and TheShawshank Redemption) are crowned on the field, the court, and in the hearts of movie goers. It’s no different with enterprise innovation management (EIM) software.

Innovation Portfolio Orchestration in the Age of AI

��vlog�� — Wed, 23 Sep 2026 18:06:04 GMT

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AI will soon be able to track and document the complexities of enterprise innovation better than humans, which will free managers to interpret, optimize, and align their portfolios better than ever before, but only if they’re prepared for this shift. Smart leaders need to document their strategy, chronicle their innovation processes, and centralize their data today so they’re ready to benefit from AI tomorrow.

It has been theorized that humans can keep up with only about 150 friendships — approximately the population of a village. The theory is based on the size of the neocortex of our brains and evolutionary necessity. For most of human existence, people have only ever needed to maintain relationships with the people immediately around them. But as the world has gotten a tad smaller through the internet, FaceTime, and TikTok dances, we’ve boiled over the natural limits of our social biology. It follows, then, that we humans sometimes struggle to swallow the oceans of data being fed to us.

Creating the One Metric That Matters for Innovation Leaders

��vlog�� — Wed, 09 Sep 2026 21:38:06 GMT

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An OMM (One Metric That Matters) is a single, custom metric that tells innovation leaders whether their portfolio will actually hit strategic and revenue targets. Unlike standard KPIs that just track activity, an OMM compares your targeted future state (what leadership wants) against your projected future state (where your current trajectory is actually headed), revealing a surplus, alignment, or growth gap. Building one takes three inputs (historical accuracy, present portfolio status, and planned activities) and a platform like Accolade to run the calculation in real time.

Few things were better than ripping open a baseball card pack as a kid. You’d flip each card over and size up specific player stats: homers, RBIs, batting average, ERA, wins, saves. Those metrics told you everything you needed. Or so you thought. Nowadays, you could drown in all the acronyms of advanced metrics: wRC+, wOBA, FIP, PRV, DRA. It all can feel like a calculus exam. Thankfully, the nerds (erm, "sabermatricians") also came up with WAR: wins over replacement. In a nutshell, WAR is one number meant to express a player’s overall impact on the most important stat of all: winning baseball games.

AI Is Transforming Data Visibility, and Innovation Managers Need to Be Ready

��vlog�� — Tue, 08 Sep 2026 17:04:56 GMT

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AI’s ability to detect patterns in your innovation data and predict problems before they occur will make it a powerful orchestration amplifier. But this capability relies on sound underlying data architecture. Without high-fidelity data, AI will simply generate authoritative errors. Smart innovation leaders are building clean, centralized data pools for AI to train on.

Once upon a time, the wheel was high-tech. Nowadays, you have your choice of planes, trains, or automobiles (or e-bikes, one-wheels, or driverless robotaxis). Such is the evolutionary nature of technology, along with an ever-ballooning battery of companion apps.

The Second Generation of AI for Tech Transfer

��vlog�� — Thu, 03 Sep 2026 17:47:42 GMT

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More than half of technology transfer offices adopted at least one new AI platform in the past year, yet most haven’t seen the payoff they expected. The gap isn’t effort; it’s architecture. First-generation AI tools are bolt-on point solutions that produce, at best, localized wins. Second-generation AI is embedded in your system of record, built around TTO-specific workflows, and governed by design. Here’s what changes when you make that shift and what ��vlog�� is shipping to help you make it.

Here’s to the crazy ones. We mean the real crazy ones: the early adopters. They take the risks and test new things for the love of being first. It’s rarely a perfect experience. Early adopters of the horseless carriage didn’t have push-button ignition; they had to get out and manually hand-crank the engine. It would be 400-plus years before early adopters of the printing press would be able to simplify matters on a typewriter (and another century and change before being able to peck away on a smartphone keyboard).

Gambling on Growth: Innovation Management Lessons From Vegas Card Counters

��vlog�� — Wed, 02 Sep 2026 18:55:14 GMT

Quick summary: What is growth innovation risk management?

Growth innovation treats enterprise innovation like professional card counting: risk is the cost of gathering information, not a bet on a single outcome. Rather than judging each project pass/fail, growth innovation cultures measure certainty across the entire portfolio, weighing three data types (historical performance, present-state pipeline health, and future investment opportunities) to decide where to invest more and where to walk away. Cancelling a low-certainty project isn't a failure; it's capital protection that keeps the rest of the portfolio funded.

Key takeaways:

Risk buys information, not guaranteed outcomes, like paying a table minimum to see the next card.
Certainty is measured in aggregate, across the whole portfolio, not project by project.
Killing a project is a strategic "fold," not a failure; it protects capital for higher-odds opportunities.
Certainty is built from three inputs: historical data (past performance), present state (live project health), and future investments (portfolio mix and pipeline gaps).
Full visibility across all three is what lets a team scale this edge; siloed or inaccessible data is "gambling in the dark."

People often experience one of two scenarios on their first trip to a casino. Experience #1: every time you sheepishly place your chips on the felt, you immediately hear the words “Bust!” or "Craps!” and your money disappears. “Never again,” you think. Experience #2: The air rings with “Black Jack!” and “Winner!” followed by cheers. Suddenly your red chips turn green, and your greens turn black. “Easy money,” you muse. In the long run, neither represents the total experience. Gambling is a fickle proposition, but there are ways to maximize your odds for success.

Aligning on Growth in the Age of AI

��vlog�� — Wed, 19 Aug 2026 21:55:10 GMT

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AI’s ability to analyze and interpret innovation management data at scale enables new possibilities for enterprises to achieve internal strategic alignment. But when AI makes its way into your innovation processes, it will either magnify your organizational discipline or amplify the chaos. Smart innovation leaders will start preparing now (and Accolade can help them do it).

Your favorite meal isn’t your favorite meal because of the pots and pans it’s cooked in, the refrigerators and stoves that cool and warm it, or the forks, spoons, and plates it’s served on. None of those things matter without the right ingredients. Fresh produce and high-quality proteins will always hit the spot, no matter if they’re cooked in Williams-Sonoma’s finest stainless steel or budget Dollar Tree tins. The same is true of enterprise innovation: artificial intelligence may open vast possibilities in productivity and efficiency, but those possibilities will never be realized if its own core ingredient, your data, is subpar.

����vlog���� Blog

����vlog���� Names Chris Fanning Chief Executive Officer

How to Get the R&D Resources You Need With Growth Innovation

How to Set Launch Schedules You Can Actually Trust

Choosing an Enterprise Innovation Management System: Outcomes & Capabilities to Look For

Innovation Portfolio Orchestration in the Age of AI

Creating the One Metric That Matters for Innovation Leaders

AI Is Transforming Data Visibility, and Innovation Managers Need to Be Ready

The Second Generation of AI for Tech Transfer

Gambling on Growth: Innovation Management Lessons From Vegas Card Counters

Aligning on Growth in the Age of AI

��vlog�� Blog

��vlog�� Names Chris Fanning Chief Executive Officer