Get Out of the Product Cave: From Plato to Steve Blank
By Elijah Eilert Did the philosopher Plato lay down one of the most crucial startup and innovation principles? Steve Blank, a contemporary innovation thinker (and, dare I say, philosopher), popularised the widely accepted [...]
A Conversation About Innovation Accounting
Lean back and enjoy this lively conversation between the hosts of the show What PAYS - Jon Ruark, Tyrome Smith, Adam Berk and their guest Elijah Eilert, about the topic of [...]
The Innovation Accountant
By Elijah Eilert Innovation accounting is an emerging discipline aimed at improving the poor track record of predicting outcomes and tracking progress for innovation projects. Traditional accounting methods are not equipped to handle the [...]
Episode 18 – Part 1: The ROI of Learning
About the Episode Elijah Eilert is talking to Peter LePiane about innovation within large organizations. Part one of the podcast, explores the core principles of innovation, the challenges associated with [...]
Episode 17 – Part 2: How to Manage Change and Create Resilient Organizations Through Innovation
About the Episode Elijah Eilert is talking to Kumuda Suppayah an Innovation strategist, and business transformation expert in the Oil and Gas sector. The second part of this episode delves [...]
Episode 16 – Part 1: How to Manage Change and Create Resilient Organizations Through Innovation
About the Episode Elijah Eilert is talking to Kumuda Suppayah an Innovation strategist, and business transformation expert in the Oil and Gas sector. Part 1 of the episode is designed [...]
Innovation Is Not Moral – Innovation Practitioners Can Be
By Elijah Eilert In an era defined by rapid technological advancement, groundbreaking business models but also large-scale environmental and social problems, 'innovation' is often hailed as the beacon of progress. [...]
Episode 15 Psychological Safety, Cognitive Diversity, Trust & Fear in Innovation
About the Episode Elijah Eilert is talking to Susie Braam and Ed Essey, two seasoned innovators. The episode takes you on a corporate innovation journey, covering how to define innovation [...]
Episode 14 The Fruit Tree Analogy: Cultivating Business Value at Microsoft Garage
About the Episode Elijah Eilert is talking to Ed Essey Director of Business Value at the Microsoft Garage. In this episode, Ed introduces an analogy of an fruit tree to [...]
Episode 13 The Science Behind Becoming an Entrepreneur & the Role of Free Access to Knowledge for Innovation
About the Episode Elijah Eilert is talking to Matt Clancy about what makes people become entrepreneurs and how the accessibility of information fosters innovation. The episode is guided by some of [...]
Episode 12 – How to Measure Australia’s Innovation Ecosystem: Understanding the Innovation Metrics Review
About the Episode Elijah Eilert is talking to Joseph Brookes about the Innovation Metrics Review, a report that assesses the way Australia is currently measuring innovation, and then makes recommendations [...]
Episode 11 – Breathing Life into Organisations on Innovation Life Support
About the Episode Elijah Eilert is talking to Susie Braam about what keeps innovators within large organisations going and what makes it really hard for them. Susie shares what good [...]
Innovation Accounting & Product Led Growth – A Failed Experiment
By Elijah Eilert I recently wrote an article called What is Innovation Accounting? Explained by Artificial Intelligence, and was surprised by how well the tool, called OpenAI, managed to describe what innovation accounting is. [...]
Episode 10 – Retrospective
About the Episode Elijah Eilert is talking to Oliver Durrer. Oliver is sharing insights from his accomplished career in corporate innovation. He is also helping Elijah do a Retro on [...]
What is Innovation Accounting? Explained by Artificial Intelligence
By Elijah Eilert My friend Mark Vaughn recently found this interesting tool - OpenAI. In a group chat with friends, we had some fun with it, writing poems and asking the AI silly questions. [...]
The Importance of Evidence Based Storytelling in Innovation
About the Episode Elijah Eilert is talking to Tendayi Viki about the power and pitfalls of storytelling in the context of innovation management. A well-told story has the power to [...]
Innovation Management: How to Learn the Right Thing at the Right Time
By Elijah Eilert “We failed but we have learned so much,” is often heard from innovators. In principle, we should welcome this, as innovation teams sharing their failures is one of the signs of [...]
Innovation Accounting – The Second System
About the Episode Elijah Eilert is talking to Esther Gons, author of the Innovation Accounting Book, about the importance of having innovation accounting established as a second system within large [...]
Unit Economics: How to Calculate CAC & LTV – It Depends
About the Episode Elijah Eilert speaks to Paul Orlando about his book Growth Units to discover how to best calculate Customer Acquisition Cost and Lifetime Value. Paul tells us how [...]
Understanding the ISO Standard for Innovation Management – Concepts & Benefits
About the Episode Elijah Eilert speaks to Andy Cars, the founder and CEO of Lean Ventures International, about the ISO standards for innovation management. Having participated in the ISO creation [...]
Innovation Accounting in Practice
By Tristan Kromer & Elijah Eilert It is not enough to say, “We’re early stage and we shouldn’t focus on a business plan or metrics.” It is not enough to say, “We’re focusing on qualitative data.” And [...]
Fundamentals of Metered Funding & Stage Gates for Innovation
About the Episode Elijah Eilert speaks to Tristan Kromer about the fundamentals of a VC-like funding approach for corporate innovation that releases resources over time in exchange for [...]
Innovation Funnel Management: Lessons from Gold Exploration
By Elijah Eilert What do gold mining and breakthrough product innovation have in common? The odds of success are low. Only 1 gold mine comes to fruition from 10,000 potential prospects. Obviously, mining companies [...]
