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The Innovation Debt You Don’t See Coming: What Happens When Pipelines Scale Faster Than Governance
02.11.2026 - Deana - 3 min read -

The Innovation Debt You Don’t See Coming: What Happens When Pipelines Scale Faster Than Governance

As pipelines scale, small shortcuts in tools, gates, and data quietly compound into confusion. Here’s how to spot it early.

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Killing SKUs Is Innovation Too: Why Your Pipeline Needs an Exit Gate
26.10.2026 - Deana - 3 min read -

Killing SKUs Is Innovation Too: Why Your Pipeline Needs an Exit Gate

Most innovation pipelines are built to decide what gets launched. Very few are built to decide what gets retired.

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Off-Script: What Rogue AI Agents Mean for Your Unlaunched Products
19.10.2026 - Deana - 3 min read -

Off-Script: What Rogue AI Agents Mean for Your Unlaunched Products

AI agents are reaching past their assignments. In innovation, the most exposed asset is the product nobody has launched yet.

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The Promise Inside the Pack: Two Lessons From Reese’s
12.10.2026 - Deana - 3 min read -

The Promise Inside the Pack: Two Lessons From Reese’s

A recipe change and a pack image put one of America’s best-known candy brands in the headlines this year. Neither started as a big decision.

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The Fifth-Generation Phase-Gate: Why the Model Just Got a Major Upgrade
05.10.2026 - Deana - 3 min read -

The Fifth-Generation Phase-Gate: Why the Model Just Got a Major Upgrade

Five shifts are changing the phase-gate model: flexible concepts, agile sprints, AI, built-in sustainability, and right-sized gates. See how your...

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Agents at the Gate: What Happens When AI Doesn’t Just Advise Your Pipeline, It Runs It
28.09.2026 - Deana - 3 min read -

Agents at the Gate: What Happens When AI Doesn’t Just Advise Your Pipeline, It Runs It

AI agents can now gather data, judge projects, and recommend decisions alone, changing what a real gate review actually means

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Flying Blind: The Four Numbers Every Innovation Team Should Be Tracking
21.09.2026 - Deana - 3 min read

Flying Blind: The Four Numbers Every Innovation Team Should Be Tracking

Most innovation teams can’t tell if their process works. The four numbers that reveal whether it actually does.

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Beyond the Grocery Aisle: Why Chemicals and Banking Are Learning the Same Innovation Lessons as CPG
14.09.2026 - Deana - 3 min read -

Beyond the Grocery Aisle: Why Chemicals and Banking Are Learning the Same Innovation Lessons as CPG

The same innovation discipline that decides shelf-space winners in CPG is now separating winners in chemicals and banking too.

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The New Shelf War: Why Private Label’s Rise Means Brands Can’t Afford to Move Slow
07.09.2026 - Deana - 3 min read -

The New Shelf War: Why Private Label’s Rise Means Brands Can’t Afford to Move Slow

Private label owns a quarter of CPG and loyalty is collapsing. For brands, speed to shelf is the only moat.

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