Forbes August 2, 2024
Mohan Nair, CEO of Emerge Inc. It’s about the beauty of all things transformational. Make money and meaning without compromise.
If you were to tell someone interested in taking a trip on a boat that they have their choice of 10 boats to pick from, they would likely appreciate the options. However, if you told them that seven of those boats were going to sink, their attitude would change.
This is what corporate innovation officers face daily. The concept of leading innovation for large enterprises is alluring, but I’ve found in my experience that a minority of innovation roles report to the CEO while the others face the operating leader’s guidance. This places us in a position of living through...