High Alpha Innovation

ICYMI: High Alpha Innovation CEO Elliott Parker recently joined the #Agbioscience Podcast hosted by AgriNovus Indiana CEO Mitch Frazier to discuss why companies can't expect to achieve long-term growth through sustaining or efficiency #innovation alone. Listen to the 20-minute conversation to hear why Elliott believes some intentional messiness and chaos can help corporations realize breakthroughs and uncover anomalies that can drive their business forward. https://lnkd.in/gXHthAPa #IllusionOfInnovation #DisruptiveInnovation #CorporateInnovation

While corporations are "designed to be safe, to propagate the status quo and to make results predictable," they must also make structural changes to become "innovation-friendly," High Alpha Innovation CEO Elliott Parker shared with Forbes when speaking about his new book, The #IllusionOfInnovation. Read the article by Rodger Dean Duncan to find out why Elliott believes enterprise executives must establish entirely new systems of governance, incentives, talent, and processes that are designed for learning and invention so they can implement successful transformative #innovation initiatives. https://lnkd.in/eiVNNvmM #CorporateInnovation #VentureBuilding #DisruptiveInnovation #StartupCreation

The Gold & Black Agri-Food Fund, an #agriculture-focused fund operated by High Alpha Innovation, helps to power new #startups created by Purdue DIAL Ventures that aim to positively impact the world. To understand why three limited partners who have invested in Gold & Black — Premier Companies , Keystone Cooperative, and Loftus Ranches — decided to back the fund, we spoke with their leadership. Discover what Ryan Priest, Drew Garretson, Doug Brunt, Patrick Smith, and Harold Cooper had to say about the Gold & Black Agri-Food Fund and why they are collectively excited about the future of #innovation in the food and agriculture space in the coming years. https://lnkd.in/ed-ejQrB #AgriFood #DisruptiveInnovation #CorporateInnovation #StartupCreation

#MarketSizing exercises — even when the results are off and don't align with initial forecasts — have real, substantial value in surfacing key assumptions, including those around customer segmentation, business model, and pricing. Discover how your #VentureBuilding team — whether you're a corporate-backed #VentureStudio or university-endorsed #InnovationLab — can conduct thorough market research that helps you determine the likely market size (and potential revenue) for your prospective startup. https://lnkd.in/g9rHhuxk #DisruptiveInnovation #CorporateInnovation #Innovation

ICYMI: Tickets for Alloy, our #VentureBuilding Summit, are now available! https://lnkd.in/guRCuuRp Looking to tackle compelling problems and move beyond #innovation theater through #startup creation? Then attending Alloy 2024 is a must. Hundreds of corporate innovators, university leaders, venture capitalists, and business visionaries will convene in Midtown Atlanta this September to get insights that can help them unlock transformative innovation at their organizations and network with industry peers and experts. Grab your early-bird ticket (𝟮𝟬% 𝗼𝗳𝗳 𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗱𝗲 𝗘𝗔𝗥𝗟𝗬𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟰) while our special pricing lasts, and be sure to join us this fall for what will be an engaging event with many renowned speakers and eye-opening sessions, including a special keynote from High Alpha Innovation CEO Elliott Parker. #CorporateInnovation #DisruptiveInnovation #Startups #VentureStudio

“Change is coming, whether corporations want it or not," High Alpha Innovation CEO Elliott Parker shared in a new interview with The Innovator. And that means these large organizations need to prepare for the future by prioritizing transformative #innovation initiatives, according to Elliott. Read the entire Q&A with The Innovator Founder and Editor-in-Chief Jennifer Schenker to learn why Elliott believes our scaled institutions, including corporations, must be better at solving big problems again and find ways to empower small teams to conduct faster and cheaper experiments at scale. https://lnkd.in/envP_Sbp #DisruptiveInnovation #CorporateInnovation #VentureBuilding

#Innovation in the #AgriFood space continues to accelerate — and a big reason for that is the work being done by Purdue DIAL Ventures. The #VentureStudio's recent Future of Agrifood summit offered an opportunity for DIAL to announce the launch of its latest #startup, Make Hay, and show off its ongoing efforts to drive transformation in the #AgTech space. However, it also afforded them (and High Alpha Innovation Director Ryan Larcom) the chance to speak with others working on intriguing #CorporateInnovation initiatives in the #agriculture space. That group included Kubota Corporation CTO, Kubota North America M. Brett McMickell, Compeer Financial Innovation Strategy Consultant Bridget Deering, and Nutrien Ag Solutions Head of Digital and Agronomic Collaboration Aman Anand. Check out the latest HAI blog post to discover what insights this ag-centric panel shared with Ryan during the summit, including their distinct approaches to agricultural innovation at their organizations. https://lnkd.in/ekGfF94w

As High Alpha Innovation CEO Elliott Parker recently shared on the Unlearn podcast with Barry O'Reilly, corporations looking to regain the innovative spirit of #startups and drive true growth and tangible #innovation must begin by changing how they think about traditional metrics and strategies. Listen to the entire conversation, during which Elliott explains why large-scale companies must embrace new ways of thinking so they can foster a culture of transformative innovation and stay ahead of the curve. https://lnkd.in/g9hTZ52N #DisruptiveInnovation #CorporateInnovation #IllusionOfInnovation

Thanks to funding from the the Arkansas Development Finance Authority and Walton Family Foundation, VentureWell has partnered with High Alpha Innovation to launch Fieldbook Studio, a new, pioneering, $10M #VentureStudio based in Bentonville, Arkansas, that is dedicated to revolutionizing the #entrepreneurial landscape in the state and beyond. With plans to launch five new #startups over the next three years, Fieldbook, operated by High Alpha Innovation, will help support long-term job creation and foster an environment where startups are not only positioned to succeed but also contribute significantly to the regional economy. Check out our press release for more info on this launch — including the types of new ventures tied to the #retail value chain that Fieldbook will help create. https://lnkd.in/gw_GgHYG #VentureBuilding #DisruptiveInnovation #CorporateInnovation #StartupCreation #EconomicDevelopment

"Your business can avoid engaging in the #IllusionOfInnovation by creating new systems of governance, incentives, talent, and processes that are deliberately designed for running capital-inefficient experiments," High Alpha Innovation CEO Elliott Parker writes in his latest HAI blog post. https://lnkd.in/gekwxcNG #DisruptiveInnovation #CorporateInnovation #VentureBuilding