Innovation Accelerator Hub
Mission

Move the enterprise from problem to proof.

The Innovation Accelerator exists to shorten the distance between a real business signal and a validated, hand-off-ready solution — with discipline, not spectacle.

Core belief

A prototype is no longer a deliverable. It's an instrument for learning.

Three ways to tell this story. Different rooms respond to different framings — pick the one that fits your audience. See the business case →

Same workshop. Same ideas. Different approaches.
WHY THIS FRAMING · same workshop, same ideas. One approach treats the prototype as an instrument for learning. The other treats it as a deliverable.

Same workshop. Same ideas. Two different approaches. Here's where each one is right now.

Future · Prototype as instrument for learning
Prototype ASAP
Used the prototype to discover the problem & solution.
  1. Rambled the idea into an AI tool
    Day 1
    No brief. No spec. Just the raw problem, spoken out loud.
  2. First working prototype
    Day 1
    Something clickable in hours — enough to react to.
  3. Shared with leaders
    Day 2
    Walked leaders through a working prototype, not a deck. Feedback landed on the experience itself.
  4. Designer + accelerator iterated
    Week 1
    Multiple prototype variants explored together. The prototype became the conversation.
  5. Taking it to broader leadership
    Now
    Live prototype in front of a wider leadership audience. Learning about the problem and the solution at the same time.
Historical · Prototype as deliverable
Used discovery to prepare for a prototype.
  1. Wrote it up
    Week 1
    Turned the idea into a written concept.
  2. Figma designs & slides
    Week 2
    First pass at high-fidelity mockups to make the concept tangible.
  3. Shared with leaders
    Week 3
    Walked leaders through the concept and designs. Gathered feedback and new feature requests — all on paper.
  4. More Figma designs & slides
    Week 4
    Incorporated leader feedback into another round of high-fidelity mockups. Still no working software.
  5. Planning first prototype
    Now
    Prototype scoped from the designs. The prototype will be used for additional learning — but most of the concept work has already happened on paper.
Same starting point. The prototype isn't the output of understanding — it's the instrument of understanding.
Five questions worth answering

As AI collapses the cost of building, the bottleneck moves upstream — to judgment.

These are the jobs to be done for the Innovation Accelerator capability. Every stage of our operating model exists to answer one of them faster and better than the org can on its own.

  1. 1
    Which problem is worth solving?
    Answered in · Intake
  2. 2
    What should we prototype?
    Answered in · Intake → Prototype
  3. 3
    How do we validate it in a week?
    Answered in · Prototype → Validation
  4. 4
    How do we get executive buy-in?
    Answered in · Validation
  5. 5
    How do we know whether to invest?
    Answered in · Readiness → Handoff
See which stage answers each question →
How the future team works

Four phases. Who's in the room, what mindset, what tools.

Two core roles run every engagement — the Director and the Innovation Accelerator. Supporting partners are pulled in on demand, phase by phase, only when the work needs them. See the roles →

01·Phase
Ramble
Turn a raw problem into a shaped prompt.
People
RequesterInnovation AcceleratorDirector
Pull in the Director when the ask is ambiguous or crosses portfolio boundaries.
Mindset
"Speak the problem out loud. Don't spec it."
Tools
  • ChatGPT
  • Ramble Refiner prompt
02·Phase
Prototype
Get something clickable in hours.
People
Innovation AcceleratorRequester (tight loop)
No supporting partners yet — protect the speed of the first working artifact.
Mindset
"A working artifact beats the perfect brief."
Tools
  • Lovable (build mode)
03·Phase
Iterate
The prototype becomes the conversation.
People
Innovation AcceleratorRequesterDesignerEngineering
Pull in Design when interaction or visual fidelity starts blocking learning. Pull in Engineering when architecture or feasibility questions surface.
Mindset
"Explore variants together. The prototype is the shared artifact."
Tools
  • Lovable (plan mode)
  • Figma (reference only)
  • markup.io (async feedback)
04·Phase
Socialize
Take the live prototype to leaders and broader audiences.
People
Innovation AcceleratorDirectorSecurity / Legal / Platform
Pull in Supporting Partners when enterprise-readiness questions land — governance, data, security, integrations.
Mindset
"Learn about the problem and the solution at the same time."
Tools
  • Live prototype link
  • markup.io
  • Lovable collaboration invites
Read the chips: solid = always in the room, dashed = pulled in when the work asks for it. The story is "small core, expand deliberately" — not "assemble a squad on day one."
Our purpose
Partner with the business to identify high-leverage problems, prototype rapidly, and prove value before scale — so the enterprise can invest with confidence.
Outcomes we own
Validated bets shipped, credible evidence generated, and clean handoffs to owning teams. We measure the movement of ideas, not the volume of activity.
Who we serve
Executive sponsors with a measurable operating problem, and the platform teams who will inherit and operate what we build.
How we work
Small teams, short cycles, real users. Every bet has a hypothesis, a decision gate, and an owner-in-waiting from day one.