Reimagining the enterprise innovation engine in the agentic era

Four years ago, I outlined a playbook for building an enterprise innovation engine. The goal was straightforward: establish a repeatable model for discovering, aligning, developing, and commercializing emerging technologies before market shifts pass you by. While those foundational phases still apply, the technology landscape under our feet has shifted dramatically.The arrival of agentic workflows has fundamentally changed how quickly an organization can translate research into portfolio impact.