Innovation Prioritization

Which innovation opportunities deserve investment?

Choose which ideas and opportunities deserve resources before expanding the innovation portfolio.

George Eich Institute helps your leadership give innovation a clear focus and decide what should advance, be validated or stay outside the current investment agenda.

For CEOs, innovation leaders and strategy teams.

Innovation leaders review competing ideas and select which opportunities deserve investment.
The next experiment begins with a choice.Which opportunity deserves attention and resources?
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500+companies advised by George Eich
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3 to 6 weeksreference for research and executive analysis, depending on scope
When priorities compete for capacity

Ideas and experiments accumulate. Investment decisions remain unresolved.

The company collects ideas, explores technologies and runs experiments. Sponsors defend different opportunities. Some initiatives continue because they have already started, while others wait for attention. There is activity, but no clear view of what deserves the next investment.

Innovation

“Which ideas should we pursue first?”

Leadership

“What justifies allocating more resources?”

Teams

“Should this experiment continue?”

Strategy

“How does this opportunity connect to the business?”

An attractive idea is not yet a priority. The company needs to decide which opportunities justify resources and which assumptions must be tested before making a larger commitment.

The cost of priorities without a clear foundation

An expanding innovation portfolio can consume capacity without a clear focus.

The risk is committing capital, people and technology to priorities that add effort and complexity without increasing the company's ability to create and capture value.

Experiments without a continuation decision

Initiatives keep consuming attention while the company has not resolved what should advance or stop.

Investment detached from relevance

Resources follow novelty or sponsor influence instead of a clearly supported business opportunity.

Promising opportunities left waiting

The initiatives that deserve validation compete for capacity with experiments that no longer justify attention.

Support for your next decision

Give innovation a clear focus. Choose what deserves the next commitment.

Our innovation prioritization consulting connects relevant market needs with the company's context. Leadership receives guidance on which opportunities should advance, which require validation and which should remain outside the current investment agenda.

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Which opportunities should advance

Identify ideas and opportunities whose relevance justifies concentrated resources.

02

What should be validated next

Clarify the questions that need answers before a larger investment is considered.

03

What should wait or stop

Review experiments and opportunities that do not justify competing for current capacity.

Help me prioritize innovation

Bring the decision your company needs to make.

What your leadership receives

Priorities with a clear foundation. Guidance for the next choice.

An executive interpretation that connects evidence to the decision your leadership needs to make. The deliverables reflect the agreed business context and scope.

  1. Direction for innovation priorities

    The opportunities that deserve attention and investment in the current business context.

  2. Evidence and validation questions

    The reasons supporting the choices and the assumptions that need further investigation.

  3. Guidance for the innovation portfolio

    What to advance, validate, review, defer or remove from the current agenda.

Specific deliverables are defined according to the decision and the agreed scope.

When to apply

Before the next round of decisions.

Portfolio

Review ongoing experiments

When the company has several innovation initiatives without a clear continuation decision.

Budget

Allocate the next innovation cycle

When ideas compete for funding and leadership needs to choose where to invest.

Opportunities

Choose what to validate first

When multiple possibilities look attractive but cannot all receive attention.

Strategy

Reconnect innovation to business value

When the portfolio has expanded without a clear connection to relevant market needs.

Who guides the decision

George Eich

Experience in strategy, prioritization and execution.

Founder of CoBlue, a pioneer in OKRs in Latin America, and creator of Need-Based Decision Science. His experience with hundreds of companies supports a question that comes before the plan: what truly deserves priority?

From opportunity to choice

The value your company seeks to create should give direction to its priorities.

Discuss the decision we need to make
Quick answers

About innovation prioritization.

What is innovation prioritization?

It is the decision about which ideas and opportunities deserve company resources. It clarifies what should advance, what needs validation and what should wait or leave the current innovation agenda.

Can the engagement review existing experiments?

Yes. Ongoing experiments and new opportunities can be considered together to guide continuation, further validation, deferral or removal from the portfolio.

Does this replace innovation execution?

No. The focus is the choice of priorities and investment direction. Developing solutions and managing experiments are subsequent activities defined according to the scope.

What does the company receive?

An executive interpretation connecting the evidence to the decision your leadership needs to make. Direction for innovation priorities: The opportunities that deserve attention and investment in the current business context. Evidence and validation questions: The reasons supporting the choices and the assumptions that need further investigation. Guidance for the innovation portfolio: What to advance, validate, review, defer or remove from the current agenda. Specific deliverables are defined according to the decision and the agreed scope.

How long does the engagement take?

The reference is 3 to 6 weeks for structured research and executive analysis, depending on the scope. Timing depends on the decision, access to information and participant availability. The first conversation helps assess the appropriate format.

Your next decision

Which innovation opportunity deserves your company's next investment?

Tell us which ideas and experiments are competing for resources. We will assess how to help your leadership choose the next focus.

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