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⏵Frequently Asked Questions.
1. We’ve tried innovation programs, but they don’t produce real business impact. Why is this happening?
It’s a common frustration. Many companies generate ideas or run pilots — but few turn those into actual growth.
What’s missing is the “middle part”: the system that takes a promising concept and scales it into a business.
Services that build on the Lean Scaleup — an end-to-end, proven approach that connects innovation with the core business to deliver real, scalable impact — provide that middle part.
2. Why is it so hard for large companies to grow outside their existing business?
Corporate systems are built for efficiency, not exploring and creating new businesses.
Even with good ideas, new ventures often get stuck because they don’t align with how the organization is wired to make decisions, allocate resources, or define success.
Services that build on the Lean Scaleup help you to redesign those systems — without disrupting Core — so that new, emerging businesses can grow and thrive.
3. How can corporate innovation respond to pressure for short-term value while still investing in long-term growth?
This is a major dilemma. Too much focus on the long-term looks like “innovation theater.”
Too much on the short-term risks stagnation.
Lean Scaleup services equip you with tools to balance both and to lead internal discussions — positioning growth initiatives for early wins while building towards sustainable new revenue.
4. We’re under pressure because our growth initiatives aren’t delivering. How can we course-correct fast?
Many corporate growth initiatives are built on shaky foundations: unclear ownership, lack of buy-in, or poor fit with the company’s strengths.
The Lean Scaleup services “Growth At The Edge” help you assess and adjust — quickly.
Whether through targeted diagnostics or focused workshops, you can reframe and restart with a stronger foundation.
5. We’re not sure if we’re even set up to succeed with creating new businesses. How can we find out?
You can’t fix what you can’t see.
The Lean Scaleup Readiness Check is a proven diagnostic.
It highlights gaps in setup, governance, interfaces, and mindset. It delivers a clear view of where you stand and where to improve.
6. Our corporate startups and scaleups don’t get the support they need from the organization. What can we do?
This is one of the top reasons ventures stall. It’s not a team issue — it’s a system issue.
The Lean Scaleup defines how to build the critical bridge between emerging, new businesses and Core.
It ensures alignment, co-ownership, and enablement — without draining energy from daily operations.
Services that build on the Lean Scaleup can help you to get more clarity.
7. Innovation teams are busy, but there’s no growth to show. What’s missing?
Often, innovation is focused on exploration and experimentation — not on commercialization and scaling.
The Lean Scaleup fills that gap. It provides the operating model to take ventures beyond MVPs and pilots into revenue-generating, strategically aligned businesses.
Services that build on the Lean Scaleup can help you to get more clarity.
8. Our growth initiatives often end in chaos and fire drills. How do we bring order without killing agility?
When roles, success criteria, and decision logic aren’t clear, you get last-minute firefighting.
The Lean Scaleup — a best practice framework that creates clarity and rhythm for scaling without becoming bureaucratic — provides structured flexibility.
The “Growth At The Edge” service line helps you to get more clarity.
9. We don’t have time or resources to waste. How do we avoid pursuing the wrong ideas or getting stuck halfway?
Often, the real cost isn’t failed ideas — it’s neglecting the proven success recipe, scaling the wrong ones or failing to scale the right ones.
The Lean Scaleup helps you to de-risk decisions early and set clear gates for when (and how) to commit resources, ensuring smarter, faster portfolio choices.
Services that build on the Lean Scaleup help you to get more clarity.
10. Who can help us build a repeatable system for creating growth from innovation?
Experts in the Lean Scaleup framework work directly with senior leaders and innovation teams to design and implement growth systems based on the Lean Scaleup framework — drawn from over 100 real-world cases across industries.
You can start small (e.g., a workshop or assessment) or engage in a phased transformation.