Corporate and Venture Innovation
Empowering ambitious leaders to transform ideas into impact.
Who we help
We partner with leaders at the world’s most ambitious companies who are committed to driving sustainable growth and competitive advantage through innovation. These executives aim to accelerate their innovation efforts, scale transformative solutions, and position their organisations as market leaders.
The problem
Innovation is no longer optional — it’s the engine of sustainable growth and competitive advantage. Yet many organisations face significant challenges when it comes to delivering impactful innovation:
- Unclear direction: difficulty defining a cohesive innovation strategy aligned with business objectives.
- Slow progress: limited internal resources or capabilities delay the transition from ideation to implementation.
- Scaling challenges: failure to effectively scale validated ideas into market-ready products or services.
- Disconnected efforts: innovation efforts often operate in silos, lacking integration across teams or business units.
- Cultural barriers: resistance to change and a lack of innovation-enabling processes stall progress.
These challenges leave organisations struggling to keep up with market shifts, missing opportunities for growth, and falling behind more agile competitors.
Our promise
We’ll deliver measurable results within 90 days — from actionable innovation roadmaps to high-impact initiatives - tailored to your unique needs and aligned with your strategic priorities.
Whether you’re building foundational capabilities or scaling your own proven solutions, our partnership ensures immediate progress. Backed by our Impact Pledge, you’ll experience clear, tangible outcomes that position your organisation for sustained success.
Step by step
Here’s how we deliver impactful AI solutions through a clear, focused process
Foundations: building the innovation infrastructure
Conduct a comprehensive innovation readiness audit to assess governance, talent, culture and processes.
Develop a tailored strategic roadmap aligned with your business goals.
Host capability workshops to equip your teams with essential tools and frameworks, including Pathforger.
Outcome
Establish a solid foundation for sustainable and scalable innovation.
Strategic venturing: exploring new horizons
Craft a corporate venturing strategy to identify startups and emerging technologies aligned with your goals.
Build ecosystem partnerships to accelerate access to cutting-edge innovation.
Launch bold initiatives through venture incubation to drive market disruption.
Outcome
Unlock access to transformative technologies and new growth opportunities.
Scaling and commercialisation: realising value
Pilot and validate MVPs through market validation to ensure product-market fit.
Create scaling strategies to scale high-impact initiatives effectively.
Transition projects to operational success with execution excellence.
Outcome
Maximise ROI and accelerate growth from successful innovation projects.
Innovation enablement: sustaining success
Build organisational resilience through talent development and culture-shaping initiatives.
Tap into external ecosystems with strategic partnerships to enhance innovation capacity.
Ensure continued innovation success with an adaptable and empowered team.
Outcome
Future-proof your organisation with a self-sustaining innovation engine.
The Mindlace Impact Pledge™
At Mindlace, every engagement is designed for rapid progress and real outcomes — measured in days, not months. We work in focused, fortnightly sprints. At the end of each sprint, you decide: Did we deliver what we said we would? If not, you don’t pay for that sprint. Simple.
What you can expect
Fast results
Progress begins immediately — our workstreams are structured to show impact from Day 1.
Sprint-by-sprint value
You’ll never wonder what we’re doing or what value it’s adding. Every sprint ends in a clear review.
Aligned incentives
We win when you win. No bloated retainers. No waste. Just progress, every fortnight.
Always transparent
You’ll see everything — priorities, timelines, decisions, outcomes. No black boxes.
Every engagement starts with clarity
Before contracts are signed, we co-create a Project Charter — a short, high-trust document that sets:
Crystal-clear expectations
A shared view of how quickly we can move
What delivery and execution will look like across time horizons
Think of this as…
A strategic collaboration that turbocharges your innovation journey, whether building foundations, scaling initiatives, or pioneering new markets. Mindlace ensures rapid, meaningful progress — backed by a commitment to your success.