Innovation Strategy Alignment Workshop

Aligning Innovation Activities with Business Goals

What’s this workshop all about?

This hands-on workshop is designed for innovation teams ready to make a real impact by aligning their work with the company’s key goals for 2025. It provides a practical, step-by-step approach to bring clarity, focus, and a solid action plan to your team’s innovation efforts.

Through collaborative exercises, thoughtful reflection, and guided prioritization, your team will:

• Gain a clear view of the organization’s top 2025 business goals and understand how the innovation team can support them.

• Assess current initiatives to ensure they align, adapting or setting aside activities that don’t contribute meaningfully.

• Identify the top 3-5 innovation priorities to focus on in 2025. With pre-defined innovation activities, organized by category and paired with relevant metrics, the prioritization process becomes straightforward, helping the team quickly zero in on the most impactful actions.

• Map out actionable steps for each goal with designated owners, timelines, and success metrics to keep everyone accountable.

What’s inside?

• Building Connection – Start with team-building exercises that foster empathy and shared purpose.

• Goal Alignment – Review and discuss the company’s 2025 goals, mapping them to specific innovation actions.

• Prioritization – Identify and vote on top priorities using pre-defined innovation activities, organized by category and with suggested metrics, making the decision-making process smoother and more focused.

• Action Plan – Define clear next steps with assigned owners, timelines, and measurable outcomes.

• Final Alignment Check – Use a checklist to confirm that all activities are focused, actionable, and fully aligned with business goals.

Who’s it for?

This workshop is ideal for innovation teams, product managers, and leaders responsible for driving business impact through innovation. If your team aims to bring greater focus, relevance, and alignment to its work, this workshop offers a structured roadmap to get there.

What you’ll walk away with:

By the end, your team will have a specific, prioritized action plan for 2025 with clear accountability measures. More than a strategy session, this workshop aligns your team and sets them up to make a measurable impact, providing clarity, direction, and a sense of purpose moving forward.