Beyond The Sticky Notes: Aligning Innovation with Corporate Strategy

Misalignment can occur in large corporations when innovators expect everyone to speak their language. This can create frustration and hinder progress. According to Tendayi Viki, fluency in the language of innovation is important to ensure strategic alignment. Innovators must work to create spaces for innovation in organizational strategy, management, and budgeting. An innovation thesis, which lays out a company's point of view about the future and how it will respond, can be a useful tool in overcoming language and cultural differences. Additionally, accepting the politics of office life and understanding stakeholder management are important elements of a successful innovation strategy.