{"product_id":"the-innovation-autopsy-sadok-sahmimi-9798259286375","title":"The Innovation Autopsy: Innovation Doesn't Die in the Lab - It Dies in the Gap","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThree hands went up.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn a room of twelve senior executives reviewing fourteen active innovation projects, the Chief Operating Officer asked a simple question: \u003cb\u003eHow many have a confirmed commercial owner?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThree hands.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe room went quiet.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThat moment captures the real problem at the heart of innovation: not weak ideas, but the gap between \u003cb\u003etechnology vision\u003c\/b\u003eand \u003cb\u003ebusiness reality\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTHE INNOVATION AUTOPSY\u003c\/b\u003e is a diagnostic and practical guide for business and technology leaders who want to understand why innovation programmes fail - and what must change to make them work.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is not a book about creativity slogans or disruption theater.\u003cbr\u003eIt is a book about the predictable organisational conditions that kill innovation: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003eunclear ownership\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003eweak governance\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003emisaligned incentives\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003epoor commercial connection\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003elack of leadership honesty\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eInside, you will discover: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003ewhy innovation language often outpaces innovation capability\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003ewhat real commercial ownership actually means\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003ewhy innovation leadership looks different across industries, geographies, and organisational sizes\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003ewhat open innovation really requires\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003ehow leaders can carry the personal burden of innovation in complex organisations\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe book also includes four practical tools: \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Innovation Reality Check Canvas\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe 30-Day Innovation Diagnostic\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Commercial Ownership Checklist\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Stop \/ Continue \/ Double Down Decision Table\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese are not consultant frameworks. They are field tools for leaders who need to act on Monday.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWho this book is for: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eInnovation managers, R\u0026amp;D leaders, technology directors, business unit leaders, and senior executives in industrial and technology organisations who have seen innovation struggle - and want a clearer diagnosis and a more effective response.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eInnovation doesn't fail. It dies in the gap between technology vision and business reality.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis book is the autopsy - and the survival guide.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Sadok Sahmimi\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798259286375\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/07\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 280\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.83lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.63d","brand":"Sadok Sahmimi","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":50665599959295,"sku":"9798259286375","price":19.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-innovation-autopsy-sadok-sahmimi-9798259286375","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}