--- title: Shift Actions Innovation Insights | Innovation description: Innovation | Discover expert insights on corporate innovation, venture strategies, and ecosystem innovation for growth and resilience. --- [Skip to content](https://blog.shiftactions.com/insights/topic/innovation/page/1#main-content) ![Shift Logo Black](https://blog.shiftactions.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Shift%20logo-1.jpg?width=140&height=140&name=Shift%20logo-1.jpg) - [Home](https://shiftactions.com/) - [About Us](https://shiftactions.com/about-us/) - [What we do](https://shiftactions.com/what-we-do/) - [Blog](https://blog.shiftactions.com/insights) - [Contact](https://shiftactions.com/contact/) Open main navigation Close main navigation - [Home](https://shiftactions.com/) - [About Us](https://shiftactions.com/about-us/) - [What we do](https://shiftactions.com/what-we-do/) - [Blog](https://blog.shiftactions.com/insights) - [Contact](https://shiftactions.com/contact/) - [Contact us](https://shiftactions.com/contact/) [Contact us](https://shiftactions.com/contact/) ![logo_white-1](https://blog.shiftactions.com/hs-fs/hubfs/logo_white-1.png?width=284&height=124&name=logo_white-1.png) INNOVATION INSIGHTS Innovation Insights is Shift Actions’ blog dedicated to exploring the latest trends, strategies, and breakthroughs in innovation. It offers expert analysis, practical strategies, and real-world case studies to help business leaders and professionals drive transformative change and stay ahead of the curve. [![](https://blog.shiftactions.com/hubfs/3844328-stock-1863880_1920.jpg)](https://blog.shiftactions.com/insights/why-an-iceye-or-iqm-could-almost-never-be-born-inside-a-european-industrial-giant) [Strategy](https://blog.shiftactions.com/insights/topic/strategy), [Innovation](https://blog.shiftactions.com/insights/topic/innovation), [Venturing](https://blog.shiftactions.com/insights/topic/venturing) ## [Why an ICEYE or IQM Could Almost Never Be Born Inside a European Industrial Giant](https://blog.shiftactions.com/insights/why-an-iceye-or-iqm-could-almost-never-be-born-inside-a-european-industrial-giant) ![Picture of Jan Niemi](https://blog.shiftactions.com/hs-fs/hubfs/DSC02910-2_1x1.jpg?width=50&name=DSC02910-2_1x1.jpg) [Jan Niemi](https://blog.shiftactions.com/insights/author/jan-niemi) Europe’s industrial giants are not short of science. They are short of mechanisms that convert scien... [Read more](https://blog.shiftactions.com/insights/why-an-iceye-or-iqm-could-almost-never-be-born-inside-a-european-industrial-giant) [![](https://blog.shiftactions.com/hubfs/building-7092747_1280.jpg)](https://blog.shiftactions.com/insights/build-something-hard-why-europes-next-trillion-euro-company-will-grow-at-the-edge-of-corporate-assets) [Strategy](https://blog.shiftactions.com/insights/topic/strategy), [Innovation](https://blog.shiftactions.com/insights/topic/innovation), [Venturing](https://blog.shiftactions.com/insights/topic/venturing) ## [Build Something Hard: Why Europe’s Next Trillion-Euro Company Will Grow at the Edge of Corporate Assets](https://blog.shiftactions.com/insights/build-something-hard-why-europes-next-trillion-euro-company-will-grow-at-the-edge-of-corporate-assets) ![Picture of Christoffer Husell](https://blog.shiftactions.com/hs-fs/hubfs/DSC02917_1x1.jpg?width=50&name=DSC02917_1x1.jpg) [Christoffer Husell](https://blog.shiftactions.com/insights/author/christoffer-husell) Executive Summary Easy ideas no longer build enduring companies. The next generation of European gro... [Read more](https://blog.shiftactions.com/insights/build-something-hard-why-europes-next-trillion-euro-company-will-grow-at-the-edge-of-corporate-assets) [![](https://blog.shiftactions.com/hubfs/american-football-1464551_1280.jpg)](https://blog.shiftactions.com/insights/how-regulated-companies-can-run-fast-safe-experiments-without-breaking-the-rules) [Strategy](https://blog.shiftactions.com/insights/topic/strategy), [Innovation](https://blog.shiftactions.com/insights/topic/innovation) ## [How Regulated Companies Can Run Fast, Safe Experiments — Without Breaking the Rules](https://blog.shiftactions.com/insights/how-regulated-companies-can-run-fast-safe-experiments-without-breaking-the-rules) ![Picture of Christoffer Husell](https://blog.shiftactions.com/hs-fs/hubfs/DSC02917_1x1.jpg?width=50&name=DSC02917_1x1.jpg) [Christoffer Husell](https://blog.shiftactions.com/insights/author/christoffer-husell) Executive Summary Regulation doesn’t kill innovation — bureaucracy does. The real problem isn’t comp... [Read more](https://blog.shiftactions.com/insights/how-regulated-companies-can-run-fast-safe-experiments-without-breaking-the-rules) [![](https://blog.shiftactions.com/hubfs/o2-arena-5267350_1280.jpg)](https://blog.shiftactions.com/insights/turning-strategy-arenas-into-a-real-capital-plan) [Strategy](https://blog.shiftactions.com/insights/topic/strategy), [Innovation](https://blog.shiftactions.com/insights/topic/innovation) ## [Turning Strategy Arenas into a Real Capital Plan](https://blog.shiftactions.com/insights/turning-strategy-arenas-into-a-real-capital-plan) ![Picture of Christoffer Husell](https://blog.shiftactions.com/hs-fs/hubfs/DSC02917_1x1.jpg?width=50&name=DSC02917_1x1.jpg) [Christoffer Husell](https://blog.shiftactions.com/insights/author/christoffer-husell) Executive Summary Most corporations have defined strategic arenas — but lack the capital logic to ma... [Read more](https://blog.shiftactions.com/insights/turning-strategy-arenas-into-a-real-capital-plan) [![](https://blog.shiftactions.com/hubfs/savings-2789112_1280.jpg)](https://blog.shiftactions.com/insights/how-budget-season-starves-growth-and-what-to-do-about-it) [Strategy](https://blog.shiftactions.com/insights/topic/strategy), [Innovation](https://blog.shiftactions.com/insights/topic/innovation) ## [How Budget Season Starves Growth — and What to Do About It](https://blog.shiftactions.com/insights/how-budget-season-starves-growth-and-what-to-do-about-it) ![Picture of Jan Niemi](https://blog.shiftactions.com/hs-fs/hubfs/DSC02910-2_1x1.jpg?width=50&name=DSC02910-2_1x1.jpg) [Jan Niemi](https://blog.shiftactions.com/insights/author/jan-niemi) Executive Summary Budget Season Syndrome keeps corporations trapped in short-term efficiency, starvi... [Read more](https://blog.shiftactions.com/insights/how-budget-season-starves-growth-and-what-to-do-about-it) [![](https://blog.shiftactions.com/hubfs/people-2344401_1280.jpg)](https://blog.shiftactions.com/insights/the-lost-generation-of-builders-how-efficiency-obsession-cost-us-3-billion-a-year) [Strategy](https://blog.shiftactions.com/insights/topic/strategy), [Innovation](https://blog.shiftactions.com/insights/topic/innovation) ## [The Lost Generation of Builders: How Efficiency Obsession Cost Us €3 Billion a Year](https://blog.shiftactions.com/insights/the-lost-generation-of-builders-how-efficiency-obsession-cost-us-3-billion-a-year) ![Picture of Jan Niemi](https://blog.shiftactions.com/hs-fs/hubfs/DSC02910-2_1x1.jpg?width=50&name=DSC02910-2_1x1.jpg) [Jan Niemi](https://blog.shiftactions.com/insights/author/jan-niemi) Summary: [Read more](https://blog.shiftactions.com/insights/the-lost-generation-of-builders-how-efficiency-obsession-cost-us-3-billion-a-year) [![](https://blog.shiftactions.com/hubfs/port-6568444_1280.jpg)](https://blog.shiftactions.com/insights/finlands-growth-paradox-why-more-rdi-spending-delivers-less) [Innovation](https://blog.shiftactions.com/insights/topic/innovation) ## [Finland’s Growth Paradox: Why More RDI Spending Delivers Less](https://blog.shiftactions.com/insights/finlands-growth-paradox-why-more-rdi-spending-delivers-less) ![Picture of Jan Niemi](https://blog.shiftactions.com/hs-fs/hubfs/DSC02910-2_1x1.jpg?width=50&name=DSC02910-2_1x1.jpg) [Jan Niemi](https://blog.shiftactions.com/insights/author/jan-niemi) Key Takeaways RDI budgets are structurally flawed: Most corporate and subsidized innovation is tied ... [Read more](https://blog.shiftactions.com/insights/finlands-growth-paradox-why-more-rdi-spending-delivers-less) [![](https://blog.shiftactions.com/hubfs/lion-565820_1280.jpg)](https://blog.shiftactions.com/insights/investor-catnip-what-makes-corporate-spinouts-fundable) [Strategy](https://blog.shiftactions.com/insights/topic/strategy), [Innovation](https://blog.shiftactions.com/insights/topic/innovation), [Venturing](https://blog.shiftactions.com/insights/topic/venturing) ## [Investor Catnip: What Makes Corporate Spinouts Fundable](https://blog.shiftactions.com/insights/investor-catnip-what-makes-corporate-spinouts-fundable) ![Picture of Christoffer Husell](https://blog.shiftactions.com/hs-fs/hubfs/DSC02917_1x1.jpg?width=50&name=DSC02917_1x1.jpg) [Christoffer Husell](https://blog.shiftactions.com/insights/author/christoffer-husell) [Read more](https://blog.shiftactions.com/insights/investor-catnip-what-makes-corporate-spinouts-fundable) [![](https://blog.shiftactions.com/hubfs/trees-6620725_1280.jpg)](https://blog.shiftactions.com/insights/the-innovation-illusion-why-corporate-rhetoric-isnt-driving-real-renewal) [Strategy](https://blog.shiftactions.com/insights/topic/strategy), [Innovation](https://blog.shiftactions.com/insights/topic/innovation) ## [The Innovation Illusion: Why Corporate Rhetoric Isn't Driving Real Renewal](https://blog.shiftactions.com/insights/the-innovation-illusion-why-corporate-rhetoric-isnt-driving-real-renewal) ![Picture of Jan Niemi](https://blog.shiftactions.com/hs-fs/hubfs/DSC02910-2_1x1.jpg?width=50&name=DSC02910-2_1x1.jpg) [Jan Niemi](https://blog.shiftactions.com/insights/author/jan-niemi) Short-Termism Trap: Nordic firms often prioritize core business over future-facing innovation, leadi... [Read more](https://blog.shiftactions.com/insights/the-innovation-illusion-why-corporate-rhetoric-isnt-driving-real-renewal) [![](https://blog.shiftactions.com/hubfs/conductor-5157153_1280.jpg)](https://blog.shiftactions.com/insights/innovation-under-pressure-what-high-performers-do-differently-when-budgets-shrink) [Strategy](https://blog.shiftactions.com/insights/topic/strategy), [Innovation](https://blog.shiftactions.com/insights/topic/innovation) ## [Innovation Under Pressure: What High Performers Do Differently When Budgets Shrink](https://blog.shiftactions.com/insights/innovation-under-pressure-what-high-performers-do-differently-when-budgets-shrink) ![Picture of Christoffer Husell](https://blog.shiftactions.com/hs-fs/hubfs/DSC02917_1x1.jpg?width=50&name=DSC02917_1x1.jpg) [Christoffer Husell](https://blog.shiftactions.com/insights/author/christoffer-husell) Summary: [Read more](https://blog.shiftactions.com/insights/innovation-under-pressure-what-high-performers-do-differently-when-budgets-shrink) First Prev [1](https://blog.shiftactions.com/insights/topic/innovation) [2](https://blog.shiftactions.com/insights/topic/innovation/page/2) [3](https://blog.shiftactions.com/insights/topic/innovation/page/3) [Next](https://blog.shiftactions.com/insights/topic/innovation/page/2) [Last](https://blog.shiftactions.com/insights/topic/innovation/page/3) ## YOUR PARTNER IN CORPORATE INNOVATION AND GROWTH We are an independent management consulting firm that provides entrepreneurial thinking and gives you the confidence to develop your business according to strategy. 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