For decades, senior executives have been the backbone of industries. They built companies, scaled operations, and navigated complexity with discipline...
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Create Innovations That Customers Need
Too many so-called innovations burn capital, lack originality, or fail to scale.
I help founders, leaders, and investors cut through the noise and build ventures that are future-ready, financially sound, and market-tested.
From Guesswork to Ground Truth: How to Build Innovation That Lasts
Most innovation efforts don’t fail because the idea is bad. They fail because the future wasn’t understood, the problem wasn’t framed well, or the solution didn’t survive contact with reality.
Foresight & Scenarios
Anticipate what’s changing before the market does
Future-Driven Problem Framing
Define what will matter tomorrow, not just today
Solution Space Morphology
Explore multiple concepts, not one fixed idea
Valuation Under Uncertainty
Four pillars to cross the valley of death.
My Frameworks for Structured
Innovation
Innovation needs more than creativity. It needs direction, discipline, and de-risking.
Over the years, I’ve developed and refined the core frameworks that help leaders move from scattered ideas to scalable ventures.
Krish Naganathan
Board-Level Innovation Leader | Strategic Advisor | Author
Hi, I’m Krishnan Naganathan. I help serious innovators avoid innovation theatre.
With over 30 years of experience across continents and more than 100 organisations, I’ve seen too many innovation efforts stall; not from a lack of ambition, but from a lack of structure.
Ford, Castrol, Valcon, & McKinsey alum, startup advisor
Author of Innovation GPS
Visiting professor and keynote speaker on innovation execution
I created my frameworks not as theory, but as tools I wish I had 20 years ago.
📘 Today, I teach and apply these systems to help founders, CXOs, and investors build ventures that last.
Organizations I have worked with
- Pubhlished Books
Innovation GPS and The Nine Stages of Innovation Series
About Me
Hi, I’m Krishnan Naganathan. I help serious innovators avoid innovation theatre.
With over 30 years of experience across continents and more than 100 organisations, I’ve seen too many innovation efforts stall; not from a lack of ambition, but from a lack of structure.
Ford, Castrol, Valcon, & McKinsey alum, startup advisor
Author of Innovation GPS
Visiting professor and keynote speaker on innovation execution
I created my frameworks not as theory, but as tools I wish I had 20 years ago.
📘 Today, I teach and apply these systems to help founders, CXOs, and investors build ventures that last.
Organizations I have worked with
The Book – Innovation GPS
Your Practical Field Guide for Innovation That Works in the Real World
Too many books talk about innovation as if it’s magic.
Innovation GPS shows you how to build it like a system.
What you’ll learn:
The 9 Stages of Innovation—from signal to scale
The 8 Innovation Pathways to choose the right strategy
How to frame the right problems and de-risk your solution
Whether you’re a founder, innovation lead, or investor, you’ll walk away with a clear process to build something that lasts.
Proven systems.
A personal mentor.
Becoming the best is a learning process. Businesses are investing in the development of your organization and leadership.
“You will learn from someone who has also made the journey to success. The best coaches are seasoned leaders. “
Adam Smith • Patrick • London
“The best coaches hold you to a plan. They understand a natural part of the process is to retreat to familiar ways.“
Albert O’Connor • Patrick • London
“They are skillful in building relationships, and they know how to recap information to reinforce it. “
Allan Butler • Patrick • London
Who I Work With
Innovation may be everyone’s job, but the problems are different depending on where you sit. I work with:
Corporate Leaders & CXOs
To build structured innovation engines, align teams, and launch strategic bets without stalling in bureaucracy.
Investors & Family Offices
To assess innovation maturity, spot overhyped ventures, and guide de-risked, scenario-based decision making.
Startup Founders
To sharpen their problem framing, pitch stronger to investors, and test real traction—not vanity metrics
Innovation Managers and Leaders
Coach the innovation champions and managers to lead innovation programs
Services I Offer
Ideas are just the beginning. I help you make them investable, executable, and scalable.
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Keynotes & Executive Workshops
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High-impact sessions on foresight, pathways, and execution discipline
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Innovation Strategy Development
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Roadmaps based on foresight, solution space design, and validation logic
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Innovation Project Execution
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Hands-on support to move from MVP to pilot and scale readiness
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Pitch Deck Development
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Strategic storytelling with evidence-based framing, scenario logic & real options
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Innovation Due Diligence & Readiness Assessments
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Evaluation of innovation maturity, TRL, and financial risk for boards and investors
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Coaching & Advisory
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One-on-one or team-level coaching across your innovation lifecycle
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What Leaders Say
Blogs
The Obsession with “TAM” in Early-Stage Deep Tech Is Intellectually Flawed and Strategically Harmful
TAM Would Have Killed Tesla. And BYD Would Never Have Been Funded. In the early 2000s, if you had asked...
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Most Pitch Decks Are Built for the Wrong Innovation Journey
Every day on LinkedIn, I see a flood of well-meaning advice on what a pitch deck should contain. The usual...
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