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Delivering on the Promise of Innovation

Despite record investment in innovation, many organizations struggle to translate ambition into consistent outcomes. Portfolio management is too often treated as an annual reporting exercise rather than the leadership discipline that connects strategy to execution. The result is predictable: projects pile up, resources fragment, and growth expectations outpace delivery. Innovation Portfolio Management: Linking Strategy to Execution is a practical guide for leaders who want to build a repeatable innovation portfolio management capability. Drawing on decades of real-world experience, it offers clear frameworks and step-by-step guidance to strengthen governance, clarify trade-offs, align resources, and turn innovation into a disciplined, scalable system for growth.

Innovation Portfolio Management is an essential guide for any leader tasked with turning growth strategy into lasting results.

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Advanced Praise for Innovation Portfolio Management

  • John Deford
    Former EVP and CTO at Becton Dickinson (BD)

    “Innovation Portfolio Management offers a clear, practical roadmap for building real innovation capability and translating strategy into disciplined execution.”

  • John Wehrenberg
    Former President, Performance Solutions at Tenneco

    “Innovation Portfolio Management presents a robust framework that brings clarity to investment allocation practices used by successful corporations.”

  • Tony Ulwick
    Founder & CEO, Strategyn; Creator of the Jobs-to-Be-Done methodology

    “In Innovation Portfolio Management, Noel Sobelman has distilled decades of experience into a practical playbook for innovation leaders.”

  • Scott Kirsner
    CEO + Co-Founder, InnoLead

    “In Innovation Portfolio Management, Noel Sobelman shows leaders how to build and sustain a healthy innovation portfolio—drawing on deep experience with companies like Roche, Carrier, Whirlpool, Honeywell, and others.”

  • Tendayi Viki
    Senior Partner at Strategyzer and Author of Pirates in the Navy

    “For years, leaders have built innovation labs and venture teams, yet lacked the portfolio discipline needed to scale innovation enterprise-wide. Innovation Portfolio Management addresses that gap, showing how to make innovation a managed capability, not just a collection of projects.”

  • John Seebeck
    Retail & E-commerce Executive, formerly with CDW and Crate & Barrel

    “This is an excellent book. Noel 'gets real' as to why innovation portfolio management is so important. He shares the upside for those who get it right, and he provides the framework to do it right. This is a must-read for leading a company in today's AI landscape where step-change is necessary for survival."

  • Adebayo Adekola
    Founder, Innovate2Scale Lab; Former Head of Innovation & Portfolio Management at UNICEF

    “Innovation Portfolio Management reinforces an important truth: portfolio management is not just about allocating investments, but optimizing limited resources for maximum strategic impact. Noel Sobelman provides practical guidance for leaders seeking to better connect innovation, governance, and execution.”

About The Author

Noel Sobelman is a Partner at Accel Management Group and a recognized authority in innovation portfolio management. For more than 30 years, he has advised CEOs, boards, and senior teams on effectively linking strategy to execution and building disciplined, repeatable systems for growth.

He is the originator of the innovation portfolio management methodology featured in Innovation Portfolio Management, which has been implemented in more than 20 global organizations across the life sciences, technology, consumer products, and industrial sectors. A frequent keynote speaker and lecturer, Noel holds an MBA from the University of Virginia’s Darden School of Business and a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Arizona.

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