Product Mastery Now for Product Managers, Leaders, and Innovators · 2026-06-29 · 21 min
Innovation portfolio management connects strategy and execution Watch on YouTube TLDR In this episode, I'm interviewing Noel Sobelman, author of Innovation Portfolio Management , about how organizations can bridge the gap between strategy and execution through effective innovation portfolio management. We discuss the structure, governance, and decision-making processes behind managing innovation portfolios, practical insights from real-world examples, and the growing impact of AI on portfolio management. Introduction Most leaders will tell you innovation is a top priority. But ask a more pointed question: is your portfolio actually funding the right bets? In many organizations, that will show how little of a priority innovation actually is. The money keeps flowing to safe, incremental projects while the bets that could grow the business are ignored. My guest has spent 35 years closing that gap. Noel Sobelman is an innovation and product development lifer. He ran product lines at Motorola and Honeywell before spending 25 years helping companies systematically innovate, now as a partner at Accel Management Group.
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