Innovation is a Priority.
Execution is the Gap
The 60 Day Innovation Lab helps leadership teams identify where innovation stalls - and what to fix.
Designed for innovation leaders, continuous improvement teams, and executives responsible for delivering results, not just ideas.
Most organizations prioritize innovation.
Few can consistently deliver it.
95%
Say innovation is a priority
10%
Have a clear structure
87%
See execution fail
The Execution Gap
This 87% readiness gap creates the “Silo Tax”, the measurable cost of disconnected innovation and day-to-day operations that leads to:
Zombie Projects
High-effort initiatives that consume resources without delivering meaningful results.
Process Friction
Manual tracking, fragmented tools, and unclear workflows that slow progress.
The Alignment Gap
A disconnect between the Innovation Team’s vision and the Executive Board’s mandate.
From fragmented efforts to a clear, actionable path forward
The Innovation Alignment Lab is a structured, 60-day engagement designed to bring clarity, alignment, and direction to how innovation moves forward.
Instead of adding more ideas, it focuses on:
Understanding where execution breaks down
Aligning leadership and teams
Defining a clear, actionable roadmap
The Next Cohort
Starts May 1st | Apply by April 16th
Limited to a small group of organizations to ensure depth, alignment, and meaningful outcomes.
This is not an open enrollment program. Participation is intentionally limited.
What Happens During the Innovation Alignment Lab
The Innovation Alignment Lab follows Unbounded Thinking’s structured approach; moving from assessment to alignment and into a clear, actionable roadmap.
Assess
Innovation Readiness Diagnostic
Identify your alignment gap and understand where execution is breaking down.
Communicate
Communication
Support
Create clarity across leadership and teams on priorities and direction.
ROADMAP
2-Hour High-Velocity
Analysis
Define a structured, actionable roadmap based on real data.
CONNECT
Cohort Intelligence Session
Define a structured, actionable roadmap based on real data.
What this Changes
The Innovation Alignment Lab brings structure to how innovation moves forward, so teams are aligned, decisions are clearer, and effort is directed where it matters most.
Reduced Wasted Investment
Stop funding low-value initiatives and redirect effort toward work that delivers results.
Aligned Leadership and Teams
Create clarity between strategic intent and how innovation is actually executed.
Increased Decision Speed
Move from uncertainty and delay to confident, timely decisions.
Focus Effort Where it Matters
Shift time, resources, and attention toward higher-impact opportunities.
Create a Clear Path Forward
Replace scattered activity with a structured, actionable roadmap.
Increase Visibility Across Initiatives
Understand what’s progressing, what’s stalled, and where to act.
Led by Practitioners, Not Theorists
These are not academic frameworks. The Innovation Lab is led by strategists who have worked inside organizations: designing, implementing, and improving how innovation actually operates.
Shannon Phillips
Co-Founder & Innovation Strategist
Shannon Phillips, co-founder of Unbounded Thinking, designs and implements structured innovation systems inside enterprise organizations. With a background in biomedical science and behavioral psychology, he brings a rigorous, data-informed approach to how teams make decisions and allocate resources.
He works with leadership teams to define priorities, pressure-test initiatives, and ensure innovation efforts are grounded in how the organization actually operates.
Tristan Ham
Co-Founder & Lead Facilitator
Tristan Ham is a co-founder of Unbounded Thinking and leads the delivery of innovation programs across enterprise and public sector teams. He specializes in running structured sessions that help teams align around priorities and make decisions in complex environments.
With a background in facilitation and group dynamics, Tristan helps organizations work through ambiguity, navigate competing priorities, and stay accountable to what they commit to.
Work inside KWOKKA by UBT™
During the Innovation Alignment Lab, your team works directly inside KWOKKA by UBT™, the system used to structure decisions, evaluate initiatives, and capture alignment in real time.
Throughout the lab, you will:
Structure and assess initiatives using a shared model
Capture decisions and alignment as they happen
Build your Blueprint within a clear, repeatable system
Create outputs that can be referenced after the session
Access is provided for the duration of the lab so the work is built inside the same system used to support execution.
Prove Your Progress
The Innovation Alignment Lab creates a clear starting point, but what matters is what changes after.
Six months later, you have the opportunity to run a follow-up Innovation Readiness Assessment to measure what has actually improved and what hasn’t.
Participants receive 50% credit towards your follow-up assessment
Use your original baseline to measure what has improved and what gaps still exist
With your re-assessment you can:
- See where alignment has improved
- Identify remaining execution gaps
- Compare results against your original baseline
- Adjust direction based on real data
JOIN THE 60-DAY INNOVATION ALIGNEMENT LAB
Turn alignment into measurable progress
The Innovation Alignment Lab is designed for organizations ready to move from scattered efforts to a structured, actionable path forward.
If you’re looking to improve how decisions are made, how priorities are set, and how innovation is actually executed, we can share what this would look like in your organization.
Limited to a small number of organizations per cohort.
Unleash Your Potential With Our Tailored Innovation Services
At Unbounded Thinking, we live and breathe innovation. Bound by a firm conviction that every organization holds untapped potential, we’re here to help you unlock it.
