Smart and creative groups of individuals will generate ideas 16 times as fast as they can even organize to execute on them, let alone actually execute on them.
Or put differently...
Your ambitions will always exceed your ability to execute given the available level of resources.
Or put differently...
Your ambitions will always exceed your ability to execute given the available level of resources.
Innovation pass thru rates varies greatly by firm, type of business, business maturity, competitive situation, size of business, resources available, and absorptive capacity of the organization.
If you lack disciplined execution and are not delivering results then perhaps you have “passed through” too many innovations without putting the functional underpinnings in place to realize those innovations.
Successful serial intrapreneurs/entrepreneurs realize over time that they get many more ideas than they even attempt to execute on. Established innovation engines in businesses of all sizes should be no different. After all, they are still made up of people, process, and technology and don't have any special exlusions to reality based execution.

The best businesses have extreme discipline in this translation from the idea space to the execution space. One best practice to emulate is being more ambidextrous, treating “next curve” innovation separately than extensions of products/services on “this curve”. That way you get the best disciplined execution for both worlds.
If you think you might be trying to break the Rule of 16 you might get a reality check by reading Innovation Checklist - 10 Questions for a 15 minute Checkup
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