The Cost of Not Innovating

Understanding and Managing Organisational Innovation Debt

Organisations can appear operationally successful while steadily eroding their capacity to innovate. This research-grounded white paper introduces Organisational Innovation Debt and provides a practical framework for recognising, assessing, and repaying the accumulated liabilities created when organisations defer, fragment, or underinvest in their capacity to innovate.

Version 1.0 | 64 pages | Published August 2026