The Traction Innovation Framework

A practical guide for identifying and scaling technologies that actually deliver results.

Stop chasing ideas. Start making confident innovation decisions using a proven, multi-stage framework designed for enterprise teams.

Why Most Innovation Efforts Stall

Innovation teams are flooded with signals—startups, trends, pilots, and internal ideas—but lack a consistent way to evaluate what matters

The Traction Innovation Framework gives you a clear, repeatable system to assess opportunity, risk, and readiness—so you can move faster with fewer missteps

A Clear Path from Signal to Scale

Step 1
Market Intelligence
Step 2
Open Challenges
Step 3
Technology Scouting
Step 4
Idea Capture
Step 8
Scale & Execution
Step 7
Pilots
Step 6
Targeted RFIs
Step 5
Evaluation

Innovation breaks down when teams lack a shared system for evaluating opportunity, risk, and timing. The Traction Innovation Framework replaces intuition with evidence, helping teams align strategy, technology, and timing at every stage of the innovation lifecycle.

What You’ll Get from the Guide

A clear, step-by-step innovation decision framework
A structured way to separate real traction from hype
Criteria for evaluating startups, vendors, and technologies
Guidance for prioritizing investments and pilots
A shared model your stakeholders can align around

The 8 Stages at a Glance

Each stage reduces uncertainty and strengthens decision quality.

1
Market Intelligence
2
Open Challenges
3
Technology Scouting
4
Idea Capture
5
Evaluation
6
Targeted RFIs
7
Pilots
8
Scale & Execution

The guide explains what to look for, what to ignore, and how to progress at each stage.

Built for teams responsible for real outcomes

Corporate innovation leaders
Technology scouting and venture teams
Strategy and corporate development teams
Product and platform leaders
CIO, CTO, and digital transformation offices

Why Traction Built This Framework

Traction works with enterprises that cannot afford to chase trends or run endless pilots. We built this framework to solve a recurring problem we see across large organizations: too many ideas, not enough signal, and no consistent way to decide what deserves attention.

The Traction Innovation Framework reflects how real decisions get made—under uncertainty, across stakeholders, and with accountability.

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