One quarter of an innovation portfolio, run on evidence.
An illustrative walk through the surfaces a corporate innovation team runs on ValidLab — the same pipeline the Innovation Hub engagement installs. The data below is an example; the surfaces are the real product.
Ideas enter through governed intake
Anyone in the company submits. A named screener promotes what deserves the method — promotion opens a full 7-stage validation workspace. Nothing enters the portfolio by being loud.
| Submission | From | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Vision QA at the packing line | Operations | Promoted |
| Supplier self-service portal | Procurement | Promoted |
| Predictive maintenance for line 3 | Engineering | Promoted |
| Internal GPT for HR policies | HR | Rejected |
| Carbon dashboard for key accounts | Sales | Submitted |
The pipeline is measured, not narrated
Gates are signed by named people, on the record
The sign-off trail for one idea — Vision QA. Append-only: a later block vetoes an earlier approval until the evidence answers it. When a team opts into enforcement, an idea cannot advance past an unsigned gate.
- Diagnose → DiscoverM. Krajnc · ReviewerApprove
“Returns cost quantified at two sites — the problem is real and owned.”
- Discover → DefineA. Weber · Decision makerApprove
“Nine packing-line operators interviewed; failure modes converge. Proceed.”
- Define → ValidateM. Krajnc · ReviewerBlock
“Accuracy claim rests on vendor demo data. Run our own line trial first.”
- Define → ValidateM. Krajnc · ReviewerApprove
“Two-week trial on line 1: 96.4% detection on our own defect classes. Unblocked.”
Every bet on one screen
Evidence-weighted quality next to gate progress, with each idea scored by the rules for its own type. A deal-breaker caps the score until it’s resolved.
| Idea | Stage | Quality | Latest gate | Decision |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vision QA at the packing line | Validate · gate 4/7 | 72% | Approved | Persevere |
| Supplier self-service portal | Define · gate 3/7 | 38% | Blocked | Pivot |
| Predictive maintenance, line 3 | Discover · gate 2/7 | 54% | Approved | — |
| Field-tech AR assist | Diagnose · gate 1/7 | 21% | Pending | Killed |
The kill you can defend a year later
“Nine of nine field technicians rated the pain a 2 or lower; nobody would trade their current workflow for a headset. Evidence says no urgency — killed at Diagnose, before a euro of build spend.”
Decision recorded with its date and any reason given · one click to answer “why did we drop that?”
We install this — your team runs it.
The Innovation Hub engagement stands up your intake, trains your team in workshops, and configures your gates and roles by hand — engagements start at $15,000, platform license included.
Validating a startup idea instead? See the founder example report.