Blank Checks for Innovators and ‘Getting the Hell Out of the Way’

We talked to Northwestern University’s Professor Mohanbir Sawhney about the benefits of a blank check, getting buy-in from the C-Suite, and measuring results.

By Kaitlin Milliken · April 18, 2019 · 1 min read

Mohanbir Sawhney is an advocate of handing corporate innovators a blank check. Sounds like a dream, no? But his blank checks come with audacious goals, tight timeframes, and the expectation that giant leaps can be made when a team is freed from traditional budget milestones.…

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