Technology Moves Faster Than We Can Decide | Itai Green (Open Innovation Expert)

Itai Green is the founder of an open innovation consulting firm, where he helps corporations and governments run innovation programs with startups. He spent 15 years as an entrepreneur before heading innovation for Amadeus in Israel, and has since run open innovation with hundreds of organizations worldwide. His book, Innovation or Elimination: Winning in a World of Constant Change, published in May 2026.In our conversation, we discuss:Why the pace of technological change now moves faster than most corporate decision making, and what has to change about how executives decideWhy 95 percent of failed corporate-startup pilots have nothing to do with the startup failing to deliverInside his bootcamp process: from three ranked priorities per VP, to ten shortlisted startups, to two pilots, to one integrationWhy board incentives built entirely on quarterly P&L are the real block on innovationWhy he treats every employee as a sensor for the next disruption, and the shift from ego to curiosity that comes with itHis advice to corporate VCs: pilot before you invest, because a pilot is the best due diligence money can buyItai Links:LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/itaigreenhttps://www.globalinnovationandstrategy.com/https://www.linkedin.com/in/itaigreen/Book: Innovation or Elimination: WINNING in a World of Constant Change. An Executive PlaybookVlad Links:Website: vladmoskovski.comLinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/vladmoskovskiFree Somatic Intelligence Toolkit for LeadersAI gives everyone data. The leaders who stand out also listen to their body's intelligence. Download the free toolkit here:vladmoskovski.com/handbook-landing-pageTimestamps:00:00 Welcome and introduction00:47 Itai's path: entrepreneur, then head of innovation at Amadeus, to founding his own open innovation firm02:16 The real bottleneck in corporate innovation, and why it isn't finding the right startups03:33 Why corporate and startup cultures move at completely different speeds06:05 How three and a half years of AI acceleration made his job easier08:01 What it costs leaders to let go of the operating model that made them successful10:16 Speed of decisions versus slowing down for strategy: comparing notes with Vlad11:54 Treating the ecosystem as a threat or an opportunity, and what McKinsey can't see17:01 Why board incentives built around quarterly P&L are the real blocker19:10 Inside the bootcamp: from three ranked priorities per VP to one integration22:31 Why 95 percent of failed pilots aren't the startup's fault23:07 Vetting a startup partner like a marriage, not a vendor contract25:19 What changes in a leader once open innovation works: curiosity over ego40:19 Closing: let's go make miracles happen